The ugly parts of dementia

When I was searching for an image for this blog, I found this ‘time out’ image, which was appropriate as I’ve needed some this week. Of course I found various pictures of children who had been naughty and made to go into time out, but I chose this image instead, as it better reflects how…

But… I don’t have enough time

“I don’t have enough time” is a common complaint we make ourselves or hear from others. We all have the same amount of time in a day, so why is it that some people seem to accomplish more than others? Time slips away, without us really noticing it. Then we reach a certain age, or…

Saying Yes or No?

Following on from my blog post Relax, where I wrote about saying no to things, because you are too busy, I have continued to think about the matter of saying yes or no to those things that present themselves to you, that also require some time commitment and effort on your part. I’m a firm believer in intuition, and…

Would you like you, if you met you?

I published this image with a blog some time ago, and talked about how it is our responsibility to care for our own needs, happiness and health included. I firmly believe it is up to us, although looking in the mirror with complete honesty can be quite painful, and taking responsibility, for everything you feel, is often…

My thoughts on how to be a writer?

Start writing. Today, tomorrow, and the next day… Don’t stop, not ever. These are my thoughts on how to be a writer, and what works for me might work for you. The goal of daily blogging was my key to setting up the habit. The experts say it takes 30 days to set a habit, and 90…

Relax…

The last two weeks touring three states with the Whose Shoes? communication tool created by my friend Gill Phillips of Nutshell Communications saw us much too busy most of the time to do more than sleep, and then not for long enough. Along the way, in part due to two very quirky senses of humour together…