HOW AN ICELAND ADVENTURE LED TO MIDLIFE BLOGGING
Thursday, 13 February 2020
4 WAYS TO DESIGN A MINIMALIST MIDLIFE
Monday, 10 February 2020
MINIMALISM IN MIDLIFE
I've always had a love for simplicity and living an uncluttered life. The Minimalism Movement has legitimized my preference for "less is more" and made my choices a lot more normal and accepted than they were back in the more indulgent 1990's.I read an article recently on simpleminded.life that says there are 13 different types of Minimalists. I could identify with at least three of them, but I think the Mindful Minimalist was the best fit. They define it like this:
HURRY LESS - SLOWING DOWN TO APPRECIATE LIFE
Thursday, 6 February 2020
HURRY NEVER
One of the recommendations from William Henry Channing in creating a life SYMPHONY is to "hurry never" and as I thought about this concept, I came across the wonderful Swedish term "Fika" which roughly translates into taking a coffee break, but it has a deeper meaning which relates to the idea of slowing down and focusing on meaningful moments. It's about stopping the rush for a moment and slowing down, pausing to breathe and to stop hurrying through life. We need to hurry less, stress less, breathe more, and to stop for a moment to be grateful for this wonderful life we've been given.IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE
Monday, 3 February 2020
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE
If we were having coffee these are a few things I'd be sharing from January. We're in the peak of Summer here in Australia with all the horror of bushfires and cyclones, but here in Western Australia things have been fairly calm and (fortunately) fire-free. January is now behind me and because I always enjoy a good 'Taking Stock' blog post, I hope you'll humour me and sit a while as I share my news. There's nothing like a virtual cuppa and a chat, and I have lots to share from the last few weeks.LETTING GO, SELF-CARE, AND MAKING IT HAPPEN
Thursday, 30 January 2020
YOU CAN QUIT THAT AWFUL JOB RIGHT NOW
Monday, 27 January 2020
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK TILL YOU DIE
If you're one of those lucky people who love their job then I take my hat off to you. I truly envy people who look forward to going to work every Monday. I can't even begin to imagine what that would be like because I've never had a job I could truly say I loved. I've had jobs that I've been really good at, jobs I've not minded doing, jobs that have paid well, jobs that were okay, but nothing all that fabulous. Because of that I've always wanted to NOT have to go to work and wondered if that day would ever arrive.IT'S TIME TO GET TO KNOW YOURSELF BETTER
Thursday, 23 January 2020
WHO ARE WE NOW WE'RE IN MIDLIFE?
I don't know about you, but there are times I've wondered how much of who I am is due to my choices and how much has been inherited from my upbringing, or absorbed from those around me, or created so that I feel like I fit in. Now I'm past the halfway mark of life I'm finding that I want to drill down more, get to know myself, to understand myself better, and find what truly drives me.WHEN YOU'RE NO LONGER THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
Monday, 20 January 2020
DOES AGEING CHANGE US?
Do you ever feel like you're becoming more introverted with age? My husband laughs when I say that I've become an introvert, but I really believe it's true. I'm also becoming a bit of a social recluse these days too - going out to social gatherings seems to have lost its appeal somewhere in the last decade or so. I'm content to be home in my own space and it takes a lot of incentive to get me out the front door. It feels like I'm forcing myself to do something that just doesn't appeal - and life's too short to do that anymore.WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU A WAKE-UP CALL
Sunday, 19 January 2020
WAKING UP TO A LIFE I DESERVE
Today I'm guest posting on Sue's blog Sizzling Towards 60 and Beyond. She's begun a new series on Living Well and Ageing Well - a great theme and one we all should be embracing in Midlife.
I thought I'd share 3 valuable lessons I learned from last year where I finally left an extremely toxic work environment behind. I did a lot of thinking and growing after the fallout and progressed through to recovering myself again. In the process I've learned that I deserve to live life well and to live it on my terms.
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