As I sit here writing this post, here are ‘all the things’ I was meant to have ‘achieved’ this year so far: Written the …
This week in links: Ironic
Hello team! How has your week been? Mine’s been a bit better than last week. There’s a lot going on in Exeter-land at the …
This week in links: 100 ways to bust a bad mood
You guys, this has been SUCH a frustrating week! I cannot even begin to detail the weird and wonderful ways my computer, the internet, …
How to ‘stress less’
A few years ago I wrote this post about ‘finding my funny’. It celebrated the return of my sense of humour – my ability to …
Taking stock – January to March
And whoosh. Just like that, a quarter of the year is done and dusted. January was such a good month. All the things Ant …
7 reasons you can’t make the changes you want (and how to overcome them)
Change is hard isn’t it? That’s because any change worth doing requires discomfort of some description and unfortunately humans are very much hard wired …
This week in links … ‘accurate’
So I’m going to kick off today’s post with the big news of this week: Zayn departing One Direction. Purely because I want a neat …
Two simple questions to help you resist temptation
There’s a cupcake in the kitchen and it’s got your name on it. But … you’re trying to be ‘good’. But … it’s 3pm and …
This week in links – perspective
So folks, how has your week been? Mine’s been better than last week thankfully and just in case I needed some perspective to make myself feel better …
The engagement
He types “how to propose” into Google and is a bit dismayed to find there are no detailed instructions to be found anywhere. She’s …
This week in links: Who’s responsible for the gap between perception and reality?
This week Lila Wolff wrote a super-interesting post titled The pressure to perform and bitterness which (I believe) was inspired by Pip Lincolne’s post on …
Catastrophic failure
Last Thursday I was having lunch with a friend. After I detailed what I’d been up to for the past month she wryly asked …
Is your overwhelm just a really bad habit?
Before reading the blog post below, it might be worth flicking through this Slideshare presentation first. It shares some things you can do to deal …
This week in links – it appears I’m not really a minimalist
{This week’s links are all about moving and de-cluttering and are littered throughout the text below} So as you all know, I moved house …
Drowning in life? Here are 7 things that will help NOW
If, in a previous life (ie mine), you’ve managed to pushed yourself over the edge from the overwhelm incurred by doing All The Things, you …
This week in links – moving house sucks
Look, I’d love to be all fun and entertaining here in my intro today … but given we moved house today, it’s not going …
The bravest thing I’ve ever done
The first bit was easier than I thought. Not easy, mind you. Just easier. I fronted up to my GP and told her I …
One word for 2015
In 2014 I decided not to choose a word to guide my year – I decided to give control of my year over to …
What can happen when you put things out to the Universe
Rewind to two months ago Ant and I are at a café near the Swish office having a Very Serious Conversation. I’m very tired …
If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you going to get there?
Probably the most life-changing thing to happen to me in the last five years (and that’s pulling from a fairly significant pool) was listening …
The 7 best things about 37
So it’s my birthday today. I don’t get funny about birthdays or getting older because I know what a privilege it is to get …