As I got better at noticing my emotions and my internal state in general, I often felt that it wasn’t what it “should” be, and then I’d feel a drive to change it. I had a whole host of techniques to fix my thinking. If I was worrying about something, my strategy was to thinkContinue reading “Let the Snowflakes Settle”
Tag Archives: Wisdom
Finish Chewing Before Filling Your Fork: a Lesson in Decluttering
It was in an article about the Queen of England that I read about this habit. She takes a small amount of food into her mouth, puts down her fork and chews completely before loading her fork for another bite. As someone who approached every meal as if it were a speed-eating contest … IContinue reading “Finish Chewing Before Filling Your Fork: a Lesson in Decluttering”
The Year Of…?
A favourite habit of mine is naming my day / week / year – giving each one a theme or a focus. I’ll have a day of Ideas or week of Calm, and picking the name makes me smile, even when my teenagers roll their eyes at me repeating the really good ones way tooContinue reading “The Year Of…?”