Category: Home Life

So 2021 New Year has started, and I don’t know if I am excited about it. I think we can all agree that 2020 needed to end, however, it is still lingering. There is an air of uncertainty and anxiety. This leads to a fear of making plans too far in advance, as I would then just have to reschedule which leads to more anxiety. All in all a vicious circle.

2020 Reflection

As I look back at the last year, I do see some positives and negatives. I started the year with great enthusiasm and was hitting most of my goals. And even those goals that I was letting slide, was done in a mindful manner.

So I was happy in my bubble, and rather quite upbeat, until the National Lockdown and restrictions happened. I started battling with depression and anxiety which is clear to see in my New … Read the rest

We have a problem with clutter. I sometimes feel like we are drowning in it. Then we have very different thoughts on how to declutter. I am almost convinced my husband is a hoarder, but a sneaky one that hides his stash. I am a person who drops things and leaves them where they fall. Then given that this is a childless environment, there is no driving need for us to to have good discipline to instill values into another person. With all that said, these are some of the decluttering principles which could and do work in our household:

If you trip over it

There isn’t a day that goes by that I am not tripping over something or kicking something. And I don’t say this with any measure of pride. I do know that I should be putting my various shoes away, but then I just drop them … Read the rest

It is the start of a new year, 2020, and time for some bujo and making accountable goals. I have decided that in this new year, I will be making better use of my time and bujo, and to ensure that I will also be holding myself accountable, I will be making this a sticky post on my blog.

While browsing Pinterest, I came across a new concept of an old idea, Level 10 Life. In short this is looking at the ten areas of your life and coming up with actionable tasks to achieve your level 10 life. A more detailed introduction can be found at Be Level 10.

Another idea that can, in my opinion, be used in conjunction with Level 10 Life and the 101 Goals in 1001 days. The concept is to set 101 goals and, you guessed it, complete it in 1001 days.

Although … Read the rest

This October for breast cancer awareness, I had my first mammogram. I should have had it two years ago, however it is never something that makes the top of my list.

The whole experience is interesting and at time daunting. I arrived in time for my appointment, and had to strip the top half of my clothing.

I was guided to where the imaging would take place. I quickly informed all and sundry that it was my first time and that they would have to explain what is going on.

“Does anyone in my family have cancer?” is the first question asked. I luckily don’t have any immediate family members who have had cancer so I have that in my favour.

So there I was, hugging a machine while the technician rearranged my breast. The pain that I had been warned about was minimal. I managed to withstand the squeeze. … Read the rest

With no children, there is no responsibilities. This has led to a freedom of sorts that was starting to reflect in our household. We don’t have the responsibility of setting a good example so we just do what we want to do. This translates to no cleaning habit and ritual.

This may sound like an ideal way to live, but it is more like living like a teenager than an adult.

My therapist has said this could also be a sign of my depression level. I just think that I am lazy and have no need to do something I really don’t want to do. Although I may be flippant about our household and the cleanliness, it does cause some level of anxiety.

I didn’t enjoy coming home. We would do the obvious things, like the dishes, but there was a sense of disorder the minute I would enter. The … Read the rest