So here it is – the end of 2018, almost. There isn’t really too much time left to scrabble in many last-minute achievements, so it’s time for The 2018 Reckoning. This year was my fourth using The Desire Map technique and annual planners. Desire Mapping is a subtle but to me very useful method of …
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Sharing the Desire Map Journey
For nearly two years now I have been Desire Mapping. Here on the left are my two Desire Map Journals. The spiral bound delicious-looking one is 2016’s Desire Map Weekly Planner. Desire Mapping is a process developed by Danielle La Porte. Simply put, Desire Mapping is uncovering the feelings (up to about five) that capture …
A Diary
With just a four day weekend in Bali, I couldn’t possibly justify more than a cabin bag. I’d already negotiated with darling husband to bring the laptop so I could keep working on the novel. And I’d slipped in my writing journal and writing reference file I need to have beside me. The writing journal …
Five signs it’s Time to Change
So… change is definitely on my mind at the moment. It got me to thinking. Are there some useful signs to pay attention to, if you think you need to change direction? The short answer is yes, there is. Here are five for you to think about… 1. You’re offering something, but people are asking …
The Magic of Seven
Indulge me if you will. It’s my birthday on Tuesday, and I turn 49. Normally I have a birthday month, so for two weeks before, and two weeks after, I manage to stretch my birthday celebrations out in a variety of calorie-laden and sociable ways. Somehow this year, it hasn’t happened. I might be lucky …
Above The Line
I can recall vividly arriving late for a business course, and I do believe I may have had a large cappuccino, takeaway, in my hand at the time. “Traffic was terrible” I asserted. The presenter challenged me on that. Rightly so. I was most definitely below the line. Apparently traffic was bad (so leave earlier, …
Stop-start factor
I think my car has been trying to tell me something. For a while there it had a fault in the fuel pump that made for a very stop-start experience in driving. More worryingly, there were times it would cut out, such as when executing a right hand turn with traffic bearing down on me. …