ROMANCING THE EVERY DAY
In striving to live a fabulous life, have I actually been missing the remarkability of the every day in front of me? Dismissing each day in favour of the future.I realise that wrapped in my striving is a part of me that is rejecting ordinariness. As though if I capitulate to it, then I am losing myself. Giving up on my dreams. Accepting mediocrity. Settling.
POPULAR POSTS: BECAUSE SOMETIMES I’M TOO NICE
Too many women end up exhausted and depleted, because they are spreading themselves too thin. Spreading themselves too thin helping people who should be helping themselves. Spreading themselves too thin by being too nice to everyone. Spreading themselves too thin by saying yes too often.
GUEST POST: THE PERFECTION OF ORDINARINESS
Laura Valerie writes … “Nothing is so commonplace as the wish to be remarkable”. It’s an oft-quoted line, and I am sure I have heard it before. Yet, this time, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I realised exactly where I had been going wrong: I was trying, with all my might, to be remarkable. When the truth is that I am ordinary. And that is not a depressing revelation. In fact, it is liberating. Let me explain.
IT’S ALL ABOUT ME – AND WHY SHOULDN’T IT BE?
Womankind has come a long way in the self-care movement. We know that giving is a great joy, but unless we take care of ourselves, then we can’t possibly take care of others. However, when we do carve out time for ourselves, do we really enjoy it, or we are still hijacked by a hefty side serving of guilt and lashings of oh-my-god-shouldn’t-I-be-flying-to-a-third-world-country-and-devoting-my-time-to-feeding-the-poor?
WHY GOOD MANNERS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE
Coco Chanel said fashion fades but style is eternal, and I think it’s safe to say that she would have considered manners the height of style. Not the pretend kind of style that uses social status or designer labels to project a certain image, but the real kind that emanates from within and radiates beauty, [...]
GO ON ADMIT IT, DO YOU HAVE AN INNER NANNA?
Glamour has always been my religion. I am known for never leaving home without gloss, wearing heels just to do the grocery shopping, blow drying my hair to within an inch of its life, finding any occasion I can to don a set of false eyelashes and forgoing cooking in favour of the David Jones [...]
THE NEW “C WORD” – COMPARISON
When many women look in the mirror, far from fairest of them all, they see too much of this and not enough of that, and lo and behold, if that isn’t enough, they start putting themselves down in comparison to others. Nasty and to be avoided at all costs – just like someone mouthing the [...]
EASTER EXCESS? MAKE MODERATION YOUR MANTRA FOR MAY
If it’s annoying me or preventing me from approaching my days with ease, then it’s being scrutinised like a princess about to walk down the aisle and thrown out like a guest wearing white at a royal wedding.
WHAT ARE YOUR TEN COMMANDMENTS?
i) Thou can’t live without a weekly blowdry at the hairdressers. Or manicure. Or pedicure. Nor should one feel guilty about indulging in such activities. Yes, never underestimate the power of good hair to one’s psyche.
LIVING SAVVY COACHING UPDATE: MONDAY BITES
As regular readers will be aware, the fabulous Jo Bassett from Living Savvy is currently coaching me to help me maintain my mojo in 2011 whilst I work towards my dreams of becoming a published author and fulfill other long held dreams for myself.
WHY I DON’T COOK. PERIOD.
“There’s no one who would have me, I can’t cook” – Greta Garbo I harbour such contempt for cooking, that in the unseemly event that I have to prepare a meal, it must take under 10 minutes and involve no more than 5 dishes, including the knife and fork. Perhaps it has something to do [...]
A LETTER FROM MY FUTURE SELF: FEBRUARY 2012
Good hair days are eternally yours, thanks to the weekly blow dries from your hairdresser (and I don’t need to tell you how the quality of your hair dictates the quality of your life). You even have the time to paint your nails every week (all that chipped polish wasn’t very becoming darling).
STRUGGLING TO GET INTO THE SWING OF 2011?
I don’t know about you, but my mojo has been missing in action (if you find it, can you please call me – a reward will be offered). Decemeber was a marathon of drinking, and it left me starting January like I hadn’t had a break at all
WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL PROUD ABOUT YOURSELF?
After a conversation with a dear friend today, I feel compelled to write this post. As you may have gathered from my writing, I am always open, honest and real. That’s not just because of who I am, but most importantly, it’s because I believe that it’s the candor that you, my readers really engage [...]
REWIND: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO YOUR 16 YEAR OLD SELF?
I thought it was a brilliant idea, so I am going to write one to my teenage self – a Dolly magazine reading, hair bleach and strawberry lip gloss addict, who was always agonising over the unrequited love of a high school crush.
