Life laundry. A thought exercise.
Here’s a thought exercise for you to do while you’re enjoying your mid-morning cup of tea. If you were about to move home, to one that is half the size…
Life laundry. How to eliminate the first groan of the day.
In an earlier post on life laundry, I wrote that usually the easiest and least angst-ful starting point for mobilising your life laundry programme is your list of physical decluttering…
Life laundry. How to deal with surface tension.
In an earlier post on life laundry, I suggested that making lists would be a good place for starting the process of de-cluttering your life. As my grandmother always used…
Life laundry. How to draw up laundry lists.
It’s Sunday. The laundry has been piling up for a week. It’s time to roll up your sleeves and tackle it. Separate the colours from the whites. Wash. Spin. Transfer to the…
Opportunity cost. How to apply this principle from economics to your daily life.
If you are an economist or have ever been a student of economics, you’ll be familiar with the principle of ‘opportunity cost’: Opportunity cost is the next best alternative foregone.…
Life philosophy
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Whose life is it anyway? It’ll all come out in the wash. These are some of the notions you may well have muttered to yourself when…
Pearls of Wisdom
In an earlier post, I talked about how the principles on which we base our life philosophy are what enable us to devise strategies for facing or resolving life’s challenges. …
Looking for a solution? But, first, what is the problem?
As I wrote in an earlier post, it is surprising how often it is that someone who is searching for a solution is unclear as to what precisely the problem…
Trust your gut
In earlier posts, I made reference to the Pearls of Wisdom that I have accumulated over the years. In working with people and their problems, it is useful to have…
Answering the question. What is the question?
Has it ever happened that, during a conversation, someone has said: “So, what do you think the answer is?” And, mystified, you’ve responded: “But what was the question?” I’ve come…