Do you ever wake up at 3 am and send yourself an email? I routinely wake up to a selection of garbled emails that say things like 'find school blazer', 'check weird mole', 'egg machine?'* Because, if I don't write something down the moment it pops into my head, it's quite possible it will be forgotten forever. Or only resurface when I am standing in the queue at the Post Office ('I really must MORE +
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Life is Better With Less – The Fallacy of ‘Just in Case’
Most of us have too much crap in our lives. Stuff we stubbornly cling to 'just in case'. Just in case someone asks us to go rollerblading. Or camping. Or for a Nokia charger. Or half a blender. We all have them. Those sad looking items stuffed under the bed. Neglected in drawers we choose to ignore. Or stuffed in top cupboards we can't even reach. Instruction manuals for appliances we no MORE +
Taming the Email Monster – How to Stop Being A Slave to Your Inbox
F*cking Email. Emails you don't want. Emails you don't need. Email reminders. Work Emails. School Emails. Emails asking for money. Emails you are CC'd on. Emails checking you haven't forgotten to email so-and-so. And those extra annoying group emails, where people insist on replying to all. Please don't do that. I don't care that you have transferred your money for the group gift, or whatever MORE +
Life is Better with Less – The Short Guide to Getting Rid of Your Crap.
Most of us are guilty of having too much crap in our lives. Stuff we don’t need, stuff we don’t like, stuff there is not a chance in hell will ever fit us again. Then pay day rolls around and we happily go out and buy some more crap. Some of us move in to bigger houses to make sure we have enough space for all our crap. Most of us are so busy dealing with all the crap in our lives we rarely get a MORE +
Can Tidying Up Really Be Life – Changing? (And if so where do I start.)
If you are one of the few people left on the planet who have not read the Marie Kondo book – ‘the life-changing magic of tidying up’, which is based on the Japanese art of decluttering (aka throw most of your stuff away) then let me explain how it works. I did it and it does work. To really get organised and live the lifestyle you imagine for yourself you need to get serious. Stop moving MORE +
