Knowing What to Want
Time is going to pass no matter what we do. If you don’t want to waste it, then first of all you need to work out what is your definition […]
Name It
A useful tip I found today was to name your emotions rather than suppressing them: Gross found that people who tried to suppress a negative emotional experience failed to do […]
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
I love popular science stories. Especially neuroscience stories. Especially ones with real life anecdotes. So forgive me if I don’t post for a while because I just discovered this new […]
Coping
Awareness and acceptance. I have always thought that if you think someone has the perfect life, it just means you don’t know them well enough. Everyone has loss and sadness […]
Motivation Theories
One technique I use when working towards a goal, and I’m getting nowhere, is to do research on that topic. I just google related ideas and see what comes up. […]
Better Than Before
I’m not going to lie. It was a struggle to read this book. I do love Gretchen Rubin but sometimes I don’t want to think about all my flaws. I […]
How to Love
I have been having difficulties with someone for a very long time. One of those love-hate, jelly fish relationships where you are constantly weighing up: Is this worth it? Why […]
Killing Time
I have been thinking a lot this week about contentment and boredom. It seems to me that there is a very fine line between the two. One minute, it seems […]
School of Life
A manifesto for atheists. Some good advice from The School of Life.