Life has caught up with me a little during the past few weeks. My husband has been away, we have had visitors, and this generally tends to be quite a busy time for us anyway. My private life commitments have meant that I haven't posted as frequently as I would like to. However, even though…

A friend and I have started to catch up regularly as a way of remaining focused on our respective goals. Part of this catch up involves each of us identifying out loud what we would like to be acknowledged for. The idea is that we choose something that we would like the other person to…

Yesterday began fairly normally, apart from my husband being unexpectedly interstate for work and me feeling the need to be super-organised to compensate for his absence. By 8:07 am, I had cleaned out the fridge, put something in the slow cooker for dinner, organised lunches for our daughters, made a doctor's appointment for our youngest…

I hold an assessment that I generally find it much easier to accept negative feedback than I do positive feedback. For me, negative feedback is an opportunity to grow, and so I welcome it. My relationship with positive feedback is a little more complex and I feel as though I am continually learning how to…

This afternoon didn't go quite to plan. There was a gap in time where my husband wasn't going to be at home, I wasn't going to be at home and our children were going to be at home alone. When I say children, I mean children of an age where most people would willingly leave…