Happiness Is Not a Goal
Image courtesy of Kathy Belge In Search of Happiness Thomas Jefferson famously declared the pursuit of happiness to be an inalienable right, yet for the majority of us the how of that statement has...
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Image courtesy of Dan /FreeDigitalPhotos.net Are you like a puppy when it comes to treats? No off button, you just eat and eat and eat until it’s all gone? I’m like that. I can’t tell you how many...
View ArticleThree Hippie Ideas that Work
Image courtesy of Dan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Back in the day my idea of cleaning anything involved buckets of bleach and whatever other hardcore industrial strength cleaners I could lay my hands on....
View ArticleDoes Your ‘On Paper’ Garden Dwarf Your Actual Garden?
Image courtesy of Leno4ka90 So how are you doing with those goals? Apart from New Year’s Eve, the Holidays are in the bag, which means there’s only one thing left to do before donning those heels and...
View ArticleA New Direction
Sporty and Ang on their way to new beginnings Hot off the Presses Sporty and I signed up for Think Traffic’s Start a Blog that Matters course a couple of months ago, little realizing at the time that...
View ArticleWe’re Indulging in a Little Work Life Balance
Image by Green Child Work Life Balance Sporty and I received a last-minute opportunity to book into a hotel near the V&A Waterfront and behave like tourists in our own city for the weekend. As a...
View ArticleBusiness Planning Your ‘Get Sexy’ Strategy
Image via 123rf.com A new year is nearly upon us and that means its big goal commitment time. Yep, if wish fairies abounded for granting goals on the two biggies – health and new business success –...
View ArticleConfessions of a Digital Hoarder
Image courtesy of Stuart Miles FreeDigitalPhotos.net If you’ve spent even a small amount of time here on Balance & Life you’ll know that Sporty and I are rabid minimalists. It all began back in...
View ArticleHow to Be a Balanced Traveler
Life is one giant balancing act. How we manage our priorities, our relationships and our emotions is crucial to our overall wellbeing. Finding balance isn’t always easy. In fact, it is most likely a...
View ArticleThe Health Benefits of Kindness
Image courtesy of Adam R / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. – Albert...
View ArticleBegin Your Business Dreams
Image by Asif Akbar For those who have not yet taken action on your dreams and started your business, I’ve got a little secret for you, one that may help free you from your fear. It’s not the idea...
View ArticleLeading Linchpins vs Herding Sheep
To act with economy of effort and obtain maximum value, such is the way of the wise leader. – Chuang Tzu Recently a publisher approached Sporty and I to review a book she was working with called The...
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