Can you believe it is May? It only seemed like yesterday I was putting up the Christmas decorations! For the month of April I took the challenge of writing a sentence a day and now I’ve decided to try it again for May. If…
A Month of Happiness Meaningful Mondays Over 50s Lifestyle
Meaningful Mondays: Happiness starts with you
Happiness starts with you Did you know that? MAY has been my month to focus on happiness and what I’ve reminded myself is that Happiness cannot come from material things, or from other people. It is up to ME because long term happiness comes…
For the month of April I took the challenge of writing a sentence a day. I read a post by Jodie from Jtouchofstyle about writing a sentence a day and she introduced me to Leslie from Once Upon a time happily ever after .…
Discover Yourself Over 50s Lifestyle Quotes for Inspiration
Midlife Matters – 5 Quotes to Take back control of your life
In an earlier post I wrote about 6 Ways to take back control of your life. We can all become busy and feel that life is just one big rollercoaster ride, but we also have the power to control our life or to accept…
Discover Yourself Fit & Fabulous 2017 Health & Wellness Over 50s Lifestyle
6 ways to take back control of your life
‘I am so busy’, ‘sorry, too busy’, ‘I never have time for myself’, ‘I feel guilty I don’t have enough time to spend with the children or grandchildren’ Can you relate to any of these statements? I know I can and you know…
It’s been a very tough month! I’ve lost a close friend, my brother and I have been ill for most of the month. So I’ve been indulging in some ‘self pity’, something I really hate doing, but you know what? Life can be too…
I recently saw on friend’s facebook page that they were taking up the #100happydays challenge. (Find out more about the #100happydays challenge) The month of October has been a very difficult one for me which was reflected in my lack of motivation and…
‘When Life Gives You Lemons – Make Lemonade – And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” – Ron White I’ve heard the first part of this quotation but never the part about vodka! What does…
When I left one of my jobs, I left with $15,000 worth of sick leave accrued (unfortunately not paid out). Yes – that’s a lot of sick leave not taken over a 10 year period. Back then, my attitude was that if you weren’t…
When we say someone is inspirational what do we mean? Inspirational is defined as “The definition of inspirational is a person or thing that motivates mentally or emotionally. An example of inspirational is Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech.” For me,…
