I listened to Chase Jarvis interview Lewis Howes this week, where he recommends writing a list of your fears as a way to analyse – and potentially overcome – them. I decided to give it a go … My list included everything from my fears of drowning and dancing in public (in private is a different matter…), through to how
I’m not sure there are ever any absolutes in life – least of all when it comes to Love – but if anyone can help with this sort of problem, then it is the deeply thoughtful Maria Popova and her fantastic Brain Pickings website … A social media link yesterday led me to a deep dive into some of her
Confidence … something that many of us feel we could do with more of. I’m not talking about brashness here – being loud and ‘confident’ in social situations. I’m not talking about getting your own way because you express your views eloquently and forcefully. I’m talking about the more important type of confidence. The quiet, reassuring belief in yourself that
There’s a 1916 poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox that contains the lines: One ship sails East,And another West,By the self-same winds that blow,‘Tis the set of the sailsAnd not the gales,That tells the way we go. The idea that it is not the direction of the wind, but the set of our sails that determines our destination on the has
I’ve been massively inspired this week by an extraordinarily moving talk I heard on The Moth podcast. Elizabeth Gilbert – she of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ fame – tells the story of the last months of her partner Rayya’s life. The piece that particularly resonated with me was when Liz talks about her plans for Rayya’s last days … without giving
We’re two weeks into 2019. One twenty-sixth of the year has already gone by … How are your New Year Resolutions going? If that’s a slightly uncomfortable question for you to answer, here’s a couple of things that might help. Do a ‘Past Year Review’ instead of making Resolutions.(And no, it’s not too late to do one for 2018!) Then
Weekly [digital] email to help navigate the [analogue] world …
Weekly [digital] email to help navigate the [analogue] world …