A friend told me that the other day, they’d seen someone in the supermarket arrive at the checkout with a fully loaded trolley.
When it came to putting her newspaper on the moving belt, it was as if she’d seen the headlines for the first time. ‘PANIC!’ they screamed.
He watched as she look at this word, and then heard her say out loud ‘I don’t want to read about that!’ and promptly left the newspaper behind.
I liked this story because it showed me that someone, even when doing the often mindless job of supermarket shopping, was being aware of what they wanted to take in in their lives. And it led me to thinking of the effects of [read more]
Have you got a diary coach?
also posted in Jane's Blog
A diary coach is when you make an appointment in your diary, and then treat the diary as if it were your coach and you’d committed yourself to doing what you said you were going to do. It takes some discipline and organisation, but it really works!
This idea has come out of me noticing that whenever I put something in my diary, it’s more likely to happen than not. I always thought I had to note things down because otherwise I’d forget them, but actually it has this other function too.
The other day I booked an appointment with me. I blocked out 2 hours, and wrote in ‘Big Picture’. It was so I’d actually take the time I [read more]