The Daily Telegraph reported¹ that keeping expectations low may be the key to happiness – according to researchers at University College London. “It is often said that you will be happier if your expectations are lower,” said lead author, Dr Robb Rutledge. “We find that there is some
Read more →“You cannot get it done, ever, and you cannot get it wrong. So you might as well relax and start having fun with this.” Abraham-Hicks I find this thought very liberating. I often hamper myself by getting hung up on doing things “right”. Sometimes “good enough”
Read more →On Saturday my daughter becomes a teenager and today, as if in anticipation of that great event, we had to have our first ever serious heart-to-heart. It’s a humbling thing watching your children grow and blossom into their own people, and not without its own sadness too.
Read more →It’s late – it’s been a packed day, full of ups and downs but suffice it to say I’ve had a day that is much more about pointing my boat downstream rather than madly trying to work my way against the current! I’m experiencing myself evolving a
Read more →This day has brought a bit of this: and a bit of this: I can’t remember the last time I had a chocolate bar. (A chocolate bar – not chocolate – that’s different!). I found myself buying one when I filled the car with petrol this morning.
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