My goal for 2020 is to simplify daily life to spend more time with family and friends. In many ways, the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed me to make great …
Monthly review: knowing the changes I want to keep
When I sit down to write my monthly reviews, I head first to the table below and complete it. It is really a honest self-assessment of my month and many times, like …
Monthly review: creating variety amongst the sameness
This was first published in my weekly newsletter. If you are not signed up to it (you are missing out!), you can do so here. It took a couple of weeks into …
Monthly review: decluttering clothes for the change of season
Some years I can make it until May until I change over my clothes for the seasons, but this year autumn has felt much cooler, so I needed to make the change …
Monthly review: focusing on what I can control
February didn’t go as planned for me in a number of ways, but I think this is going to be one of those years, where I need to have my plan and …
Monthly review: simple ways to improve your mood
The first month of the year for tends to see slow progress towards my goal. January is almost a full month of school holidays and I take the opportunity to take time …
Creating a single goal for 2020
Following on from my last post which reviewed 2019, today I am going to share with you the process I use to set a single goal for the forthcoming year. I first …
Yearly review 2019 – nurturing new routines to re-energise, re-invigorate and create personal growth
At the end of 2018 I felt that 2019 needed to be a year where I shook things up a little. I wanted to put time and energy into changing my routines …
Monthly review: is the grass greener?
If you read my newsletter, you will have already read this! But I like to keep my reviews on the blog as well, so have published it here too. This year I …
Monthly review: choosing where to spend my time
I do think this is one my favourite quotes of all time. And like most people I have been guilty of saying “I don’t have time” for something. The reality is we …
Monthly review: loving learning
When I set my habit of dedicating two hours a week to learn something new to support my goal for this year, I wondered whether it might make learning feel like a …
this family life episode 49: on setting a goal – it is never too late!
Well after quite a long break, this family life podcast is back! I have had the episodes recorded for some time and am super excited to be finally publishing them. This season …
Half yearly review – new routines + growth
My goal for 2019 is to: Nurture new routines to re-energise, re-invigorate and create personal growth. This goal came out of feeling that I had been a little stagnant. It came from …
Monthly review: establishing a new work (outside of the home) routine
At the end of April I took up a short term contract for three days a week work outside of the home. It is a great opportunity to undertake a social media …
Monthly review: exercise routines
This year one of my habits was to establish a new morning routine. In January I didn’t do anything about this as it was school holidays and I was off work, so …
Monthly review: working on my 100 dreams list
Last year I came across the concept of writing a personal list of 100 dreams you would like to achieve in your lifetime. Being a list writer, I loved this idea. The …
Why fitness in all areas of life is important
Most readers of the blog would know that I am an avid runner and CrossFit enthusiast. I haven’t always been a runner, nor I have always been interested in functional fitness, but …
Monthly review: re-calibrating and re-energising
January is my favourite month of the year for a few reasons: The weather is awesome. It is the start of the new year and I love the feeling of a fresh …