by Annastasia | Jan 8, 2018 | An envelope of snippets, Inkdrops
We’re a whole week into 2018. It’s been busy but fun, and a promising start to the 51 weeks still to go. Hopefully, our planning for the year ahead has paid off – and there has been some learning about not overestimating what you can achieve in a...
by Annastasia | Dec 5, 2016 | Bullet Journal, Inkdrops, Lists, Living, One Thing at a Time, routine
Are you thinking about Christmas, or making rash promises to yourself about how you will form wonderful life-changing habits in 2017? I hoped that the habit log in my bullet journal would be a year-round winner when it came to new habits. I must confess that it has...
by Annastasia | Jan 23, 2016 | Articles, Heuristics, Inkdrops, simplification
There are too many decisions to make in a day. Let’s face it, most of them don’t matter that much. The choice you make will not be life-changing and could (with a few possible exceptions) be reversed quite easily. So to save my energy for more interesting...
by Annastasia | Jul 24, 2015 | Inkdrops, Lists, Living, organisation, routine, simplification
I always feel better when I stick to a routine. Getting Things Done points out that if you are recording things you need to do rather than remembering this frees up space to be creative. I’m inclined to think that routine is the same. It’s much easier to...
by Annastasia | Apr 17, 2015 | Inkdrops, Living, organisation
We all want a bit more time. We struggle to fit things in. When we’re feeling harassed we ask for more hours in the day. Or enough time to get it, whatever it may be, done by the end of the week. I’m still working on more hours in the day. However, I did...
by Carla | Sep 5, 2014 | Articles, Inkdrops, Lists, Living
I love September even more as an adult than I did as a child. The end of hay fever and sneezing, the back-to-school feeling without actually having to go back to school, cosy evenings, the start of term at my local adult education centre… It’s sensible for...