This is a contributed post and may contain affiliate links January blues often leave us dreaming fondly of summer, desperately waiting for it to arrive. Whilst summer can be fun, with lighter evenings and warmer weather there is plenty to enjoy, however, it can be challenging to know how to keep check of your environmental footprint during this time. Here …
Cantober – Month of mindful changes week 1
Welcome to Cantober! A gorgeous collaboration with the Frugal Family. Check their site for a different version of the weekly prompts. Firstly, we have daily tasks. They are not difficult. They are designed to be as easy as possible. We have a little star chart so you can tick them off when you have done them. If you don’t manage …
What do do when you have no motivation
It happens to all of us. We tick along nicely and then something just pushes us over the edge of productivity, straight into feeling like it’s all too much bother. This post may contain affiliate links, they won’t affect you but it is a way for me to make some money from the site. Here are some strategies that help …
54 Self Care ideas for frugal and busy people
I’ve been feeling kind of Meh lately. A bit run down and lacking motivation or energy to do anything. In the Meh state I tend to forget what helps, so now I’m feeling a bit more up, I’ve written a list. It will become part of a book or course later, I’m writing it now. Possibly as a distraction from …
B is for Boundaries – Working from home
Thank you to George who is a lovely less-stuff Patreon for this idea. I’ve been working at home for so long I’m hopeful that some of my strategies will help other people. Do you work from home? Putting boundaries in place can help you feel more relaxed and in control of the situation. I’ve worked from home for 15 years …
How to plan a staying in schedule
I mostly took last week off because I’ve been hit with total overwhelm and loads of anxiety. My normal weekly routine of work, college, teaching etc. has been blown away and it has thrown me. I need to get back on track and get on with things so I’m working on a schedule for the week. I don’t think this …
4 Minute Morning Routine – 240 seconds to get it together and kick start the day
This is a guest post from Arabella If you are anything like me, you’ve read a 100 self-help books promising that miracles will happen and you’ll lead a perfect life, if only you follow the author’s complicated, time-consuming morning routine. And if you are like me, you’ll have failed at every one of them – giving up on them as …
A good long list of nice things to do.
This idea came from Christine in the less-stuff Facebook group. I post prompts most days with ideas for little things to do and on Tick it off Tuesday Christine posted a list of nice things to do. That was such a brilliant idea I asked if we could use it to write a blog post. All the ideas in this …
The Frugal Family Takeover Part 4 – Practical Self Care
Often people assume that after spending so very long teaching and supporting others with their personal development I have a perfect life – this is hilarious to me and those who know me well. My life is as messy and full of procrastination as every one else’s, but that’s the beauty of information – I can pass on what I …
Free emotional support posters with tear off strips
Last month the lovely Anna in our Facebook group posted a link to an emotional support poster that had tear off strips. Each strip had words of comfort and support on it. I printed one out and taped it to the nearest lamp post. View this post on Instagram Lovely Anna posted this in the less-stuff Facebook group. …
Why failing is impossible
Next week I have to give a presentation at college. The subject is ‘Failure in Design’. Since we have been told not to discount any of our ideas as rubbish just yet, I’m assuming that the point of the exercise is to get us to embrace failure as a design resource. This has got me thinking about failure in all …
How to get rid of toxic friends: Guest Post from www.howtomakefriends.co.uk
Hey I’m Gemma, blogger at www.howtomakefriends.co.uk. I’m on a mission to cure loneliness amongst women and to empower you to build self-worth, spark up your social life and ultimately help you to make rewarding and real friends. A huge part of making new friends is detoxing old friends which is why Lisa has kindly let me put together this guest …