Posted in Life, Personal goals, love, men, taking control of your life, work life balance, tagged Happiness on June 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Searching for a partner can be a traumatic experience. Often we look for partners that will complete us, not complement us. We say it all the time:
‘he completes me’
‘she’s my better half’
Besides being nauseating company, becoming achingly-co-dependent is dangerous.
When rely on others to fulfil us, we allow others to make us miserable. [...]
Posted in Bi-polar, Depression, Life, taking control of your life, work life balance, tagged energy, productive on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I frequently wax lyrical about the depths of despair I plummet to when depressed, but there’s a reason I fight the need to medicate my bipolar disorder – mania.
For me, when I’m experiencing it – a manic episode is a beautiful, beautiful thing. For those trying to live with me while I’m experiencing it – [...]
Posted in Family memories, Fitness, Life, Parenting, Personal goals, Relationships, getting organised, taking control of your life, work life balance, tagged New Years Resolutions on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the business analysis world, we have regular performance reviews against business plans and so on. This systematic holding-to-account forces a refocus of energy and resources on achieving an organisation’s top priorities.
So, given that governance is what I DO professionally, with March now behind us, I thought it was time I held a quarterly review [...]
Posted in Life, getting organised, taking control of your life, work life balance on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Want more meaning in your life? Write your own obituary.
Oh, sure, it SOUNDS crazy. But is it?
At the end of it all, if you had lived the life you wanted, what would be said about you at your funeral? What would the focus of your life have been?
Writing your own obituary focuses your mind on [...]
