I am writing to you today about staying productive. Do you have a problem with productivity? Or maybe you have a problem staying focussed? Loss of focus can end in loss of productivity. Why is that bad? If we stop moving and doing things whether we are at work or at home we lose our Continue Reading
I’ve been talking to you lately about Keeping it Fresh in 2022. 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
In the last post dedicated to Keeping it Fresh in 2022 we were thinking about thinking about your purpose and setting intentions for life. This time I want to talk about making it real, i.e. setting some goals and being ready for action – all with those intentions in mind! It is helpful to use Continue Reading
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 has meant that most of our time is spent at home and we find it increasingly difficult to schedule anything Continue Reading
If you want to keep up enthusiasm for life and keep things fresh 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 Continue Reading
What does keeping it fresh mean? Of course it will mean different things to different people. To me, keeping it fresh in 2022 means finding purpose, setting goals, following my passions, being productive, trying new things, planning or setting tasks to be done and making sure that I have fun along the way. After Continue Reading
Much of the focus of our writing is on being helpful. We can’t all reach out to everyone in need but every little bit helps. Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does. Roy T. Bennett The quote above really resonates with me because there have been Continue Reading
Given that our name is ‘Helpful by Nature’ we thought it was time to share some ideas and hints about being helpful to others. Being forthright and pushy is not the way to go. I learned that over the years in my various jobs. You might change someone’s situations for a while by bullying them Continue Reading
Christmas and 2021 seem an age ago now and we are already seeing the ‘Back to School’ advertisements on the TV and yet there are still a few weeks of holiday left for many people. But you have probably also been bombarded by those Facebook posts and emails about goal setting for 2022. How do Continue Reading
It is our third birthday this month. The very first post was published on Australia Day, 26th January 2019! What a journey we have had since then! We have enjoyed the last three years and although our audience may not have grown all that much we know that our recipes, ideas and tips on a Continue Reading
