After years of goal setting and trying different styles, I have now used a single goal for the last two years and have loved how it works so much, that I am …
Yearly review 2016 – contentment in the calm
I am going to look back fondly on 2016. It wasn’t a perfect year, I don’t think there will ever be such a thing, but it was a year where I felt …
Monthly review – focusing on being present
I do love this time of the year! We have birthdays on top of the usual end of school fun and Christmas festivities. It does mean the pace of family life speeds …
Monthly review – productive meditation
Meditation is part of my everyday routine now and something I truly love and look forward to. Most days I do it more than once a day but in different forms: In …
Monthly review – what to do when decluttering has stalled
The first half of the year I was working really well each month with my habit of decluttering 33 items a week. Now I am struggling to do about 33 items a …
Monthly review – tips for establishing a creativity habit
Last month in my review, I shared how I was struggling to establish my creativity habit. Thanks so much to those who left comments on this post or emailed me with tips. …
Where are you at?
I have mixed feeling about the month of June. In Australia it is the first month of winter which is my least favourite season, but it also contains the winter solstice which …
Monthly review – planning and persevering
As a long-term goal setter I have learnt many lessons from working towards a goal and some of the biggest lessons have been from when I have failed to meet a goal. …
Monthly review – building a meditation habit
This is my monthly review of my goal for 2016 – to create space in my life for creativity and calm. Each month I will update my progress in detail on one …
Why tracking your habits works
This is my first monthly review of my goal for 2016 – to create space in my life for creativity and calm. Each month I will update my progress in detail on …
How to simplify your wardrobe
This is my first monthly review of my goal for 2016 – to create space in my life for creativity and calm. Each month I will update my progress in detail on …
2015 – year in review
I am going to start my 2015 review, by reflecting on my 2014 review. At the end of last year, I was as close to burnout as I have come. And while …
Monthly review – allowing space for growth
Having a single goal focused on parenting, has meant I have learnt much about myself as a parent this year. In the middle of this year, I wrote a newsletter titled Under …
Monthly review – embracing the undone
The idea of having one goal for my personal life came from the excellent book The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. I talk a little more about the book …
Monthly review – letting go
If you read my newsletter, you would have read the following a few weeks ago in relation to our eldest teenager: Restrictions on technology is by far the biggest issue we have. …
Monthly review – tips for being a patient parent
So we are now two months into 2015 and I am still loving having the one goal, a single focus for me. As there is only one thing to think of, I …
Looking back to move forward
Each month this year I reviewed my progress (or lack of!) towards my personal goals for 2014. You can see my goal list in this post here – Goal Setting For 2014 And Creating …
Monthly review November – 3 family life hacks for greater harmony
Each month I review my progress (or lack of!) towards my personal goals for 2014. You can see my full goal list in this post here – Goal Setting For 2014 And Creating …