It was a long run day. On the cards was a 16km long run including intervals. The wind was howling, it was cold, and I really didn’t want to. A common theme in winter, but today I wasn’t feeling the love. Combined with a stressful work week, getting over a cold, and just general life, …
My first overseas adventure was to America for Camp Counsellors USA. (There is also another company called Camp America, that does the same sort of thing.) University was wrapping up and I was applying for jobs and couldn’t find anything in my field (photography, it was and still is very hard to be in that …
Have you ever had these thoughts while out running? “I’m not good enough to run this race.” “I’m too slow.” “I give up.” “Everyone is fitter than me.” Know that you are not alone, and these thoughts are common for all runners of all abilities, yes even the elites suffer from negative self-talk. Negative self-talk …
Do you know anyone who has never failed? Without failure, we would have the Stephen Speilberg movies ET, Jaws, or Indiana Jones. Writer J.K Rowling could have stopped handing in her after 12 rejections, but then we wouldn’t have Harry Potter. What if we change our perspective on failure? What if we see failure as …
Have you ever stopped to think about all the things that make you happy? If you have never thought about it, then I encourage you to take on the #100happydays challenge. A photo of a day of all the things that make you happy. Happiness isn’t just the big ticket items, like going on holiday …
What is a season of sacrifice? It’s a period of time in your life when you have to put something away in order to serve what is right in front of you. COVID unintentionally happened to be our season. In this season of sacrifice, we gave up a lot and made many changes to our …
Each week, when I do my strength training sessions, I note down what exercises, reps, sets and weights I use. I like to keep track of my progress. This allows me to know when to increase my weights or reps, or change in exercise and sets. Regardless of what program I have done for strength …
Back in 2018, I wrote a blog post about Time Management Life Hacks. I still stand by these hacks. In five years, there are many other hacks or habits that I now do that set me up. And the future me always thanks me. These are my six life management hacks that help me to …
While saying yes is important in opening us up to new possibilities, saying no is just as important. No, is a complete sentence and you shouldn’t have to justify you’re no. Saying no is a boundary. There are many ways to say no, without saying NO. One of my personal favourites is: While some may …
We all know the importance of saying No, and setting boundaries. But saying Yes is just as important. When we say yes we open ourselves up to new opportunities and new discoveries. In the movie Yes Man, Jim Carrey’s character goes from saying No to everything to saying yes. His whole world changes once he …
