8 ways to make a daily habit of walking
Walking is one of the easiest and simplest forms of exercise that can boost your physical and mental health. On the other hand, a brisk...
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Mar 10, 20233 min read
Feeling down for no reason? Try these 5 tips to regain your spirits
Most of us have at some point said the words “I’m feeling down” or “I feel overwhelmed” except we can’t put a finger on it. We feel...
Mar 5, 20232 min read
The joys of friends and books
My husband and I love reading books and have been busy gathering friends who share our passion, to meet once a month to discuss a book;...
Mar 3, 20234 min read
7 inspirational quotes to lift your flagging spirits
You often need words of encouragement, a strong dose of motivation, a spark of inspiration—call it what you will—when you’re feeling down...
Jan 1, 20234 min read
Get the best out of your 20s, 30s and 40s
This is a fictional story that might just as well be true. For, it contains an important lesson for young people. A college once invited...
Dec 31, 20222 min read
10 lessons we can learn from Jonathan Livingston Seagull
American author Richard Bach's illustrated Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) is one of the most inspiring books in the self-help and...
Dec 25, 20223 min read
Why you should continue working after retirement
I have no plans to stop working. I hope to remain active in a professional or personal capacity for as long as I can. A trip to the bank...
Dec 13, 20222 min read
Learning to let go
It’s time to see what I can do To test the limits and break through No right, no wrong, no rules for me I’m free Let it go, let it go…...
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Conversations with my mom
The sun was barely shining through the clear blue sky of a winter morning when I visited my 82-year old mother who has Alzheimer's and...
Nov 2, 20225 min read
12 inspirational passages from books past and present
Books do more than just inform and entertain us. They also help us to see through the good times and bad times, and inspire us in ways...
Oct 30, 20223 min read
When I read my first comic-book
“Smell that? That’s the smell of new comic-books. Oh, yes!” — Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) in The Big Bang Theory I remember when I read...
Oct 27, 20222 min read
Change your thoughts for a better life
Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits,...
Sep 30, 20223 min read
How to deal with back-to-office anxiety
The pandemic may be over but Covid-19 has changed the way we live, work, do business, communicate, travel, socialise and entertain. Most...
Sep 23, 20222 min read
7 steps to declutter your home
Living in a city apartment usually means less liveable space which makes it necessary to use every square foot judiciously. This is why...
Sep 20, 20222 min read
5 ways to create a Hygge-like home
Home is where one seeks comfort, indulgence and hygge (pronounced hoo-gah). SELF, the lifestyle website, quoted Meik Wiking, author of...
Sep 11, 20223 min read
7 ways to live your life after 50
Last week, my friend turned 56 and at the lunch get-together where we, a group of ladies in our 50s, met, the talk inevitably turned to...
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Life is good again!
There is a scene in the American sitcom Friends where Chandler (Matthew Perry) is upset because he comes across an old home video of a...
Aug 20, 20222 min read
Can money make people happy?
During the time I worked as a trainer for the IELTS exams (International English Language Testing System), one of the questions in the...
Aug 14, 20223 min read
Tea, biscuits and mindfulness
It has become fashionable to drop the phrase carpe diem, especially on social media. It means enjoying the present moment. To seize each...
Aug 12, 20223 min read
The gift of happiness
We've all been granted the gift of a pocketful of happiness but the choice of how we utilise it is ours. We can either fritter it away on...
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