Apr 29, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
“Maybe I won’t blog for a week”. I was feeling really tired this week having organized my mum’s 70th birthday celebration on Zoom, putting together a slideshow late into the night for a few nights and thinking about what to say to do it justice. I had a chat with a...
Apr 17, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
If you don’t decide, someone else will decide for you. As a teenager, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. So like many teenagers, I listened to my parents. My father was very interested in computing and thought it had the best prospects for the future. He was right. I...
Apr 10, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
A friend of mine said that she was bored. As an avid traveller, she’s missing her travelling and getting restless and bored. So is being bored, a curse or a blessing? I remember once hearing that once in a while, you should let your kids get bored. I found an article...
Mar 19, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
When was the last time you felt like you were a beginner with something? Did you like that feeling? I can imagine some of you saying yes and some of you saying no. Often when we start something new, it can be fun because it’s so different from what we are used to....
Mar 13, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” Robin Sharma. Elif Tepebasi (1), a friend of mine, told me about a 21-day abundance meditation given by Deepak Chopra (2) and offered to send it to me daily on WhatsApp. I started...
Mar 4, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
Years ago, a friend said that her mother used to carry 5 small dried beans in her coat pocket. When she was out walking, she would think about or come across things and situations that made her feel grateful. At which point, she would transfer one of the beans into...