There is a particular kind of uncertainty that can be difficult to explain because, from the outside, your life may look perfectly fine. Nothing has necessarily fallen apart. You might have a job, a family, a home, people who care about you and a routine that, for the most part, works. Yet somewhere along the … Read more
There is a strange point that can arrive in life when you know something has changed, but you aren’t entirely sure what you’re supposed to do about it. Perhaps an old routine doesn’t feel quite right anymore. Maybe work has started to feel different, or you have less patience for things you once accepted without … Read more
Sometimes self-reflection creates a strange problem. You start noticing things you hadn’t really noticed before. You realise that some of your habits don’t quite fit anymore, or that you’re carrying expectations that probably made sense years ago but don’t necessarily make sense now. Perhaps you’re always available to other people, even when you don’t really … Read more
Why some people stay the same for thirty years while others can change direction in six months. We tend to think of personal change as something that happens when we make a big decision. We change jobs. We move country. We start exercising. We leave a relationship. We decide to finally pursue something we have … Read more
Your goals might describe the future you want. Your daily habits are quietly building it. We spend a lot of time thinking about the future. We think about where we want to live, what we want to achieve, how much money we would like to have, what we want our health to look like and … Read more
Sometimes making life easier isn’t about building a better routine. It is about removing something that no longer needs to be there. Most of the advice we hear about improving our lives involves adding something. We should exercise more, eat better, read more, get up earlier, meditate, organise our week, improve our sleep, spend more … Read more
I have noticed that mental tiredness doesn’t always arrive after a difficult day. Sometimes it appears before the day has really started. I can be standing in front of the wardrobe, looking at clothes I have worn many times before, trying to decide what to wear. A few minutes later, I am wondering what to … Read more
Most people assume clutter is just visual. A few extra tabs open, papers stacked on a desk, notifications sitting unread and a phone full of screenshots you meant to organise weeks ago. None of it feels particularly important in isolation, which is why it’s easy to ignore. For a long time, I ignored it too. … Read more
There’s a version of tiredness that shows up when life is actually working. Not when things are falling apart, but when they’ve stabilised. Work is progressing, responsibilities are being handled, and from the outside everything looks as it should. And yet, energy feels lower than you expect. I didn’t notice it at first. It wasn’t … Read more
There is a particular kind of tiredness that doesn’t immediately make sense, largely because nothing appears to be wrong. You’re still showing up, still delivering, still doing what’s expected of you. From the outside, life looks stable. Work progresses, conversations happen, plans are maintained. Yet underneath that steady surface sits a persistent sense of fatigue … Read more