I never bought into the ‘multi-tasker’ thing, even when it was mega-important to be one of (all of?) those kinds of people back in the nineties. You HAD to have ‘great at multi-tasking’ written somewhere on your CV or you were toast. That was the theory anyway. Instead, I always wrote the thing that I…
How to break a bad habit | Step 7
We are trundling along at pace on our habit busting mission. How are you feeling about everything? Still overwhelmed or are you feeling a little bit more like you can do this. You can do this! So yesterday we thought about substitutions for our habits and examined the need to change the rhythm of our…
How to break a bad habit | Step 6
We are doing this! Ain’t life grand? Have you started your 21 day commitment yet or do you need to know more? I’m guessing you might want a few more tips about how to get out of the habit of having your habit! I think the hardest part of breaking up with a habit is realising…
How to break a bad habit | Step 5
Phew, can you believe we are five days into this habit kickin’ series? I told you it was rather involved. BUT, the further we go along, the more I think we are becoming aware of just how complex habit breaking actually is. Complex, difficult but ultimately really achievable. That’s the path we are on right now….
How to break a bad habit | Step 3
This is the third post in my How to break a bad habit series. You can see Step 1 here and Step 2 here. So far we’ve identified why we have our bad habits in the first place and made the decision to stop. A much harder decision to make than you’d think! One of…
How to break a bad habit | Step 2
Yesterday in Step 1 of this series, we spent some time examining what exactly our bad habit is giving us that’s good. See there’s always some kind of good that outweighs the bad. Nobody slogs through quicksand to claim a pile of more quicksand at the end… or do they? That’s the thing about habits. They often…
How to break a bad habit | Step 1
I’ve patiently waited three months to write this series. That’s how long ago I finally stopped drinking diet coke, a daily bad habit I’d had for more than 20 years. Twenty years! Erk! Let me tell you, bad habits are haaaaaard to break. I know this because in my time I’ve kicked a few doozies:…
24 ways to distract yourself
This year I’ve been very quietly knocking over quite a few bad habits. See, I figured that trying to ‘change myself’ overnight wasn’t working, so I decided to simply focus on one habit at a time and see how I went with that. I’ve been going really well. My latest ‘big habit’ bust has been…
Body neutrality
Is learning to ‘love your body’ really the goal? Because if it is, I think it’s an impossible goal for many of us. I think the whole ‘body love’ thing backfires because most women aren’t blind and we’re none of us stupid. Mind you, I do feel stupid when I listen to ‘body love’ messages that suggest I…
When parenting feels too hard
I’m not loving being a mum right now. It’s hard to say that ‘out loud’, but there it is. Lately I feel like I’m carrying Sisyphus on my back as I go through the parenting motions. Up we push the rock, down the rock goes. Up we push the rock, down the spirits go. I’ve…