Category: Development

  • Life Lessons: What a kitchen renovation taught me

    What I learned while renovating my mother’s kitchen…

  • Why you need to reflect on your life

    In these days where everyone is so focused on progress and self-improvement, I think its becoming increasingly important to be able to look back and appreciate how far we’ve come. This practise is not something that comes naturally, I admit, but in pushing myself to reflect each week I’ve already felt better about my progress. Taking this time has helped…

  • Optimise your life: Cheat codes to success!

    If you’re struggling to complete certain tasks, don’t be too hard on yourself; many people face similar challenges. To make progress, you must identify the real obstacles and find ways to overcome them – read on for more!

  • Welcome to 2024

    Some key thoughts to kick off the year.

  • Become a Renaissance woman!

    The idea of being a renaissance man has been around for ages, and essentially refers to a man who has become proficient in a range of fields. I’m sure you can picture some of them: Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Niccolo Maciavelli, Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei. Famous and talented men who shaped art, literature, science, politics, and entertainment for…

  • Things you’ll learn when starting a blog

    When I first started writing this blog, it was mostly an experiment to see if I could even do it. I wasn’t sure what it involved, or what I would need to know and do until I did it. The inspiration came from a quote I heard that went like ‘Ready, Fire, Aim!’ This little play on words encourages us…

  • ‘I didn’t say it was good, I said I liked it’

    Nuance is something I think the collective society has really lost the ability to accommodate. As an avid reader and literature student, I have encountered dozens of novels and pieces of art that have given me incredibly mixed reactions. There are stories that I think are written objectively well, with clever language and good pacing that makes sense for the…

  • Who am I? How to find your true self

    Have you ever asked the question ‘who am I?’ If so, I invite you to read this post, and perhaps get a new perspective.

  • Create a new self: the power of the alter-ego

    How using an alter-ego has transformed my life – and how you can use it too

  • What is ‘art’?

    What a question right? What is art? Can it even be defined? I am no expert art historian nor am I a philosopher, but I am a creative and I am learning to think of myself as an artist too. Over the years that I have been writing my books, it’s been a real challenge for me to think of…