individual moments of restlessness
June 26, 2013
Kay Redfield Jamison is a psychologist and sufferer of bipolar disorder who wrote An Unquiet Mind, a book I read many years ago when my
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I love food, hate waste: 15 (more) clever ways to use your leftovers
June 25, 2013
I’m a fan of using up leftovers. I turn it into a sport, as anyone who’s a regular reader of my blog would know. I’ve
how to live to 100: drink wine and walk
June 19, 2013
I’ve written about my visit to Ikaria a few times, through a little series that’s evolved on my blog titled “How to live to 100”.
Relax your nostrils
June 12, 2013
This is a rippin’ technique for highly strung, nervous types. Like me. We can’t “just relax”. We have to trick ourselves into it. Go about
Did you miss my Conscious Club talk?
June 5, 2013
Have you come across Conscious Club? It’s a get-together of kids who want to learn stuff and share and get conscious on a Friday night,
try this trick: buffering
May 22, 2013
When I was editor of Cosmopolitan my assistant Lucy used to book me out for 15 minutes either side of all my appointments. She did
refining your quirks
April 18, 2013
I sometimes see my personality quirks as highly expressive boils on the face of life. Too loud, too swollen, too festy. I’ve been feeling this
my 20 best productivity tips
April 10, 2013
I’m not a productivity fiend. Flaying about in chaos can be exhilarating. But I do like the sport of finding a smarter way to do
what’s better for the planet: ebooks or print books?
March 21, 2013
I try not to got holier than thou with environmental footprint prescriptives. I try. (Although, when it comes to bottled water, I’m rather unforgiving.) Mostly
Treat your car as a sanctuary
March 20, 2013
I have a trick I use to deal with my anxiety that you might like to know about. But first, some clarification. My brand of