Feeling overwhelmed sucks the joy out of our lives. And nobody (that I know, anyway) actually LOVES to live by their to-do list. We do it out of necessity, because we need to be organised, not because the whole “I have a to-do list longer than I can see” concept is fun (and I’m saying… Show me more
Too much to do? What to do when you’re drowning in obligations, errands and stress – part 1
Did you ever feel like your to-do list had no end and no matter what you did, there was still too much to do and no light at the end of the tunnel? I have felt like that for most of my life. And for a while now (read: 2-3 years) I have been determined… Show me more
Working from home? Here are 7 tips to increase your productivity AND happiness.
Are you procrastinating on working on your project right now? Is… dust on your shelves, sink full of dishes, list of phone calls you wanted to make, new episode of Madam Secretary, Netflix in general, Facebook and Instagram feeds, or anything else that you usually use to procrastinate, …preventing you from doing work when you’re… Show me more
Change the station: the inner talk tunes we don’t hear playing in our heads
I say I don’t talk to myself like that. She says I do. I think ‘naaaah, I don’t actually call myself stupid… or fat… or crazy. I’m only joking now. I don’t usually…’ ‘Yes you do,’ she said. — Spotting my own patterns of how I talked to myself was like learning a foreign language.… Show me more
Too many ideas? How to decide which ideas to execute – one simple guideline to simplify your decision-making process
Are there times when you suffer from too many ideas – sort of an “ideas overload”? If you’re anything like me, when you feel energised and in the flow, your brain can be coming up with brilliant potential plans left and right. And while this can be great for any brainstorming sessions, in life and… Show me more
Redefining luxury: what is luxury and how to have it in your life sooner
Luxury… what is luxury? Recently I coined a term minimalistic “me-luxury” – everything I need and use, the exact things I want, and nothing more. And it struck me that this concept was something that didn’t have just one known word to express it – it needed more words to be explained. And as such,… Show me more
Simplifying means loving yourself
A love letter to myself (and to anyone who needs to hear it today) on how reflection and simplifying are some of the most important actions to help you realise what you’d like your life to be made up of. And a way to love yourself: The longer I walk on this planet, the… Show me more
Saying yes to everything – how to know WHAT to say ‘yes’ to
There comes a time in our lives when we can no longer add more. You reach capacity and, short of outsourcing sleep to someone else (and wondering when will someone figure out how to achieve that), there’s just no way you can squeeze in a single other “thing” that will take up your energy. Be… Show me more
How to live a better life by asking better questions
Rarely do we get such a simple answer to a question of how to live a better life as in this case. In a book that was otherwise talking about money, this sentence stood out to me as applicable to every area of our well-being: “The quality of your life depends on the quality of… Show me more
Confessions of a recovering perfectionist (the holidays edition)
There was never a better time to face my perfectionism than just before the holiday season. Every decision was taking too much time and too much energy. Which gifts should I buy? (And are they exactly as I imagined?) What should I write on the cards? (That one took my procrastination to the next level… Show me more
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