Whenever I felt sad, jealous angry etc. my first instinct used to be to sit in it and wallow. I'd maybe play The Smiths, The Stone Roses or some other type of moody music and fall into some deep dark depression with thoughts like 'there's nothing in this life for me'. This might sound dramatic … Continue reading Life changing habits: Transmute your feelings
Life changing habits: Let go of expectations
This used to be one of my worst habits. I'd do this thing where I'd place a lot of expectations on people that left no room for humanness and left me feeling disappointed. Once I realised that I did this I started making a conscious effort to stop. I've learnt how to catch myself in … Continue reading Life changing habits: Let go of expectations
Life changing habits: Daily mantras
A tool I use to sort of re-calibrate so that my intentions are focused on a specific thing. When I was looking for a job in the past I did daily mantras for at least a month then I ended up getting 3 job offers within the space of a few weeks. I get that … Continue reading Life changing habits: Daily mantras
Life changing habits: Focus on yourself
Probably the most obvious life changing habit of all, yet in this society with the prominence of social media in our everyday lives it can feel almost impossible. How do you engage with the content of strangers without getting sucked in and forgetting about you? I find that disconnecting is key, as in closing the … Continue reading Life changing habits: Focus on yourself
The big idea
I often like to remind myself of Zig Ziglars popular quote 'Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you can learn to do it well.' So, how do you execute a big idea when you're just starting out. Or do you just put it on hold until you have more experience. I used to … Continue reading The big idea
I’d prefer the opposite
I'm posing the question of why we sometimes end up saying yes instead of no, or no instead of yes. It's related to fear, the root of a whole lotta life hassles. You say yes to something you don't want to do because you're a people pleaser, you don't want to disappoint the person and … Continue reading I’d prefer the opposite
Improving user experience
If want to improve the user experience of your site get someone to browse through your site and come up with a few points on what could be better. Or if you're like me, you randomly decide to browse your own site and instantly find some things worth changing. So this is really just a … Continue reading Improving user experience
Getting to know you
How exactly does one discover themselves? Through exploration, experimentation and being open to the unknown. If you live your life in the box of what you know, you may think that you know yourself. But actually, there is so much more of you to explore outside of that box. As much as there is 'the … Continue reading Getting to know you
A 17 year old walks into a bookshop in Wales…
That's how the story of how I discovered the person who would become one of my biggest life inspirations begins. This person would go on to help influence the words I wrote, the person I've become and the things that I chose to do. At 17 I liked to think that I was someone who … Continue reading A 17 year old walks into a bookshop in Wales…
The right time to quit
Perhaps there is no right time. It's easy to quit in the early stages but gets harder over time. After 3 years once you've invested time effort and energy quitting, even if it's for the best feels like giving up. And so, it's hard to know the right time to quit. If you've been working … Continue reading The right time to quit
The Daily Gemm 