I can procrastinate like a boss. I can spend hours messing around on Facebook; more if I have something particularly urgent to do. I thought I was just really unproductive and a bit rubbish, but actually there are several reasons procrastination can be a good thing. Here are three of Read more…
For those who are not aware, I’m undertaking a year-long Happines Project this year, with a different challenge each month. This month, my challenge is to meditate each day. Before I learned to meditate I thought it was some sort of wizardry where you had to learn some sort Read more…
In this week’s podcast, I’m talking about the latest instalment of my sugar free journey, and how I don’t actually want any chocolate. [spreaker type=standard width=100% autoplay=false episode_id=6059986] Here are some of the books I’ve been reading lately: That Sugar Book – I reviewed this a couple of weeks ago and it Read more…
Hello and welcome to my first ever Goal Setting linky. Here’s how it works. You can set yourself some goals, and join up to the linky – then we all leave positive and supportive comments on each other’s posts. Next week, we all come back and review how we Read more…
I think I’m going to stop saying “this week has been busy” at the start of these posts – every week seems to be busy lately. Goal for last week Last week’s goal was to find a way to work my food and exercise around being busy… I picked Read more…
Last year, S and I went with Auntie Af to a holiday park on the coast for weekend. I was so glad to have my sister with me; at the time, S was 2 and into everything (not much has changed; now she’s 3 and into everything). She figured Read more…
Just lately, I’ve been putting butter in my coffee. The first time I did it, I posted a picture and was surprised by how many of my Facebook followers said “oh yes, I do that too.” Since then I’ve posted several photos (I post a lot of photos), and lots of Read more…
I’ve been doing this for ten weeks now, and on my sugar-free journey for ten weeks. The last couple of weeks have been bonkers. My routine has gone out the window and I’ve barely been home during the day to work – which has meant I’ve been working in the Read more…
I was delighted last week to receive an email from Lee Hunter, a children’s author and childcare practitioner. She is a childminder Elgin, Scotland. and has recently written a book based on the life of her own cat, Nemo. The book is called Nemo and Giraffe, and Lee was wondering Read more…
As spring begins, many people make the decision to leave all of the bad habits of the Winter behind and start to make changes in time for the Summer. Spring is an excellent time to overhaul your lifestyle as without the cold and rain of the Winter, you are probably Read more…
I fell completely off the radar this week, and didn’t update my New Me profile for days. There was a business event in town, and although I knew it was going to be a busy few days I was completely unprepared for just how busy. On Wednesday I arrived home Read more…
This week’s podcast is more about my sugar-free journey, and how I’m coping with my cravings, and the sugar-eating habits of my toddler. [spreaker type=standard width=100% autoplay=false episode_id=5960572] Here are some of the books I’ve been reading lately: That Sugar Book – I reviewed this a couple of weeks ago and Read more…
We were sent copies ofThe Great Big Book of Families and Welcome to the Family, both by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith for review. I was really excited to receive these, as I know S is getting to that age where she’s likely to notice differences between families – and Read more…
You know how sometimes you’re vaguely aware of something existing, in a sort of “oh yeah, that’s over there…” sort of way, but you’ve never actually been? Riverbourne Community Farm is just over a kilometre from our house, on a patch of land that was always mostly long grass and Read more…
This week was S’s birthday, and with one thing and another I was fairly stressed. I’ve not eaten brilliantly, but it has been better than last week! I think using New Me is helping though; it focuses the mind to have to record everything you eat, but also it shows me Read more…
Yesterday was S’s third birthday, and I wanted to make it one to remember. She woke up at 4am saying “It’s my birthday today!” Unable to open my eyes, I told her it wasn’t today yet and hoped… we woke up again around 7am. It took her a couple of Read more…