Self Development

I’m not religious, but I like hot cross buns and I finally get paid for public holidays, so I’m all for the Easter long weekend. Which, FYI, is this week!! Four whole days of doing nothing. Which brings me to the topic at hand today…   Self Care For Lazy, Sarcastic, Blunt People   Normally […]

I don’t know if I believe in choosing your word for the year in January. It’s so hard to know what is practical & what will happen & if it will even have any meaning in a month or two.   But maybe this is why I shouldn’t think when I’m tired. For weeks I’ve […]

As a somewhat sarcastic person, I find things like appreciation or gratitude hard to write about. It doesn’t mean I  don’t feel them, but I don’t feel entrely comfortable expressing them the way others bloggers may do.   Appreciation     Doctors I very much appreciate that my doctor took the time to really talk […]

If you’ve ever followed me on social media, you’ve probably seen me complain about commuting. In my own defense, that’s ok, because I’ve had nearly a 3 hour commute daily for MANY MANY years.   My Morning Routine     For me, mornings start early. That’s because train station car parks fill up early. Over […]

If you believe the fluffy type of posts you see on Pinterest, accepting yourself is the key to all salvation. Or something. If you accept who you are, you will be happy. If you accept that you can’t change others, that you can’t stop the sun from spinning etc… happy. Right?   The Acceptance Myth […]

I was walking through a shopping centre, heading for the toilet block. (Why am I telling you this? Because ideas don’t come at glamorous times. They come while living life. A self retreat & all that Pinterest worthy stuff is great, and can help, but it’s not the only way things can happen.)   I […]

Introspection central! Fair warning 🙂   My Worst Habit     Others can probably see our own worst habits easier than we can. Or maybe we just like to hide our worst things from ourselves because that way we don’t have to think about changing them.   Either way, like most problems (if you can […]

My Biggest Roadblock   Right now, me.   I feel off-balance. But then, everything has been off-balanced for a month or so. Being run down, Ben being in hospital a few times, having lots of tests, in peak period at work, uni work due…I don’t want to say I’ve been struggling but something has also […]