The world from my little corner
Having a goal is a wonderful thing, especially if you are taking the necessary steps to work towards it. A goal without a plan is simply a fantasy, and that helps no-one. However, neither does focusing on one particular outcome, without recognizing that your situation may have changed, the world in general is different, or…
It’s the end of the old year, and the beginning of the new. Across the globe, millions of people are setting new year’s resolutions for things that they wish to change as we flip our calendars over to 2019. While this is admirable, we also are probably well aware how many times that we have…
One of the most important aspects of mindfulness is focusing on the current moment. To paraphrase a Buddhist saying, the past is a memory, the future a fantasy – only now can we act. Of course, this is logically true. We can’t change what has happened, or any past actions, nor can we affect future…
When I was working on my Ph.D. some years ago, my supervisor used to say “Are you sharpening your pencils?” This may seem a little oblique, but the meaning is really quite simple. It’s far too easy to be busy doing a thousand things, but none of those things are actually productive. The analogy of…
While I have written a lot on the topic of positive thinking and how we can try to change our attitude, I don’t understimate for a second just how difficult this can be. Sometimes we need a little support to help us when we are feeling overwhelmed and that it’s just too hard. With the…
I have often written about overcoming fear and doubt to follow a direction that you feel driven to take. However, sometimes we aren’t sure which path we should take. At times, we may find ourselves with more than one possibility ahead of us, but then we sit in place, unable to decide in which direction…
We often complain about how hard life is, that we never get the time to do the things we want. Sometimes, we feel like a leaf in a river, our path determined by the river’s flow and we are powerless to do anything but go along for the ride. What we fail to realise is…
My new non-fiction book, “Be Kind To Yourself: simple strategies for dealing with challenges” has now been released on to Amazon Kindle! If you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, you can read “Be Kind To Yourself” for free as part of the library scheme. If you are based in the U.S., you can also purchase…
Interesting and insightful article from Benedict. My own experiences have been similar; marketing more often than not completely fails to capture my attention or needs, and invariably ends up with my clicking on the “Unsubscribe” button.
Life, it seems, is a journey. As we progress, we can look behind and see the road we have traveled, and ahead we see where we intend to go. We make plans based on where we see ourselves in the future. However, we also find we worry about that future. How will we get there? What could go…