Here we are at last- our first blog post. We have been planning this for a few months now and over the past few weeks we’ve been on an adventure, working out how to set up a website, designing a logo and signing up to a whole range of social media platforms etc. So to Continue Reading
Living the Simple Life – Detox Your House
We moved to the country and are actively pursuing a simple life. But our interest in living the simple life started some years ago, even before the pandemic!! About 4 years ago I was introduced to Essential Oils and became interested in their many benefits and uses. As part of my research into the use Continue Reading
Living the Country Life
We live in the country! This is very new for us and we love it! We moved after a lifetime of city living (over 60 years) to a country town and so we are now living the country life. If you are considering a tree change or a sea change you might like to read Continue Reading
Living the Simple Life
How complicated is your life? Are you a busy, busy person and loving it or one who is dreaming of living a simple life? Whether you are living alone or with others, the health of your household is impacted by the amount of time you have to relax, spend time with loved ones and to Continue Reading
Joyful January
How joyful are you feeling at this point in the year? I know, many of you have just finished your holidays and are really not looking forward to another year at work etc. But you can turn that around by finding purpose for yourself this year. Once you have your purpose you can enjoy every Continue Reading
Find the Joy – Find Your Purpose
If you want to fill your life with joy I believe that it is very important to find your purpose. What does this mean – well to me it means finding why I am here at all, what I am meant to be doing, what I am good at and how can I marry these Continue Reading
Be Intentional
I really didn’t think I would ever be writing about having to schedule or plan tasks when I retired. Or if anything, I thought I would be scheduling outings each week!!! But sadly the pandemic meant that most of our time for a few years was spent at home and we found it difficult to Continue Reading
Get out there and find the joy!
I’ve been talking to you lately about finding joy in your life. One of the most important things you can do in life is to identify your passions and then act on them! Why is this so important – because if we don’t identify our passions we can just drift through life or be driven Continue Reading
Retirement – We did it, we moved house!
It seems like an age since I wrote anything about retirement – probably because it was over a year ago when we were in lock down and going nowhere. In my last retirement post I talked about being stuck and going nowhere. I am pleased to say that all that has changed! We really did Continue Reading
What it takes to make new friends
About a year ago I posted an article about the importance of friendship. In that post I laid out the difficulties of making and keeping friends and the importance of trying. The quote below really stuck with me because I have been in a position of loneliness for a number of years. Always have a Continue Reading
Keeping it Fresh in 2022 – Start Something New
I have been writing and chatting to you over the past few weeks about keeping it fresh in 2022. Finding your purpose and setting goals are a great way to get yourself motivated to do what you love as well as what you have to do each day. But starting something that is new for Continue Reading