Archive for September, 2008
If You Don’t Treat Yourself Well And Make Yourself Happy…
…then why should anyone else and who else will?
Quick post to say “thanks” for putting up with completely off-topic posts (at least when it comes to ‘Success rocks!’) over the past few weeks/months and that things will now be back on track here having finally got my life back. Went for a facial and hot [...]
…then why should anyone else and who else will?
Quick post to say “thanks” for putting up with completely off-topic posts (at least when it comes to ‘Success rocks!’) over the past few weeks/months and that things will now be back on track here having finally got my life back. Went for a facial and hot stone massage today (reward to myself for the past couple of months ‘efforts’) and feel infinitely better and chilled.
If you’re into the ‘life streaming’ thing, I’ve set up my own lifestream here but hopefully it will soon move to its own url. Don’t worry, when it does, there’ll be a link in the sidebar so you can still find it :)
When Saying No Means Saying Yes
Do you feel intensely uncomfortable saying “no” to people? Yeah, me too usually.
It’s often because saying “no” means creating conflict and whilst I’m one of the most argumentative people I know (I love arguments – ahem, sorry “discussions” – just ask Jonathan), I don’t often like saying “no” to people and disappointing them.
Lately though I’ve [...]
Do you feel intensely uncomfortable saying “no” to people? Yeah, me too usually.
It’s often because saying “no” means creating conflict and whilst I’m one of the most argumentative people I know (I love arguments – ahem, sorry “discussions” – just ask Jonathan), I don’t often like saying “no” to people and disappointing them.
Lately though I’ve had to find a way to say “no” on a frequent basis. Fortunately I figured out a way to play the No “game” without actually having to say the word on many occasions.
You’ll probably know that I haven’t been having the most pleasurable experience this time round in Cape Town. This is largely due to the fact that, despite promises to the contrary I found myself running a full time, client-facing project for friends who run a business here – so much for the part time hours which would allow me to continue to run our business.
Fridays – supposed to be my day off to work on/in our business – slowly became just another extension of the project week and not only was it a full time project 5 days a week, I have spent more nights & weekends than I’d care to remember over the past couple of months working beyond midnight.
I know this is not unusual in the corporate world – I’ve been there and done it myself. The difference now is that I have a completely different perspective to what impact this has and what this really means to my own life…
It means that the more time I spend working in and on someone else’s business, the more I’m helping them achieve their goals and less time achieving mine.
I’ve had enough – and it’s long overdue. Today is not a great day for me – 5 years ago on this very day, I sat by my Mum’s bedside and watched her die – if that doesn’t put things in perspective, then nothing does.
Today is the day I’ve said “no” to someone else, and said “yes” to myself and my life.
How Unhealthy Sleeping Habits Will Harm Your Blogging and Business Success
If you’re reading this after midnight, then this post applies to you; if you regularly stay up past midnight to write blog posts, then this post applies to you. And if you generally stay up gone midnight because you find those are you most productive hours, then this post definitely applies to you!
If you do [...]
If you’re reading this after midnight, then this post applies to you; if you regularly stay up past midnight to write blog posts, then this post applies to you. And if you generally stay up gone midnight because you find those are you most productive hours, then this post definitely applies to you!
If you do regularly stay up late and suffer from any of the following symptoms, then you might want to take note of what follows:
- Allergies
- High blood pressure
- Poor skin, hair & nails
- Acne & spots
- Bad memory
- Depression
- Problems with healing (i.e. slow healing)
- Struggling to lose weight
From my days as a holistic health coach, I learned that sleep can play a vital role in all of the above. Why?
