The world from my little corner
It struck me as, well, not funny, but ironic, that the year that everything went to hell was 2020. That 20-20 vision we always used to indicate perfect perception, then came a year that most of us would like to forget. 2020 has been a year of change, a year of adaptation, a year of…
How many times have we heard someone say, “I want to do thing x, but I just can’t find the time?” Or worse, we have said it ourselves. Then we wonder how successful people manage to be so successful? Did they invent themselves a time-machine or something? The simple fact is, that if something is…
We’ve all done it. We have set ourselves a goal, made a plan, and spent the time and effort to reach our intended end-game and bask in our success. But it doesn’t always go that way. In fact, rarely. “Oh no!” I hear you cry. “Do you mean that everything you’ve written over the past…
Anyone who has followed my blog for any length of time, or read my book, “Be Kind to Yourself”, would know that I spend a lot of time discussing achieving your goals, and focusing on that to completion. Keeping focus is vital to reaching our goals. We need to set a goal, make a (realistic)…
One of the most difficult aspects of life is loss. As we travel on our journey, people and places pass in and out of our lives. They are there for a time and then they are gone. It may be sudden and unexpected, or even with time to prepare, we are never fully ready for it when it comes. As Heraclitus says,…
Our minds are amazing things. They allow us to perceive the world around us, and to make our own judgments on what we hear, see and touch. We then apply the sum of our experiences to make decisions, which in turn gives us more experience for future decision points. However, we cannot forget emotional bias.…
It’s unfortunate how often we hear comments like “this world is cruel, nobody ever helps each other!” And sadly, this is often true. Kindness and compassion seem to be rare enough to be noteworthy when we see it, while cruelty and selfishness often pass without comment. But is it truly cruelty that is the reason…