I’m sure we’ve all seen them. Ads for bath bombs, candles, blankets, books, soft snuggly things, restaurant trips, massage parlors, and more, all advertising their self-care mantra. This will make you relax, this will make you happier, this will buy you that one hour of time to yourself you could never get otherwise! But of […]
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Mental health / Personal level
Treat your projects as jigsaw puzzles, not monoliths
If you, like me, are an ecofrugal person who keeps starting new projects, or want to start new (big) projects, you might also be hit by project overwhelm. A project may seem so big and so daunting that you just never carve out the time to get it done or even get started. So, what […]
Mental health / permaculture / Personal level
Regaining the lost value of reflection
I don’t know about you, but all through my teen and adult life I’ve felt like I am just chasing the next thing. In secondary school we needed good grades to get into the high school speciality of our choice, and if we didn’t do vocational high school/trade school, we’d need to chase grades again […]