Nov 4, 2021 | Decluttering, Motivation
“How about a minimum of 1 hour and a maximum of 2 hours a day decluttering and packing?” I’d been listening to the book Effortless (1) and I was reminded of a useful productivity technique. It’s where you set lower and upper limits of work in order to pace yourself....
Oct 5, 2021 | Motivation, Productivity
My husband recently helped his mother move into a new home. I think we have all moved homes at some point and know how much work is involved. Within a week, they had packed all that she wanted to take from her old house, the movers took the big pieces of furniture,...
Sep 29, 2021 | Motivation, Productivity
“I deleted an app” “What’s the big deal? I delete apps all the time.“ I hear you say. It’s not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but it was a big deal for me. I had downloaded a game, I’m not even going to mention the name because I don’t want you to check it...
Sep 28, 2021 | Motivation, Productivity
“Create language that motivates you” At our recent 3 months, 3 goals workshop, we asked the participants to share what they took away from the workshop. One of them said it was the sentence “Create language that motivates you”. Edson said this when one of the...
Jul 14, 2021 | Mission, Motivation
“How heavy is that?” We were down in our basement showing a friend my husband’s weight-lighting gym. He looked at the weights loaded on the weight-lifting bar and asked how heavy it was. It was 75kg. He was impressed. My husband didn’t start out lifting 75kg weights....
Jul 13, 2021 | Beliefs, Motivation
I knew that the right to vote for women had come late in Switzerland in 1971 but I didn’t know much more than that. Last week I attended an exhibition on Women’s Rights with a friend at the Landesmuseum, Zurich. The exhibition started with a video of a woman walking...
