I've had lots of ups and downs (mostly downs!) recently and inspirewithhope.com has suffered from severe neglect as a result, but I'm sorting myself out and that means you get to benefit from my personal development too. I've been writing some intriguing new articles and re-visiting previous topics too and I'm now making a public commitment to return with new stuff at the start of next month, including more ...

I'm back! It's always difficult returning to a website after a break, probably more so after an unplanned one. Life has been introducing me to new iterations of complexity and I've only recently felt ready to start making sense of things. I didn't want to return without resuming my regular schedule (every other day), but I just can't write that frequently any more. I have too much going on in ...

Intentions for All Things Bright, 2007 Images to distinguish particularly noteworthy or unique content Join three blogging networks, especially Mind Petals - the community of young entrepreneurs (seems to be offline at the moment) Publish excerpts from my philosophy of religion essays, with some exegesis as to why what I'm doing is important and relevant to life more generally ...

How to re-think your perspectiveKathleen Bright: Not ‘I need’, instead ‘I want’ or, How to get things done, changing your perspective. Don't forget to focus on how much you want to do what you need to do. If you're prone to procrastination, get as much help as you can, including changing the way you think about your goals. David Seah: Productivity ...

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 ...

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 ...

Questions from Booking Through Thursday's October meme entries. 26 Oct: Do you make notes in books as you read them? Why or why not? If you do, do you make notes only in certain kinds of books or all of them? Yes, sometimes. Only in pencil and only in books I own. Usually only if the book is not new though - for this reason I much prefer pre-owned/second-hand books ...

No matter how self-aware, how happy you are with your life, locale, and person, there is always room for improvement. What do you want to change? What, who, where, when, or how do you wish you were...? I Wish I Were... Independently wealthy, successful businesswoman (EthicalBeads.com); seamlessly & effortlessly balancing my work, study & social lives, happy & healthy and finally FREE (i.e. no longer living with my parents). Luckily, this ...

I've been really busy lately, so I post today in order to let you know of the new stuff at All Things Bright. My true story, by me: My life & how it gave rise to All Things Bright I've been reading a lot (seriously, LOADS) about the importance of storytelling in marketing. So, I decided to write my own story: My life, told as a fairytale. What is All Things ...

I love institutions: I loved being at school and going to university. I love having worked at one retail store for three years. It's the structure, the security of things not changing, or changing gradually enough to be non-threatening. Having this kind of immutable presence in my life means I feel fully able to explore entrepreneurship, without trying to get anything static from such an unstructured area. I agree ...

One of the things I liked about personal blogging was posting my answers to interesting memes (usually quizzes, sometimes something more pointless). Why give that up just because I've switched my old personal blog for something a little more upmarket? In the spirit of continuing my explorations of different types of blog entries, I present (with my answers in bold): Tuesday is Chooseday asks... Would you rather: Have five years of pretty ...

I'm really good at focusing on one thing to the exclusion of all else. Usually I compromise (a little) and focus on one thing to the exclusion of most everything else. However, this isn't the best way to get ahead or stay balanced. It's no good having one area of your life perfect and the rest in ruins. It's not even any good having a few ideal areas, ...

Darren Rowse (ProBlogger) has made me re-evaluate what I hope to achieve here and why I reference him & Steve (Steve Pavlina) so much. Well, I do it because their ideas are amazing, genius, even. (Although, I definitely need to be more actively linking to lesser known sources too). I don't expect that my readers will necessarily start reading their blogs just because I've linked to them: After ...

I simultaneously noticed that it's been challenging knowing what to write about recently and that I've yet to write anything personal. These can easily cancel each other out - this week I'll be experimenting with more personal articles. Do let me know what you think. Younger brother now in Mexico; life suddenly emptier Today my brother flew off to Mexico, where he's going to be teaching English for nine months. ...

August 2006 marks a significant point in my life; I'm calling it my New Leaf period because I'm making new commitments to myself about the way I handle my life & I'm taking positive actions to achieve my aims. All Things Bright is set to reflect these intentions and behaviours: I'm being transparent & explicit about my aims as and when I develop and refine them. I'm making & ...