In last week’s blog I covered 10 possible projects or ideas for making the most of your time at home during this crisis. I continue this week with 8 more ideas for you to consider. The key thing is...
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How to Stay Calm and Carry On in the Covid-19 Crisis (Part 1)
When you aren’t fishing be mending the nets. –Irish Proverb I don’t know about you, but we’ve been dashing about getting a few long-life groceries (e.g., rice and beans) since the Covid-19 pandemic....
Top 10 Tips for Working from Home or Telecommuting
Are you worried about getting work done when telecommuting? One of my mantras is that it is all good, even the bad stuff. We just have to look hard sometimes to see the good. With the coronavirus...
Conquer Your Fears With a Little Perspective
It appears that the world has gone mad. We have lost all perspective and are panicking in the face of the coronavirus, that to date has claimed 3200+ lives worldwide (mostly in China) since first...
If You’re Going to Spend, Enjoy It: Why You Can Have Your Fancy Latte and Drink It, Too!
Anything we spend our money on, should be something which we enjoy. Jeff Yeager, author of the hilarious The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches, says you can have all the fancy lattes you...
Do You Know Your Inner Motivation?
Strangely, we don’t always know our inner motivation for the choices we make. We just do what makes sense or feels right. It is also very easy to judge another person’s choices. Why on earth is...
Becoming a Minimalist: How to Sort the Junk from the Essential
Two Rules for Making Clutter-Clearing Easier on the Journey to Become a Minimalist While surfing the internet, I bumped into theminimalists.com (by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus). I...
How an Outside Perspective Can Help You Clear Clutter
Get a fresh, outside perspective on your stuff When decision fatigue sets in and you find yourself staring at your things, unable to get rid of anything, it is time to bring in a fresh perspective....
The 3 Big Myths about Talents
There are a number of rather huge and prevailing myths about talents. The first myth about talents is that almost everyone assumes that it is great to have talents and that the more talents you...
Fair Play in Love and Relationships
Last month I promised I’d share more about my experiences with the book, Fair Play, by Eve Rodsky after my husband and I tried playing the game. So here is the full update… I’ve been married 16...
How to Break through Scarcity Thinking and Overwhelm: Two More Clutter Archetypes
I promised last month that I’d write about the other clutter archetypes that authors Fortin and Quilici describe in their book, New Minimalism: Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional...
Why Risk Tolerance Questionnaires May be Hazardous to Your Financial Health
I’ve long been suspect of those risk tolerance assessment questionnaires that financial advisors ask you to complete before signing off on an investment. Apparently, my suspicions are well-grounded...