How do you keep track of what you have achieved?

March 18, 2009 4 comments

A few weeks ago I started using my Super Seven plan.
It’s simple. In a small notebook, on the right hand page, I  write down 7 things to do each day . By the end of the day I tick off those I have done and forward the ones that were not possible( for all sorts of reasons). [...]

Taking time to notice what is around you

March 2, 2009 11 comments

This is my entry in this month’s What I Learned from  Group writing project hosted by Robert Hruzek over at Middle Zone Musings. Robert suggests What I learned from the Sidewalk. You owe it to yourself to take a look at his excellent blog – and to get a sense of how his mind works [...]

Small steps to big goals – try Super Seven

January 30, 2009 4 comments

My good friend Louise and I were chatting about goals the other night.  I have known her for a long time and have seen her pull a small notebook out of her bag to write furiously on many occasions. As she did this in response to something we had been discussing she told me about Super [...]

The value of finding ways to have generations spend time together

November 24, 2008 No comments yet

I have just come back from a weekend in a hotel in the Scottish Borders. For almost 20 years now we have taken the kids there for at least one weekend a year. For about 15 of those we have also included the grandparents in the trip though sadly we are down to just one [...]

Why I both love and hate mobile phones

November 20, 2008 9 comments

This post is in response to the request from Brad Shorr for posts about Cellphone Users and Abusers.
I got my first mobile phone about 10 years ago. It was of course a brick with limited features and I didn’t actually use it  much.  A new job meant that I qualified for a mobile phone at the [...]


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