My goal for 2020 was to Simplify daily life to spend more time with family and friends. The impact of COVID-19 made this easier when it came to our family unit and …
Monthly review: keeping busy at bay
As a resident of Melbourne, my life has been run at a very different pace for most of this year. Being under COVID-19 restrictions for such a long time and being confined …
Monthly review: looking forward and planning ahead
Goodbye September and hello to the last quarter of 2020! September was a full month spent in Stage 4 restrictions, but when I reflect back over the month while there was not …
Monthly review: making it through Melbourne lockdown
In my July review – Monthly review: family and friends and sunshine – I shared some photos and reflections of my wonderful time away during the school holidays. We managed to get …
Monthly review: family and friends and sunshine
How quickly things change! At the end of my May monthly review I had the following question for readers: What did you enjoy about the stay at home restrictions and want to …
My answer to the often asked “how do you do it all” question
This was first published in my weekly newsletter. It seemed to really resonate with readers, so I am publishing it here too. If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter, you can …
2020 half yearly review
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 …