Learning to ski as an adult
Can you learn to ski when you're adult? Yes, I'm proof of that having my first ski holiday in my early 40s. I didn't find it easy, there were many falls but also achievements such as completing my …
Can you learn to ski when you're adult? Yes, I'm proof of that having my first ski holiday in my early 40s. I didn't find it easy, there were many falls but also achievements such as completing my …
How were November and December for you? How was 2020 as a whole? It was certainly not the year I expected when I started these celebration posts. It has made me look at the posts differently because …
How were September and October for you? They were not great months for me. In fact, I've found them the hardest of the pandemic. I felt I went backwards in many of the routines and good habits I'd …
Did you make a big achievement in August or did you make continual progress on a large action? What did you start, progress or achieve in August?
Did you make a big achievement in July or did you make continual progress on a large action? What did you start, progress or achieve in July?
We’re half-way through the year. Even though it is probably not going as you expected, I’m sure you’re still achieving and progressing things, although perhaps in a different way. Did you make a big …
So we’re now done with Spring and heading into summer. The weather has been amazing here in the UK recently, so it feels strange we’ve moved into a cooler spell as June arrived. Did you …
How did you find April? I can’t believe we’re now in May. We’ve been able to focus on settling into the new way of life, that was all a rush in March. We’re developing our family routine.
How was March for you? It probably involved a lot of change. It certainly did for me as the UK went into lock down, so I’m now working at home every day and the children are doing their …
How was February for you? What are you most proud of? It has been a big month for me as I learnt to ski. Yes, for some reason I chose to learn to ski as an adult. This is definitely the thing …
"You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” James Clear, Atomic Habits. It is good to celebrate our progress and achievements, even when they're …
Are you feeling overwhelmed at the number of things you’d like to improve and worried you won’t or can’t improve. Instead of goals use the wheel of life to find your priority annual theme.
Holidays are about relaxation, calm and freedom. Is it possible to keep that feeling when you return to work? These four steps will help you find holiday calm in your work day.
I'm not a fan of having a new year resolution as I've found they rarely have a successful outcome. So this year I'm doing things differently and I'm working towards a long term goal. A goal that will …
The book Tell your time* is about developing a schedule so you can complete the things you want to do. It’s a short book (which seems appropriate for a book about making the most of your time) …
There is so much I want to achieve that for years I’ve been working on becoming more productive. I’ve focused on do more, do more, do more. However, after several tired weeks when I …
March was a disappointment for me as I wrote just one blog post, so I’ve been thinking why, what happened? And I’ve realised it comes down to one thing – habit interruption, …
Not exactly a great start to these monthly reviews by missing two months. I’m still working on getting used to working full time and with a longer commute and unfortunately it is my blogger time …
I’ve spent most of the last two weeks finding and deleting duplicate files. A rather tedious task and one that worries me as I think I may delete a non duplicate file by mistake. I have to admit …
Seeing as we’re almost at the end of March it seems a bit late to be reviewing my progress in February. However, I don’t want to give up on these progress posts after just one month. …
This is my new monthly progress post, but as I did progress posts for two years up to 2009 I wanted to call this something different and came up with something a little cheesy. Unlike my …
#blogitforward is based on the concept of Pay it forward, an idea I first came across through Bookcrossing; through the book Pay it forward* and the activity of Random Acts of Bookcrossing Kindness. …
I’m very excited to announce that I’m the editor for the new BritMums Environment Round-up. This means I will be writing a monthly post for the BritMums site to showcase posts on …
I’ve written before about not being a big fan of making new year resolutions because I think it adds too much pressure and you are more likely to make successful changes if you set a resolution …