How are you feeling today?What's on your mind?What's brought you joy lately?What do you miss? Talking is a lot easier than writing. Lately I've been a fan of the audio journal or what I've been referring to as an audio check-in, taking a couple of minutes to reflect and speak out loud. You can tell … Continue reading The audio check-in
Tag: reflection
How to avoid getting stuck again?
Sometimes I'm so keen to find the lesson that I don't take the time to feel the feelings. I've experienced being stuck in difficult and complicated feelings to the point that it totally consumed my life. And the only way I know how to avoid getting stuck again is not to sit with those feelings … Continue reading How to avoid getting stuck again?
The return of temporary things
Over two years ago I wrote a blog post on temporary things. The main gist of the post was that if we let go of trying to make things last, we can enjoy them for what they are. Other times we pass up great experiences because they're temporary and we use how long things last … Continue reading The return of temporary things
On wanting to feel understood by the wrong people
Sometimes we explain things not because we want the the person to agree with us or to change their mind but instead because we want to feel understood. We want to feel as though we don't have to be like the other person or change ourselves in order to be accepted. But some people are … Continue reading On wanting to feel understood by the wrong people
Will ChatGPT make writing obsolete?
Over the past few months I have seen a growing conversation around the use of Artificial Intelligence, in particular ChatGPT. Wikipedia describes ChatGPT as an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched on November 30, 2022. It is notable for enabling users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language … Continue reading Will ChatGPT make writing obsolete?
A drip and a splash
When I first began working on changing my life almost a decade ago, I fantasised about making a splash. Something that would signify I was different like: Quitting my job Taking time off from work to travel Cutting all my hair off Switching careers Starting over in a new city I'd daydream about the kind … Continue reading A drip and a splash
Where to start?
There's often a big difference between what you need to do and what you want to do. Perhaps you find yourself writing a long to do list of all the the things to get done, a combination of needs and wants. Whilst working through this list you find yourself doing doing things and crossing them … Continue reading Where to start?
Worth looking back on
This morning, for the first time in perhaps close to a year, I read Seths Blog. I discovered that he had a new book coming out soon called The Song of Significance. I was reminded of what it was like when I first read Seths blog over a decade ago. I then got thinking about … Continue reading Worth looking back on
Something worth losing
Sometimes, there's actually a benefit to things not working out the way we wanted. It could be a job, an apartment, plans made or a whole other variety of things. When we feel like we've lost out it's easy for the default to be sadness and in some circumstances a gentle mourning. But what if … Continue reading Something worth losing