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A better alternative to New Years resolutions

In a nutshell – New Years resolutions don’t work for me, they set me up to fail. There is a free printout with 32 different ideas for a daily healthy habit. Choose a different one each day or one a week. Or, buy them as a little paperback notebook. I’ve tried to be ‘good’ from the 1st January year after …

Self Compassion – Looking after yourself

In a nutshell: If you have a very harsh inner critic Self Compassion can help you be kinder to yourself. There are free audio meditations here www.self-compassion.org and free pdf mediations here www.mindfulselfcompassion.org Getting rid of clutter can bring up all sorts of emotions, some happy and good, some are rather nastier and not very helpful. If you have a …

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Have a Facebook free day, you won’t miss anything!

In a nutshell – Get off Facebook and do something more interesting instead!  The post to read if you feel like a break from Facebook. I’ve compiled a list of alternative activities that do not involve Facebook. There are suggestions for connecting with people, making things, something that might make you laugh, something to make you cry, something relaxing and …

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Evernote – keep all your important info in one place.

In a nutshell: Evernote is a programme and app that you can use to store any information you need to be able to find quickly. Evernote has radically changed the way I work. You can install on your computer, phone and/or tablet. I currently use the free version for work (where I have my Naked Website clients stored in individual …

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3 things at once – stopping project overwhelm

This is from The Power of Less by Leo Babauta Chose 3 projects to work on at one time (I use this for personal things I am doing) A project is something that can be completed in a month (my current ones paint the hallway, measure up and order wood for shelves, finish knitting a pair of socks) You cannot …