Enjoy reading All Things Bright? Then you might be interested in my plans for it this coming new year, especially as you have the power to change things here, just by leaving me feedback. On 11 December, I asked for your help with considering changes for All Things Bright, what kind of design & content you'd like here and what you think of teasers (i.e. excerpts of entries). I made ...

Lessons from life or, Things I've learnt this year Fear is a motivating factor in many of my actions, or rather, in many of my reasons & excuses not to act. Action points Continue self-awareness of when I'm feeling fear and why. Change goals and actions in the face of rational fears to address valid reasons for not acting. Act in ...

My working & sleeping today First day of the Next sale (it's online too, at next.co.uk, open 6am - 1am). So, today, I worked for over ten hours, in the ladies' shoes department. Ten! Such a contrast with the quiet family Christmas a couple of days before, without which who knows if I could have survived today! When I got home I was exhausted, naturally. I was hungry too. So I ...

...and to all a good night! I've had a jolly Christmas. Massive lunch, lots of comedy television and a night in front of the computer. I'm sure I should write something about the evils of over-indulgence or something, but I'm too smiley. Hurrah for joy!

Today I've been thinking about New Year's Resolutions. I'm not going to make any. Rather, I'd prefer to view my life as something I can start afresh whenever I like. Instead of resolutions, I'll be setting goals. My main goal is to be debt-free by December 2007 (excluding my student loan). This is going to be an interesting one because I love shopping and, currently, saving is hardly amongst my favourite activities. ...

I was planning to write an insightful article about money, financial management and such the like. However, I'm feeling distinctly unqualified to do so, due to one of my banks 'robbing' me of £60 today. It's partly their fault (unreasonable charges, unclear policies, senseless bureaucracy) and partly mine (stupidly forgetting dates, spending too much, opening a savings account when I'm too poor to do so, being a stereotypical student). Anyway, ...

Yes, it's a meme. I'm giving in to peer pressure here; willingly, I should add. Teli tagged me; I'm flattered. I'd love to hear your thoughts on these bits of my life (as well as the rest of my life too). :) I've chosen the theme of Passion to add structure. I need to move out of my parents' house to reach my full potential, but I'm scared ...

This is the third, and final, installment of Power of three: Goal-setting: Business (3 of 3), in which I discuss studying & education. See my last two entries for the first two installments, Goal-setting: Health (1 of 3) & Goal-setting: Studying (2 of 3). Mistakes & Failure: I will fail. Good. (Entire premise of my blog, Make More Mistakes, which I'm relaunching in January 2007). ...

Organisation Execution Evaluation This is the second installment of Power of three: Goal-setting: Studying (2 of 3), in which I discuss studying & education. See my last entry for the first installment, Goal-setting: Health (1 of 3). 1. Organisation: Overcoming fear Not much to say on this one, except that I'm inclined to procrastinate out of fear. I feel like a hypocrite ...

In a recent post, I discussed the things I've realised I want from my life. I'll recap: I want my life to have meaning. I want the areas of my life to cohere in to a pattern with an overarching aim, vision or mission. I'm in pursuit of happiness. Currently, a big chunk of this is my being in pursuit of healthiness ...

New design for All Things Bright? I'm considering changing the design for All Things Bright. I love the current theme (especially the proliferation of pink!) and I've made some changes recently to make the design simpler and clearer. Are the changes enough or would you like to see something new? What do you like to read here? What kind of content do you want from All Things Bright? What kind of topics do ...

My last entry was a super long one and I'm still mulling over the ideas I expressed there. So, just a little entry today. Following extensive reading from a variety of sources I've realised that the only way to 'make' myself do some things is to change my perception of whatever needs to be done. I need to really want to do it. Sometimes it's easy, I just focus on the ...

I've been thinking about my life recently. Some of these thoughts emerged in my entry How to be happy, or Why you’re sad and how to fix it, which explores, "why I’m sad, how to be happy and my thoughts about what I want to do in my life, where I want to go and how I want to get there". This entry takes a step back from happiness per ...

A family friend asked me once why I'd gone back to university to study and 'Aren't you sick of it?' Er, no. I love being a student. Why? Let me count the ways. Because it's free. Obviously you have to pay for education. However, there are tonnes of free benefits, many of them intangible and unavailable elsewhere. Free access to online journals and to my beautiful, ...

The day before yesterday I wrote: My year of intrapreneurship: Enabling a better class of entrepreneurship. Following on from that post, I've been exploring the skills & habits I need to cultivate now to make me a better entrepreneur, plus why & how. I hope you find this study insightful and useful. Do let me know your thoughts. Any skills I've missed? Skills to cultivate: Student frugality ...