Why your future doesn’t matter

I wondered what I’d tell him, if I saw him again today. I hope I’d look him in his annoyingly blue eyes, like I really didn’t care, and casually tell him that I didn’t know what I wanted my life to look like in five years time; I’d tell...

Screw to-do lists, life is for living!

Let me ask you a question – are you enjoying life? Are you actually living life, or just letting it pass you by in a whirl of work and goals and check lists and meet and greets and I’ll-relax-just-as-soon-as-I-get-all-this-shit-done -ness? You’re all...

When it’s appropriate NOT to practise what you preach

So I know I talk about mindfulness a lot on this blog, and rightly so, it’s great, but sometimes I get so frustrated with being mindful I need to break ranks and do something crazy. Sometimes, lovely people, I like to dream. Sometimes being present is hard....