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One on the main ways I’ve simplified my life over the last few years is by making as many things as possible automatic. I’ve found the less you have to remember, or actively schedule, the shorter your to do list can be, with no real impact on how much you get done. Habits is the number one way I’ve automated things in my own life. Because a habit is just a deeply programmed behaviour, it will happen for you, without much effort. The trouble with habits is that some of them are useful and some not so much (read: my...

It’s been two years since I launched Birthday Letters to my Baby (which incidentally mean that Arthur is about to turn two!) The book has such personal significance for me and it has be such a joy to send these books out to my wonderful customers. I’ve never really shared how I use the book myself, so on the two year anniversary, I thought I’d share five things I record about my children in Birthday Letters to my Baby, every year. The main reason I created Birthday Letters to my Baby was to have a place to capture every year...

The last two months have been quite literally non-stop for me. Christmas, turned into New Year, which turned into us packing up our house and moving two weeks ago. When I’m busy, the tendency to feel stressed definitely creeps in. One slightly positive side effect of being busy is that I’ve been on my phone a lot less. Although this started purely as a coincidence, having less screen time, has actually made me want screen time less. Instead of spending my free moments scrolling I’ve been embracing, pre-smart phone hobbies. I’ve been rediscovering some creative pursuits that as well as...

It’s not been a typical start to the year for us. No sooner had New Years Day passed than we found ourselves selling our house, most of out furniture and packing up what was left to begin a year of adventure. A month into 2019 and my feet have hardly touched the ground. Yet in many ways this has already been a big year. This year we’ve decided to change the status quo that we’ve had for the last four years and start a new journey. The central tenant that guides my life is to live with intention. We sold...