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My 5 favourite podcasts

On Wednesday I wrote about how I’m using more audio in my life.

One of those things is listening to podcasts so it’s only right that I share 5 of my favourites with you today:

1. Elise gets crafty

I love this podcast and have listened to it most consistently. She is a goals girl like I am and I love listening to her talk on creativity, business, goals, etc.

2. Hopeologie

The Nester, her sister and her dad. LOVE this one. I am really tempted to subscribe to get their paid podcast too. If th...

How I’m using audio to work for me

I’ve mentioned before how I’m a visual learner.

60% of us are visual learners, by the way.

It turns out though that if you use audio and visual content together, you can increase your goals effectiveness

Here are a few ways I’m using audio:

1. Audio books

A few months ago, Modern Mrs Darcy wrote a really great post about audio books answering all the questions I didn’t know I had

I wasn’t convinced that listening to fiction was going to work for me but I’m always willing to give something...

So, March was interesting…

March was… interesting.

This is called Peasant’s Bread. I’ve pinned the recipe on my baking board —

Work was/ is super crazy, so much so I went in last weekend and worked a full 7 hours uninterrupted. It was great though because after that stint, I was more up to date and I slept beautifully. The previous two nights I’d had over an hour of restlessness which is not like me at all, so I needed to do something.

If something isn’t working in your life, don’t wait for things to go completely off...

I’m on holiday!

Happy April everybody

It’s school holidays so we’re on a mini-break in a beautiful part of the country renowned for forestry. This holiday is part of one of my goals for the year (to take 3 family holidays).

I actually took a couple of photos of the trees but they’re all blurry. Turns out taking pics from a moving car is more challenging This one was a bit better but if you’re on Instagram, follow me at @marcia0608 for much better photos.

I haven’t done my goals for the month yet. How about...

You might as well do it; you’re going to be tired anyway

I read something interesting about a month ago – if you’re going to be tired anyway, you might as well do it.

It = that thing on your to-do list

I thought about that some more and found that for my own life, it’s true.

I’ll say I’m too tired to go to gym but if I stay home, it’s not like I’m going to go to sleep any earlier to do something about that tiredness…

So now I go for that walk, do the craft with the kids, go to gym, go to Weigh-Less, because it’s indeed true – if I’m going to be t...

Some reading for the weekend

I’ve been waiting to use this photo since October last year ;)

1. Engage the core

2. Creative people have to say no

3. How powerful people at the White House get things done

(I love the decision matrix on this post)

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5. On 30 from Elise Cripe

(I loved what she said about growing older so much I referenced it in my last workshop :))

Which was your...

{Living intentionally} Capsule wardrobes – part 3

Part 1 and Part 2

Let me give you some capsule wardrobe feedback from (our) summer.

I have very little I can wear to work at the moment for a few reasons:

1. My workplace is exceptionally cold. So much so I gave in and bought a black flow-y shawl-type thing that I leave at the office permanently (except to be laundered every so often). I survive the cold for about 30 minutes in the mornings before I have to put on the shawl. So it really doesn’t matter what I wear… all people see is this bla...

You know all those things you want to do?

You should go do them.

Every year as part of my goal-setting process, I print off the pages from Leonie’s planner and I go play with the 100 things to do this year pages.

You do know there’s no rule that says you can only do goal-setting in January, right? I start and end goals throughout the entire year.

In fact, I just started a new goal last week – to start a project with photos of doors captured on my photowalks. Some might say a quarter of the year is gone, what’s the point?

There’s plen...

A guide to purposeful time management

The autumn session of Help! I need more time is now enrolling.

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