The Living Wise Blog
Good enough! It’s time to overcome perfectionism.
Perfectionism is often viewed a worthwhile character trait. In fact, I often hear people talk about their own perfectionism as if it’s something to celebrate and be proud of. It’s…
What are your values?
Let’s talk for a minute about values. You might have heard the term bandied around by coaches, in self-help books, or even at work. But still a lot of people…
Are the crazies driving the bus?
Life’s a journey, and you’re travelling by bus (it's a tired cliché but stay with me on this). You get to steer the bus wherever you want to go. Sometimes you…
Making space the KonMari way
Despite my best efforts to keep things clean and tidy around here, I'm afraid my house in the past few months has become one massive, disorganised mess. Papers and books…
Have you asked for what you want?
I can't believe it is less than a week until Christmas and the new year is literally around the corner. How did that happen? It feels like this year has flown by, but…
Visualise success: create a vision board!
It's that time of year again when I reflect on the year that's just been and think about my goals for the year ahead. I've written before about my aversion…
Last day in Kampot
After a weekend in Siem Reap, we've been in Kampot just over a week and today is our last full day here before commencing our journey home tomorrow. We've had…
Is it ever ok to quit?
We’re taught pretty early on that to be successful we need to set goals and work hard to achieve them. Bumper stickers and instagram posts provide constant reminders that failure is…
Escaping the Cult of Busy
For more than a decade, every time I asked my husband about his workday, his response has been “We are SO busy!” To his credit, when I pointed out that his…
The single most important ingredient for happiness
In just over a week I’ve had 400 people sign up to my Crappy to Happy 7-day email course. It seems there are plenty of people who are keen to get the…