The art of learning to laugh, at yourself. Imagine you're at a comedy show and the comedian is making a joke about someone in the crowd, you'd probably laugh along with everyone else (granted it was funny). But what if the joke was on you, would you squirm or would you laugh. So often many … Continue reading That is so funny (but it wasn’t five years ago)
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When life comes together
How does it feel when you realise you're living your dreams. I'd consider myself to be a bit of a dreamer. I daydream, I can be idealistic and I love stories. I daydream/visualise about my future on a regular basis sometimes intentionally and sometimes on accident. I often find that months or years later that … Continue reading When life comes together
It’s a two way thing
When someone doesn't want what you're offering. In a post called generous projection, I wrote about how when people try to help, they might just be projecting. I wrote it with a focus on the receiver but what about when you're the one trying to help. We often say things like I'm here if you wanna … Continue reading It’s a two way thing
Take a moment
A reaction rooted in anger is one you're likely to regret. Anything that builds up has to have a release eventually. And if you've tried to release or resolve it to no avail then it's important that you do find a way. Bursts of anger and outrage often come unexpectedly and end up being directed … Continue reading Take a moment
When life comes together
How does it feel when you realise you're living your dreams. I'd consider myself to be a bit of a dreamer. I daydream/visualise about my future on a regular basis sometimes intentionally and sometimes on accident. I often find that months or years later that thing I was daydreaming about is part of my reality. … Continue reading When life comes together
What’s the use in making plans
It always feels good to start projects and make plans (at least it does for me anyway). But what's the use in making plans if you don't follow through. That really good idea you have could actually be something in the physical reality if you're willing to bring it to life. To want and do … Continue reading What’s the use in making plans
Stop complaining and do something
Everybody complains every now and then but if that's all you do people will soon get bored. When you complain, you're identifying a problem and so the next step is finding the solution. Everyone goes through stages of wanting to change an element of their life but if you're not willing to do anything about … Continue reading Stop complaining and do something
Difficult but necessary
For some people there are certain conversations they'd rather not have. It's the difficult ones that we avoid where we have to be vulnerable. And maybe you get that swirly feeling in your stomach that you take as a sign not to go through those conversations. But when you avoid them all that stuff just … Continue reading Difficult but necessary
Godin, sunk costs and making the right decision
In the process of making a difficult decision I turned to the words of Seth Godin for guidance. I found a few useful posts on sunk costs and it made me realise one of the things I needed to stop considering. The past. When making plans for the future if you do it based on … Continue reading Godin, sunk costs and making the right decision
Dream a new dream
Remaining open to the uncertainty of life has many benefits but a reduction in stress and anxiety are definitely ones worth making a note of. And so when life doesn't go to plan it's okay to embrace uncertainty and dream a new dream. It's much easier to go with the flow of life than to … Continue reading Dream a new dream
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