I recently discovered a new podcast and listening to it brings me joy. I find myself often relating to the conversations they have or smiling/laughing. It's so useful to fill your life with little things that bring you joy that you have easy access to. Something extravagant like a week in the Maldives isn't accessible … Continue reading The little things that bring us joy
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A labour of love
That thing you've been working on could be the reason you end up quitting your job or it could just be a labour of love. That word just has a way of diminishing the words that follow. It makes it seem as though a labour of love is a bad thing but it's not, at … Continue reading A labour of love
Work and play
They're both important. We live in a society where it's not uncommon to find people almost competing about who works the hardest. Working a 9to5. Doing overtime. Working a 9to5 then a passion project 5to9. Staying in the office till late. Being self employed and working 7 days a week. Coming into the office at … Continue reading Work and play
Committing to the wrong thing
What do you do when you think you've made a mistake? In times of great uncertainty it's not surprising that people look to something safe to cling and commit to. And so we end up playing it safe. Getting a good job and settling down because it's easier to follow the rules than it is … Continue reading Committing to the wrong thing
Unfinished business
What happened to all those plans you made? Starting is always exciting and finishing is always the aim. But somehow you let stuff get in the way of your plans. You focused too much on the problems instead of how to make things happens. You used your free time passively and felt like you needed … Continue reading Unfinished business
Life changing habits: Transmute your feelings
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
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 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
A different kind of way
When you're life is going down a certain path it's easy to believe that you have no other options, that forward is the only direction you can travel. Sometimes you know we can reverse but you get that 'I've come come too far to turn back now' feeling so you keep going in spite of … Continue reading A different kind of way
Happy then and happy now
There is a belief that the things that brought us joy as kids will be the things that bring us joy as adults, especially after we've gone through low periods. Feeding the birds at the park, reading fiction books, drawing and making daisy chains are some examples of childhood joys. It's interesting that as children … Continue reading Happy then and happy now
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