Once again, this morning, Dnipro is under attack by the dark forces from orcistan. People are dead and wounded and there is damage to property worth millions! Of any decent currency! Not for the first time I wish for the power of telekinesis/portation to deflect the missiles and install the anti-air batteries that are slowly…
Category: Working on Me
Personal Development Stuff
How I am reaching my word count by keeping up my blog
This July I have chosen to be unconventional. Yes, I know that the idea of a Novel Writing Month is to – well – write a novel, but I have decided that I would do just as well to get my word count up by working on this blog, instead. After all, the more posts…
Decluttering bit by bit. Baby Steps towards Mental Wellness
Decluttering my mind starts with decluttering my environment, and that means that I need to create new habits. Or at least revive old ones. I did a thing today. It wasn’t a big thing, by humanity’s standards, but it was still SOMETHING. And I did it all by myself! Before I start sounding too much…
Happy and knowing it…
After many years, I have finally picked up the courage to see a mental health professional. Frankly, I would not have done it if not for something that someone mentioned about their “psychiatric benefits” on their medical aid being depleted. (Their daughter has all kinds of issues!) Then I realized that not only did I…
When the “Ya, buts” start weighing you down.
I’m in a horrible place. It’s that place at the very edge of my comfort zone where I know I am about to make something of my life and where everyone I know and love (and who loves me) tries to pull me back in. Crabs and buckets… The worst is that I fully understand…
Midyear update, a day late, and gradually slimming down!
Yesterday was the twenty-first of June, the day of the summer/winter solstice. I don’t celebrate it in any way, but it’s nice to know that the sun will be up a bit longer every day from now on until December! I haven’t posted much on my journey toward gaining slim. At the beginning of this…
If Duolingo has turned you into a monster, you’re doing it wrong!
I usually don’t read the stuff Google dishes up to me. It’s mostly sensationalist clickbait, and celebrity gossip has never been my thing. However, on Tuesday, I found this post, and although it angered me at first, I ended up feeling extremely sorry for the author, Mark Serrels from Sidney, Australia. And because I feel…
If I could design my perfect life…
Many years ago, I was challenged to design my perfect life. I couldn’t do it at the time, and about ten years have passed since then. However, I saw a few video clips on this morning, and this woman is living her dream life! No, she isn’t rich, by the conventional definition of the word,…
Yesterday, I was all for giving up… but then I tried once more.
Sometimes, a goal simply seems to be too big to handle. When you’re a do-it-yourselfer like me, it’s challenging to delegate work. The mantra “if it’s to be, it’s up to me” has been pounded into my mind from a very early age. Yes, that’s a good thing, but it has its detriments as well….
What do I bring to the table? (Branding Myself 1)
I have a friend who is not only one of the top Snooker/Billiards coaches in my country but also the current South African Masters’ champion! We’ve known each other for years, and he told me something interesting this morning. He said I can’t work on myself – I need someone to work ON me. So…