The guitar teacher rolled her eyes as the leaf blower burst into life outside the front window interrupting the flow of her lesson with my …
My friend Susan has a temporary clutter problem.
Susan’s husband is renovating the upstairs part of the house, the bedrooms and bathrooms. This situation means that …
So, I received this message via Pinterest recently…
WOW! Words almost fail me. ‘Denial, I don’t have a problem’….what condensation (sic). How much of a narcissist …
Everything is better in the spring!
When the sun starts to come up earlier, I find myself jumping out of bed rather than groaning and pressing …
Our home is our castle, whether it be a small apartment or a large ranch or anything in between, it is the place we return …
Now that Halloween is over, I want to share with you something I have been working on for the past few weeks. It may have …
So I dropped my daughter off this morning for a four day hike on a bush track down south. She is completing the Duke of …
Well, Christmas is breathing down upon us now and you are either getting a little overwhelmed by all of the things still left to do …
This post forms a part of my Declutter 101 series.
Do you ever find it difficult to concentrate on something because there are lots of other …
Spend less time cleaning and decluttering with this simple rule.
Create your Clutter-Free Life
There is a petrol station we pass on the way to our kids’ sports. Because we head that way a number of times each week, …
Today I answer Katrina’s Clutter Free Life Question.
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I recently purchased a new car. My very first ever car that has not been owned by someone else before me. I’ve called her Poppy. …
Do you have family members who claim “There’s never any food in the house”? It’s a phenomenon that occurs regularly at my place.
It does not …
Why is it we go through life thinking that everything has to be ‘work’?
I do a dance class each week. On a Wednesday I head …
You know what it’s like, you have all sorts of plans for the day, the week, the next 5 minutes. Then, when it gets down …
How motivated are you? If you’re like most people, your motivation probably ebbs and flows—with the seasons, with the demands of the rest of your …
Isn’t it funny how we can know something to be true but be completely unable to put it into action? I lived in the country …
So here we are in July already! Don’t ask me how it happened. Five minutes ago it was January I’m sure of it. This month, …
You may not realise it but there are a number of significant self care mistakes you could be making. If you are guilty of even …
A friend recently shared how he drops off the grid for a week every year and goes hiking in the bush. He leaves behind all …
I have noticed lately that being busy seems to have become a status symbol. It’s almost a competition to see who has the most hectic life. …
The last few weeks have been very strange. I have gone from being very energetic and able to get up early, knock off a large …
We all know someone who seems to be able to do more before the sun comes up than many of us manage to fit in to …
As the children get older and begin to participate in hobbies and interests of their own it can feel as if the family is being …
Maintaining a positive relationship with others can be a tricky thing. We all have those people in our lives who make things more difficult than …
Here in Australia we are well in to winter and the inevitable flu season that comes with it. I’m not particularly fond of this time …
I’m currently taking part in the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC). This is a health and fitness challenge sponsored in part by my workplace. How I …
Why our children don’t hear a word we say.
As women we often consider ourselves to be masters of multitasking. We can cook the dinner while …
Do you find it difficult to switch off after work? Are you bringing work stress into your home? In these times of easy connectivity where …
Have you ever watched those energetic people running past your window, red cheeked and sweating and thought ‘I wish I wanted to do something like …
Have you ever spent a weekend slopping around in your pyjamas doing absolutely nothing and ended the day feeling completely worn out? Why is it …
Struggling with tiredness is, for some people, an everyday occurrence. We know that ensuring we get good quality sleep is one way to increase our energy …
It’s very easy to fall in to the trap of thinking that we are too busy. We are too busy to cook a healthy meal, …
Why am I so tired? Is this something you ask yourself on a regular basis? Perhaps you wake up in the morning feeling as if …
We all wear many hats in our lives. We are employees, parents, children, friends, cooks, cleaners, chauffeurs, coaches, caregivers and often many more. We have …
In my last post I talked about the temptation to purchase more stuff in order to organise our current stuff. The real problem is that …
Do you find yourself saying yes when you really should be saying no? Are you the one who always ends up organising the junior football …
How often do people come up to you and ask you to solve a problem they are having? For me this occurs quite often, both …
As busy parents we often spend way too much time worrying about what other people think about us and the choices we make. I am …
In this fast paced life we lead with timetables, schedules, routines and rules it’s important to take a break every once in a while, have …
When I was teaching, l learnt the very important lesson of stopping to take stock of how things were going, reassessing and trying again, regardless …
I was cleaning my kitchen floor today and it occurred to me that there are many life lessons to be learned from this activity. This …
Are you a worrier? I used to be. All sorts of things can keep us up at night from worry. We worry over problems at …
It’s been a very long time since I have opened a newspaper and I rarely watch the news on television. Why? I don’t need to …
Last week I told you about all of the negative effects I have found from sleeping in in the morning. Of course not all of …
Have you ever had one of those days- A day where you started off feeling less than your best and everything went rapidly downhill from …
Have you ever been in a situation in which the other person is prepared to have a full stand up argument with you simply so …
You may be sick of hearing people talk about the glass half full versus the glass half empty approach to life. Unfortunately too many people …
One byproduct of our busy lives is often a feeling of tiredness and a lack of energy to complete everyday tasks. We find ourselves stretched …
As a teacher it can be easy to see that not only do we as adults lead extremely busy lives, but so do our children. …
Exercise is important to keep our bodies fit and healthy. We all know this. We are told this every day in many different ways.
What is …