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Why I Think On Paper

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Why I Think On Paper (and you should too)

It took me a long time to grasp that I think better on paper. In fact, even just writing that sounds strange to me, after all, don’t we all “think” in our heads?
Well, yes, I guess we do. But that’s not all we do in our heads.

For example, I seem to do a lot of ruminating in my head, ruminating that usually takes me down a negative spiral of worries that feel like they can never be resolved.

Then there are the random words and tunes that pop into my head from who knows where? Or the advert trailers calling at me to buy things I don’t need, or the things I need to pick up at the shops, or what about that appointment I need to make?

And then there’s my mind’s all-time favouring topic — all my aches and pains, health niggles and, just for good measure, a good dose of ‘what if it’s cancer…?’. [Read more…] about Why I Think On Paper

5 Phrases You Can Use Now To Get Started

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5 Phrases You Can Use Now To Get Started

They say the most difficult part of getting anything done is to actually start. But whilst that might not hold true for all things, it is definitely something we all experience from time to time.

If you were to google the word “procrastinate” you will get almost 62 million results but if you narrow that down to “procrastinate over starting” then you can almost halve that number and only have to trawl through 35 million results!

Of course, that’s not a scientific result, but it does at least give an indication that starting something (whether new, or something that’s been stalled for a while) poses a problem for a lot of us.

As a human being, I’m not immune to this challenge unfortunately, so today I’m sharing with you another tool from my anti-procrastination arsenal. This one is all about using phrases to trick your mind into thinking that you’re not really going to do the work! It’s sneaky but effective! [Read more…] about 5 Phrases You Can Use Now To Get Started

How To Become Your Best Self

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How To Become Your Best Self

I’m a big fan of affirmations and have been using them on and off for many years. I truly believe they have the power to change the way you think and therefore the way you act. They can also act as a gateway to the person you want to become. The version of yourself that you might consider to be your “best self”.

In practice this might look like the good habits you’re trying to introduce into your life as you simultaneously try to remove the bad habits.

Who Is Your Best Self?

I’ve recently introduced a new affirmation into my daily morning routine, as follows:

“I support my best self every day”

But then one morning as I habitually wrote the words, I thought, but what does that actually mean to me?! [Read more…] about How To Become Your Best Self

Lessons Learned and Year Review 2022

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My Year Review and Lessons Learned in 2022

My husband and I were chatting the other day and he mentioned that 2022 has been the year without a Wow! How sad is that? We both agreed that there have been a few positive changes and experiences, but had to admit that the wows were sparse.

So with that in mind, I’ve tried to re-think the year in terms of lessons learned, but you will find the positive changes and experiences are also documented here, not only for completeness but also to remind ourselves that even when things seem tough, boring or unremarkable there are usually a few positives in the mix too.

So let’s get into the year’s lessons… [Read more…] about Lessons Learned and Year Review 2022

Who Am I?

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Who Am I?

Where you are is a result of who you were. But where you go depends entirely on who you choose to be.

It took me a long time to understand that my results in life up until this point are a direct result of who I had become in the preceding years and months.

I remember reading words similar to the ones above and not getting it. I just didn’t understand that we ‘become’ someone else as time moves on, created and affected by the things we do, experience and learn.

What Does That Even Mean?

It’s strange, isn’t it, because we quite easily use phrases that actually articulate that we ‘get it’, even though, as with me, we may not. Here are a few of mine:

As you read through the rest of this post, consider how you would categorise your own examples…

• I am a wife, mother, daughter, sibling (easy)
• I am an accountant (fairly easy)
• I am a writer (difficult)
• I am a life coach (very difficult)

Even just taking these examples, I can tell you exactly how each has affected my results up until this point… [Read more…] about Who Am I?

Ditch Your Excuses If You Want To Make Progress

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Ditch Your Excuses If You Want To Make Progress

I have loads of reasons for not achieving what I want in any given day, month or week. In fact, some of my reasons have been with me for years.

What about you? What reasons do you have for being exactly where you are now?

Of course, I’ve written that a little tongue-in-cheek, because my reasons, and probably yours too are excuses.

If so and so would have given me the right opportunity, or if this person would have encouraged me – I could have made a million excuses on why I wasn’t playing in the NFL. You have no more excuses… what do you do from now until your opportunity presents itself? It’s all up to you.
Kurt Warner

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