Years of depression, anxiety, struggle, busyness and ongoing addiction have had a significant impact on my ability to think clearly. It was only when I committed to abstinence, occasional meditation and running that my mental clarity grew significantly. (I still slip up sometimes.) I was amazed by the mental bandwidth awarded to me for theseContinue reading “Mental bandwidth”
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Chaos
Thinking: erratic. Task switching. No focus. What’s happening? Days full of progress, followed by friction. More sleep needed. How can we avoid mental chaos? Choose one thing and focus everything on that until it’s done. This will lead to much-needed salvation and mental rest. It’s time to prioritise. What’s the most important thing you needContinue reading “Chaos”
Presence
If there’s one single thing you can do to immediately improve your life and the lives of those around you it’s presence. Presence is the greatest present. In this post I’ll talk about my experience of presence, flow, why presence is important and some ways that have helped me to achieve it. What is presence?Continue reading “Presence”
Muddled (unplanned)
I am just going to write and see where this goes. Writing is my way of unscrambling my thoughts and reprioritising what is important. TLDR: You cannot do everything you want at the same time, listen to your body, rest. For regular readers It has been an intense couple of weeks. I have been pushingContinue reading “Muddled (unplanned)“
Spontaneous Self-Reflection
Go to the end for lessons learnt. Let’s see where this goes… This is an unplanned exercise in regaining some clarity. Writing is, for me, a healing and growing exercise. It allows me to externalise what is important to me at any given time. It helps me to clear my mind and regain focus. TimeContinue reading “Spontaneous Self-Reflection”
Feeling Good
My outlook is changing, I am believing more and more is possible and this is opening me up to more and more motivation and inspiration. Escaping the limits in my mind of what is possible has built the motivation I need to push further into achieving more. It is like the fog is lifting, theContinue reading “Feeling Good”
Technology: relationships, mental health and productivity
Technology is wonderful-for education, sharing knowledge, business, and connecting with people you otherwise could not. However, the way we use it is not always in our best interest-for relationships, for our mental health, for productivity. We are always on, yet disconnected from reality, our concentration fragmented.
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