Everyday Life
Effortless Exercise That Works
For many, exercise means Gyms and strenuous workouts under the guidance of instructors with Adonis like sculptured bodies. Also, Gyms can leave the first-timer with feelings of inadequacy when viewing all the muscular toned figures of fellow members. This however needn’t be the case and if all you require, as most people do, is just a overall regular cardio-vascular workout, then you can do it simply and cheaply yourself. [...]
14 Time Management Tips To Get You Out Of The House On Time.
Are you the type of person who is always late getting ready in the mornings; always late leaving the house?… In this post I list 14 practical tips that I hope will help you beat the habit of forgetfulness and always be out of the house on time, every time. The secret of course is to prepare in advance. [...]
Saving Time At The Supermarket
Every other Sunday is supermarket day in our house and whereas Saturday mornings are my most loved, Sunday’s can be pure hell. For some strange reason. and I can never figure out why, my wife, “Y,” doesn’t seem to mind at all. In fact, she quite enjoys our fortnightly journts, but then she doesn’t have to battle with the trolleys (does anyone know how to make them go in the direction you are point?). [...]
Do You, Parlez-Vous?
As many of you may know, my wife is expecting our first child in February. Needless to say her parents, who live in Japan, are really excited at the news and the prospect of being grandparents for a second time. Such is their excitement, they want to visit next summer, and there in lies the problem: I don’t speak that much Japanese and they don’t speak that much English! Or so I thought. [...]
Thank You With Meaning
How often do we say “Thank you” with meaning? Sure we may say it everyday and on many occasions but let’s be honest here. How many times are we actually conscious of saying it as opposed to saying it as an unconscious learned response? [...]
Life Lessons in a Modern World
There are many lessons we can learn in life; many opportunities for gradual self-improvement and bettering our lives in general. Unfortunately some people, even the majority of us, want things TODAY! This attitude only leads to disaster and ruin. [...]
Making Improvement A Daily Habit
I recently found a great site – Zen Habits (see my blogroll below). It’s a blog about self-improvement written by a truly inspirational guy with a huge following (based on readership figures).
What I like most about his posts are how they are so practical – unlike many self-improvement sites who lean towards [...]
Bus Stop Silliness
In an attempt to improve this blog I was going to use a podcast for this post. Unfortunately what I wanted to show you is outside and as its raining heavy today, I’m putting the podcast on hold. Maybe I’ll add it later as an addition but for now, text will have to do.
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