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This Month’s Free Short Story
Generosity and Reciprocity
It has to be said, that not all acts of generosity are the kind that generate reciprocity. It is possible to give without expectation of return.
Reciprocity, Relationships, and Power
I’ve been thinking more about respect, relationships, and reciprocity. Mainly, as I mentioned, because we’ve started looking at updating the house.
2023 Post-Mastectomy Summer Wardrobe Update
Freak Situations
Is It Reluctance or Agoraphobia?
Wealth, Beauty, Friendship, Wisdom
Iceberg Dead Ahead
Do you sometimes think about what’s coming. Perhaps with a mixed feeling of excitement and dread, all the time thinking there’s an iceberg dead ahead.
What is Proper Self-Care?
Writing Hangover
Planning a Post-Mastectomy (flat chested) Wardrobe
Decluttering and Creativity
We’re in the process of sorting ourselves out for some home renovation. Clearly there’s decluttering involved. And some decluttering creativity as well. Because of, or maybe for creativity. Or something.
Q4 2023 Review and Q1 2024 Plan
Health Goals for 2024
2023 Post-Mastectomy Summer Wardrobe Plan
Five minutes ago summer arrived, so I decided to revamp my summer plan with the mastectomy to produce a 2023 post-mastectomy Summer Wardrobe Plan.
December 2023 Progress Report
Welcome 2024!
Happy Holiday 2023!
Time again to wish you Happy Holiday 2023 wishes – my tenth year wishing you all well for whatever season you’re celebrating at the end of this year.
Joy and Sorrow of Christmas Lights 2023
We live near a street with “famous” Christmas Lights. It’s often featured in lists of “Best Christmas Lights,” and people come from miles around to see them.
Smashwords 2023 End of Year Sale
It’s time for the Smashwords 2023 End of Year Sale! From December 15 through to January 1st 2024.
Thoughtless Shopping and Life
Recently I’ve been thinking that shopping can be a metaphor for life. Not so much the shopping itself, but why we are so thoughtless about the shopping. And living.
November 2023 Progress Report
November 2023 was taken up with a lot of medical appointments. Which quite frankly, are exhausting.
My 3 favorite reads in 2023
After the success of my last list, I was approached by Shepherd to follow up with my 3 favorite reads in 2023!
Project Worthwhile Life, Friendship, Wisdom
Reset and Take Control
There’s four weeks to Christmas, and five until we greet 2024. It’s time to start thinking about a reset and take control of your life.
Making Quality Connections
Using and Losing Energy
Q3 2023 Review (eek) & Q4 2023 Plan (breathing out)
September October 2023 Progress Report
2023 Transplantiversary
Haiku, Beauty, Pleasure, Wisdom
The Defeat of Winter
Wonderful Habits and Routines
I’ve been thinking about habits and routines. I’ve written many times about morning routines, and each of these routines are actually long chains of habits.
I’m Taking a Break
Just a quick not to let you know I’m taking a break. Sadly, not a vacation, but a surgery.
Life Altering Experiences
2023 Summer Wardrobe Plan
As I sit here writing 2023 Summer Wardrobe Plan, it’s still winter out there, (just like last year), and Summer seems a long way away.
August 2023 Progress Report
Here in August 2023, I’m back to cartoon head spinning as the month whips past me, leaving me wondering where it went.
Blundering About Like a Caffeinated Spider
You just need to read a couple of posts to know I like to be organised. So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone I feel like a caffeinated spider.
The Problems of #GirlMaths
I recently heard about #girlmaths, and it doesn’t make me happy. It involves specious calculations to reduce the cost of clothes/shoes/accessories to free…
2023 Winter Wardrobe Update
As usual, my 2023 winter wardrobe update shows an overspend, though at least I’m not overspent and underdressed, so that’s something at least.
The Phantom Chicken
Haley Joel Osment may have been able to see dead people, (The Sixth Sense), but seemingly, I see a chicken that isn’t there.
A Tale of Two Stones
According to popular wisdom, rolling stones gather no moss. In the ancient days, the saying signified someone shifltless, who avoided their responsibilites. Perhaps a vagrant with no family ties.
July 2023 Progress Report
July 2023 was a much better month than June. A happier, more productive, and mostly more settled month.
Making Space
Failure is NOT an Option
Tidying the Garden
Q2 2023 Review (so-so) & Q3 Plan (hopeful)
Project Worthwhile Life, Friendship, Wealth
Change is Good or Better
Utter Chaos
May 2023 Progress Report
Life Rafts
More on Labour Exchange
Three Types of Beauty
April 2023 Progress Report
Pleasure, Beauty, Haiku, Wisdom
What to do next?
Q2 2023 Plan
Q1 2023 Review
March 2023 Progress Report
The Quest for Peace
2023 Winter Wardrobe Plan
Given how blah the weather was through Summer, it feels wrong to be working on my 2023 winter wardrobe plan, but here I am doing it anyway.
2022 Summer Wardrobe Update
February 2023 Progress Report
Read an Ebook Week 2023
Pleasure, Friendship, Haiku, Wisdom
Expectation
Alexandria’s Adventure in Leather Soled Shoes
Wisdom, Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure
What’s a Good Book Like?
Project Worthwhile Life, Beauty, Friendship, Wealth, Wisdom
More Morning Routine
January 2023 Progress Report
Injured My Hand
My Ghost Best Friends Books
The Cairn at the Dog Park
Agatha Christie
Planning 2023
2022 Year End Review
December 2022 Progress Report
I’m Not Ready!
Happy Holidays 2022!
Lack of Focus
November 2022 Progress Report
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
The Smell of Woodsmoke
Boundaries
October 2022 Progress Report
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
Christmas is coming
Beauty, Project Worthwhile Life
2022 Transplantiversary
There’s been a Data Breach!
The Wisdom of the Crone
Christmas Gift Idea
Q3 2022 Review & Q4 Plan
September 2022 Progress Report
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
Little Seal Pup
Is Your Home Your Castle or Prison?
Recently, I’ve been wondering whether your home is your castle or prison – does it keep you, or do you keep it?
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
Too Late Now!
Leaving a Legacy
Daffodils in Bloom
2022 Summer Wardrobe Plan
July-August 2022 Progress Report
2022 Winter Wardrobe Update
As it turns out, my 2022 Winter Wardrobe Update is a tale of two sides of a coin – had to buy more than expected, but enjoyed in-person shopping.
Coming Soon! Australia Felix
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
In Case of Doubt
Climate Change in the Garden
Q3 2022 Plan
Q2 2022 Review
June 2022 Progress Report
Latest Release! Taipan vs Brown
May 2022 Progress Report
Friendship, Beauty, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
The Greatest Ever Haiku
Inflation and You
When Enough is Enough
World Day for Bees!
Signature Wardrobe Warm Outfit
The Virtues of Leadership
April 2022 Progress Report
Friendship, Beauty, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
Life With Dog
Time, Time, Time!
What Was the Question Again?
Q2 2022 Plan
Q1 2022 Review
March 2022 Progress Report
Pleasure, Beauty, Friendship, Haiku, Wisdom
Who are you?
2022 Winter Wardrobe Plan
2021 Summer Wardrobe Update
February 2022 Progress Report
Filing Cabinet
Bold and Beautiful
Money, Time, and Health
As far as I am concerned, there are three aspects to wealth: money, time and health. As I say in Holistic Personal Finance, the value of money
Wisdom, Project Worthwhile Life
Fail to Success
Adulting, Accountability & Responsibility
January 2022 Progress Report
Isn’t That Odd?
Revisiting Just-in-Time Delivery
Q1 2022 Plan
2021 Review (Year’s End)
Q4 2021 Review
December 2021 Progress Report
New Life Emerging!
Happy Holidays 2021!
Ma’aming Me Elderly
November 2021 Progress Report
Tidy Desk Tidy Mind
Small Business Saturday
What are They Fighting For?
Where did all your friends go?
October 2021 Progress Report
The Smell of Fresh Laundry
Beauty, Project Worthwhile Life
2021 Transplantiversary
A Woman of a Certain Age
Time and Tide Wait for No One
Q3 2021 Review
September 2021 Progress Report
I Got My Voice Back!
2021 Summer Wardrobe Plan
Monk’s Evening Routine
Monk’s Morning Routine
2021 Winter Wardrobe Update
August 2021 Progress Report
Some Things to Live By
The Joy of Freshly Mown Lawn
Thankful and Grateful
The Significance of Sighing
Princess Jellyfish
July 2021 Progress Report
Pleasure, Friendship, Haiku, Wisdom
The Day Seems Bleak
Do or Die
Developments in my Lifetime
Serenity
Walking the Tightrope
Q2 2021 Review
June 2021 Progress Report
The Time Flew By
5 Tips for Updating Your Home Without Updating It
Tell your fear “Silenzio Bruno!”
Liquidambar Leaves Falling
NBN Outages
May 2021 Progress Report
Silent Walk in the Park
Dating Spending Plan
The Nature of Pleasure
April 2021 Progress Report
The Miracle of Rain
I’m not feeling well…
Taking some time away as I’m not feeling well. Back when I feel better. This photo of me and Clever Girl by DB. For more Haiku, click here.
Forgetting and Remembering
2021 Q1 Review
March 2021 Progress Report
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
Puppy has Sharp Teeth
Decisions Big and Small
2021 Winter Wardrobe Plan
It’s Not All Just Dumb Luck
2020 Summer Wardrobe Update
Before I get into my 2020 Summer Wardrobe Update, let’s recap the Summer Plan. Which was basically to get a bunch of black clothes.
February 2021 Progress Report
Pleasure, Friendship, Haiku, Wisdom
I’m Losing My Mind (I think)
Life is Short
The Cost of Money
Wisdom, Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
January 2021 Progress Report
5 Things I Learned From My New Dog
When the Sun Comes Out
Taking Pleasure Where You Find it
Stop and Smell the Roses
Planning 2021
2020 Year End Review
Time Passes Slowly
Happy Holidays 2020!
2020 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan
September – November 2020 Progress Report
Welcome Back!
This Will Pass (at some point)
August 2020 Progress Report
2020 Signature Wardrobe Winter Update
The Tiny Pretty Things
The Three Wise Monkeys
“My” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine is out!
Friendship, Beauty, Haiku, Pleasure
Beauty Excites Emotion
July 2020 Progress Report
Melody for Marbles
We’re Busy Doing Nothing
Product Price v Quality
Choosing to Make a Difference
My Trifecta of Thanks
2020 Q2 Review
June 2020 Progress Report
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
Times Are Tough and Getting Tougher
Is the Old or New Normal Better For You?
How to Choose Appropriate Makeup
Carlton the Human Hairpin
A Feng Shui Garden
Friendship, Pleasure, Virtues, Wisdom
Henchmen
May 2020 Progress Report
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
The Joy of Being
I’m Fine Just Behind
The Life-Changing Magic of Getting a Haircut
The Pleasure of Getting Things Done
Stress Free Virtual Dinner Party
The Little Things I’m Grateful For
April 2020 Progress Report
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
It’s Weather for Ducks
How to Set up a Giving Programme
Wisdom, Beauty, Haiku, Pleasure
I Still Survive
Wisdom, Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure
It’s Not War, it’s Sickness
Dances of Death
2020 Q1 Review
March 2020 Progress Report
2020 Signature Wardrobe Winter Plan
Do I Start Again or Start Something New?
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth
In Memoriam Maidenbelle Snow Lily (2004 – 2020)
On Not Perpetuating Sexist Language
2019 Signature Wardrobe Summer Update
February 2020 Progress Report
Was that a Radio Conversation or Not?
Wealthy is as Wealthy Does
Wisdom, Beauty, Project Worthwhile Life, Wealth
The Pleasure and Pain of Healthy Habits
The What, Why, and How of Pleasure
The Weird Joy of Life with Wildlife
Since my post about my garden planning, people have told me how weird they think life with wildlife must be.
How to Design a Peaceful Garden
January 2020 Progress Report
Pleasure, Friendship, Haiku, Wisdom
Public Bathroom Benefits
How to Respect All People
Respect; politeness, honour, and care shown towards someone or something that is considered important (Cambridge dictionary) When
Planning a Life Worth Living 2020
2019 Year End Review – Project Life Worth Living
December 2019 Progress Report
Welcome 2020, good to see you
Happy Holidays 2019!!!
How to Solve the Time Management Mystery
November 2019 Progress Report
The Melodious Dawn Chorus Daily
Friendship, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
Thank You Mrs Sparkle
Mrs Sparkle is the most selflessly loving person I know. She’s always making and doing things for other people, and no one ever says thank you.
Remembering and Forgetting
Stress Free Medieval Dinner Party
October 2019 Progress Report
Project Worthwhile Life, Beauty
2019 Transplantiversary
The Joy in Matching Beanies
Alice ‘mid the Starships
The Joyful Memories from Gifts of Love
Understanding Choice and What To Do With It
Creating a Happy and Healthy Home
September 2019 Progress Report
Stealing Kisses
2019 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan
Your Hierarchy of Needs
Electricity Humbug
2019 Signature Wardrobe Winter Update
August 2019 Progress Report
What I Need Right Now
Taking a Short Break
The Time of Great Regret
July 2019 Progress Report
Busy Bees Buzz Buzz Buzzing
The Building Blocks of Style
5 Hints for Achieving Happiness
The Happy Benefits of Overcoming Fear
2019 Mid-Year Review
June 2019 Progress Report
Being Alone But Not Lonely With Others
Stress Free London Blitz Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Conference Outfit
How to Save Your Private Papers for Posterity
How to Mind the Beeswax of Business
May 2019 Progress Report
The Bizarre And Confusing Logic Of Creative Pursuits
Do You Think You Have Control of Your Life?
Project Worthwhile Life, Beauty, Friendship, Wealth
How to Choose What To Do First
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I have so much to do that I’m not sure what to do first. Or second. Or last for that matter.
The Exciting Discovery of an Epic Library Catalogue
April 2019 Progress Report
The Joy of New Undergarments
Are Traditional Family Values a Good Thing?
How to Renovate Your Life
Signature Wardrobe Funeral Outfit
How to Conduct a Rewarding Research Project
How to Plan a Bright Future
March 2019 Progress Review
Life is Passing Me By
2019 Signature Wardrobe Winter Plan
House Deposit Holistic Spending Plan
What Are You Really Made Of?
2018 Signature Wardrobe Summer Update
February 2019 Progress Review
Pleasure, Beauty, Haiku, Wealth
The Benefit of a Good Night’s Sleep
Books: to keep or not keep?
Year of the Pig Perspicacity
5 Ways to Make a Bad Day Better
Stress Free Bushfire Dinner Party
January 2019 Progress Review
Back in the Swing of Things
Some Thoughts on Things
Planning a Happy Life Worth Living 2019
2018 Year End Review – Project Life Worth Living
December 2018 Progress Review
Project Worthwhile Life, Haiku, Pleasure
Happy 2019!
Happy Holidays 2018!
November 2018 Progress Review
How to celebrate your 100th birthday
Pleasure, Beauty, Haiku, Wealth
On My Way Back Home
Stress Free K-Drama Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe K-Drama Heroine Outfit
How to Win in the Sales Season
October 2018 Progress Report
How To Care For Your Best Rooms
Wishing on a Moon Balloon
Project Worthwhile Life, Beauty
2018 Transplantiversary
About the March of Progress
Housekeeping Standard Practices
Stress Free Steampunk Dinner Party
2018 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan
September 2018 Progress Report
How to do a Holistic Personal Finance Annual Review
2018 Signature Wardrobe Winter Update
In the Quiet Time
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth
In Memoriam Maidenbelle Snow Tsar (2004 – 2018)
August 2018 Progress Report
Debt Reduction Holistic Spending Plan
What is Love?
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
I miss you so much
How to Overcome the Wardrobe Dieting Dilemma
How Big F Friends Are Better Than Small f friends
Housework Survey Says: What You Really Think About It
Signature Wardrobe Event Outfit
July 2018 Progress Report
How To Apologise Like You Mean It
Start a New Business Holistic Spending Plan
Yes, Love is Forever – No Matter What
Stress Free Dinner Party When You’re Not Hungry
Coffee’s Place in the New Culture of Selfishness
The Pleasure and Pain of the Stories You Tell Yourself
Signature Wardrobe Public Appearance Outfit
2018 Mid-Year Review
June 2018 Progress Report
Your Role as a Purchasing Agent
Beauty, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth
We Can’t All be Cats With Nine Lives
Stress Free Dinner Party to Comfort a Friend with Depression
How to Make a Wild Monkey Contingency Plan
How to Build an Outfit When You Want To Be Left Alone
May 2018 Progress Report
5 Easy Ways to Foster Your Life Energy
How to Create a Savings Plan
Pleasure, Beauty, Haiku, Wealth
The Sun Shines Brightly
The Happiness of Housekeeping Habits and Routines
What housekeeping is remains an online mystery. Depending on whose site you look at it, it’s either cleaning, tidying, or organising. Or whether a moral imperative is implicit or not.
Stress Free In-laws Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Movie Outfit
April 2018 Progress Report
How to Recognise and Take Advantage of Opportunities
Life Is All Too Short
How to Make Good Purchasing Decisions
Unbearable Silence
Doing the Damn Housework; Downton Abbey and You
Stress Free Red Dinner Party
How to Build A Signature Shoe Wardrobe
Signature Wardrobe Brunch Outfit
March 2018 Progress Report
Memento Mori
Alexandria’s Adventures in Asgård
Get Moving! Holistic Spending Plan
Changing Seasons Bring the Smell of Smoke in the Wind
Friendship, Beauty, Wealth, Wisdom
A Short Soapbox about Fat Old White Guys and Doing the Housework
Rabbit Lovers Stress Free Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Research Outfit
2018 Signature Wardrobe Winter Plan
2017 Summer Wardrobe Update
February 2018 Progress Report
Why You Should Joyfully Embrace Your Difference
Quit Smoking Holistic Spending Plan
Life Takes the Back Seat
Stress Free Dinner Party with Leftovers
The Relationships Between Time Money and Love
I’ve been researching Life in the Great Depression, so I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationships between time, money, and love.
January 2018 Progress Report
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for Hospital Admission
Alexandria’s Adventures in Cataract Surgery
Read More Books Holistic Spending Plan
5 Tips for Surviving Your Renovation
We’re renovating our bathroom. It’s been interesting… Here are my top five tips for surviving a renovation.
Stress Free Dinner Party During Renovations
Signature Wardrobe Outfit to Inspire Action
Holistic Spending Plan for Christmas
Planning a Happy and Worthwhile Life in 2018
2018 Vision, Mission and Virtues
2017 Year End Review – Project Worthwhile Life
December 2017 Progress Report
Happy 2018!
Happy Holidays 2017!
Stay in Touch Holistic Spending Plan
Great Depression Dinner Party
I’ve been researching the Great Depression for a while now, and having recently watched The Roosevelts I reckon it’s time for a Great Depression Dinner Party!
November 2017 Progress Report
Signature Wardrobe Christmas Party Outfit
If a Tree Falls in the Forest
5 Ways to Plan for the Plateau
Summer Fruits Stress Free Dinner Party
Make New Friends Holistic Spending Plan
Dog Walking Outfit
October 2017 Progress Report
My Dog Snores Gently
Project Worthwhile Life, Beauty
2017 Transplantiversary
Gangsters Stress Free Dinner Party
Pet Ownership Holistic Spending Plan
Signature Wardrobe Race Meeting Outfit
Weight Loss Holistic Spending Plan
September 2017 Progress Report
Overseas Vacation Holistic Spending Plan
Spring is Here at Last
2017 Signature Wardrobe Winter Update
Tennis Stress Free Dinner Party
How to Reveal Your Beauty in Time for Summer
Signature Wardrobe Headshot Outfit
The Pleasure and Pain of your Mother’s Realia
Know Thyself
August 2017 Progress Report
Feels Like a New Start
Wallace and Gromit Stress Free Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Art Gallery Outfit
What is Your Home’s Purpose?
July 2017 Progress Report
The Adventures of Prussian Blue
Rethinking Vulnerability
2017 Mid-Year Review – Project Worthwhile Life
Dealing with Assisted Death
How to Deal With a Bad Day
It’s been one of those days that you might call a bad day, and I’m feeling grumpy and generally disgruntled:
What Happens if You Slow Down?
Astronauts Stress Free Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Music Festival Outfit
How to Choose a Signature Hairstyle
June 2017 Progress Report
Mysterious Mysterioso
The Politics of Personal Roles
Exemplum Virtutis
Alexandria’s Adventures in Productivity Journalling
World Refugee Day #WithRefugees
Breakfast Stress Free Dinner Party
Why You Should Start Reconsidering Activity Trackers
How to Build an Outfit to Conceal Your Identity
Life is What Happens When…
May 2017 Progress Report
Sheepishly I Sit
Double Jeopardy in Jumping to a Conclusion
The Pleasure in Merely Existing
Soup Stress Free Dinner Party
When the Darkness Comes
Signature Wardrobe Unveiling Outfit
How to Effectively Manage Your Mental Clutter
April 2017 Progress Report
Why Pigeonholing People is a Problem
In Memoriam Gwendoline Busby (1927 – 2017)
How to Tell if You have Expensive Taste
Why You Are Lost Without Your Family Photos
How to Cope When Monotasking Goes Bad
What Would Your Life Without Electricity Supply Be Like?
Signature Wardrobe Errand Outfit
March 2017 Progress Report
2017 Signature Wardrobe Winter Plan
The Melancholy of Ghosts Passing in the Night
How to Plan a Stress Free Emergency Trip
Picnic Stress Free Dinner Party
First Aid for Old Injuries
Signature Wardrobe Picnic Outfit
5 Things I Hate About Representative Government
February 2017 Progress Report
Why You Should be Grateful for Your Life
The Metaphysics of the Control Clarity Continuum
Give Confusion the Slip and Cultivate Clarity
Cat Lovers Stress Free Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Valentines Day Outfit
January 2017 Progress Report
Dog Lovers Stress Free Dinner Party
Pride and Vulnerability
Signature Wardrobe Fresh Start Outfit
Planning a Happy and Worthwhile Life in 2017
2016 Year End Review – Project Worthwhile Life
December 2016 Progress Report
Will HARD, SMART or Better Goals Make You Happier?
Happy Holidays 2016!
2016 Signature Wardrobe Summer Update
Impromptu Stress Free Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Regency Empire Line Outfit
November 2016 Progress Report
Reflections on the Joy of Mastery
Who is the Essence of Your Person, Role, and Identity?
Friendship, Beauty, Pleasure, Wisdom
Alexandria’s Adventures in Food and Nutrition
Cough Cough Coughy Cough
Where in the War Zone is the Peacetime Blue Sky?
#NaNoWriMo Stress Free Dinner Party
Unidentified Man
Signature Wardrobe #NaNoWriMo Outfit
How to Eat Well and Save Money on Food
October 2016 Progress Report
Beauty, Project Worthwhile Life
2016 Transplantiversary
Alexandria’s Adventure in Adventure
Sleepy Hollow Stress Free Dinner Party for Halloween
The Feeling of Bliss…
2016 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan
How to Choose a Signature Perfume 3: Trying Perfume Out
How to Choose a Signature Perfume 2: Planning a Perfume that Fits
How to Choose a Signature Perfume 1: What Is Perfume?
Signature Wardrobe Working from Home Outfit
September 2016 Progress Report
12 Weeks of Festive Preparation for an Easy Christmas Day
Now that we have moved to Summer time, we are 12 weeks from Christmas. It’s time to think about festive preparation.
Wealth Management for a Happy Retirement
I’m Feeling Poorly…
I Fear it’s All Chaos; I Must Refocus
Pirates Stress Free Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Clothes Shopping Outfit
How To Manage Your Rage in a Non-Life Threatening Way
August 2016 Progress Report
How to Write a Book
Day is Beginning
Apocalypse Survivors Stress Free Dinner Party
Why completing your census form will make me happy
Signature Wardrobe Elvis Tribute Outfit
How to Not be a Bully
July 2016 Progress Report
How to conquer fatigue; Physical, Mental and Spiritual
Deliberations on Luxury
Alexandria’s Adventure with The Style Podcast
2016 Mid-Year Review – Project Worthwhile Life
Wind Blows Fiercely
Zombie Stress Free Dinner Party
Beauty, Project Worthwhile Life
Is Your Appearance Equal to Your Virtue?
Signature Wardrobe Yard Work Outfit
The Perils of Disrespect
June 2016 Progress Report
Election Day Reflection
When Life Gives You Lemons…
How to Choose an Appropriate Cardigan
Friendship, Beauty, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
Alexandria’s Adventures in Morning Routine
Looks Like Rain Will Fall
Gluten Free Stress Free Dinner Party
Signature Wardrobe Office Work Outfit
May 2016 Progress Report
On Losing the Comfortable Illusion of Control
The Great Houdini and his Awesome Leap for Life Yarra Dive
How To Dress Like Who You Are
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wisdom
Look Forward in Happy Anticipation Not Backwards with Regret
Alexandria’s Adventure in Shaving Soap Shampoo
Towel Day Stress Free Dinner Party
5 Brave Steps to a Joyous New Life
Mobile Phone Madness
Signature Wardrobe House Cleaning Outfit
April 2016 Progress Report
Is Individualism More Important than Collectivism to You?
Friendship, Beauty, Pleasure, Wisdom
Alexandria’s Adventure in 100% Pashmina
Stress Free Dinner Party Commemorating Terry Pratchett
5 Shoe Fit Myths Busted
The Surprising Benefits of Home Ergonomics
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for Air Travel
March 2016 Progress Report
Take a Little Time-out Competition Winner
The Important Place of Free Will in Destiny
What Makes It Your Destiny Anyway?
International Happiness Day Stress Free Dinner Party
Take a Little Time-out for Yourself
I seem to have lost a week…
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for Watching Football
February 2016 Progress Report
The Happy Benefits of Old Fashioned Budgeting
Alexandria’s Adventure in Bunking Off
How to Choose The Clothing Quality That’s Right For You
Sometimes, All You Need is a Day at the Dog Beach
Summer Vacation Stress Free Dinner Party
A Short History of Attitudes Towards Household Expenditure
How to Enjoy the Deliciousness of Dresses
January 2016 Progress Report
Alexandria’s Adventure on a Mental Health Day
The 3 Ps You Need to Know for Dealing with the Unexpected
How to BE an Indomitable Presence
5 Simple Self-Care Steps for Body and Soul
New Year Detox Stress Free Dinner Party
Planning for a Happy and Worthwhile Life in 2016
Signature Wardrobe Exercise Outfit for Newbies
Happy Holidays 2015!
About Dame Edna’s Amazing Signature Style
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for the Beach
November 2015 Progress Report
For Better or Worse, Life goes on
How Not to Regret Your Life…
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 3
I’ll think of it all to-morrow
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 2
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 1
October 2015 Progress Report
Beauty, Project Worthwhile Life
The Happy Outcome of My 2015 Transplantiversary Stocktake
The Ghosts of Christmas Past are Alive in the Supermarket
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Wisdom
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Pleasure
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Friendship: Friends, Family and Contribution
September 2015 Progress Report
Why and How I Wrote Signature Wardrobe Planning
What You Need to Know for a Strategic Wardrobe Review
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for the Fair
Stress Free Dinner Party Commemorating Queen Elizabeth II Coronation
Is the Road to Hell Paved with Activity Trackers?
How Wardrobe Reviews Make You Happy and Boost Personal Power
August 2015 Progress Report
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Friendship: Creatures
What You Need to Know to Identify a Marriageable Man
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Beauty: Garden
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Beauty: Home
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Wealth
How 1918 Style Weight Control will make you Slim and Happy
July 2015 Progress Report
Stress Free Titanic Dinner Party First Class (Advanced)
Presenting the Queen of the Music Hall
A Critique of Glamour’s “24 Fashion Essentials You’ll Need in 2015”
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Beauty: Presence
2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Beauty: Body
The Grim Side of Garden Grooming
The Three Kinds of Capsule Wardrobe
Stress Free Dinner Party to Comfort a Friend with a Cold
Friendship, Beauty, Pleasure, Wisdom
Ruminations on Rodents
June 2015 Progress Report
How to Get Exercise Into Your Life
The Importance of Appropriateness in Clothing
The Pursuit of Perfection
Stress Free Dinner Party Commemorating Ramadan
Wardrobe Planning 1935 style
Marcus Aurelius on a Happy Life
You Are a Hero on a Mythic Quest
May 2015 Progress Report
How to Protect Yourself from Counterfeiters
Your Clothing Shopper Responsibilities
I’m going to share the Author’s thoughts about clothing shopper responsibilities the responsibilities of wardrobe shopping. Some are still surprisingly relevant today and looking back some are strangely prescient
Wibbly Wobbly Family Timey Wimey
Silence in the Garden
Stress Free Dinner Party Titanic Second Class (Intermediate)
The Benefit of Wardrobe Budgeting
It’s been a couple of weeks since I talked about the value of wardrobe planning, so I thought I’d follow up with some thoughts about wardrobe budgeting and buying clothes.
A Misfortunate Life
The Beauty and Pleasure of Potted Plants
April 2015 Progress Report
Five Ways to Show Your Sick Friend You Care
Based on my own experiences of illness, here are five ways to help you show your sick friend you care.
Would You Really Do Anything?
About Anzac Day
Why Wardrobe Plans are Valuable
The key wardrobe plan problem is building this year’s wardrobe around last year’s clothes (not lack of funds). I think this may be…
What is the Inherent Nature of Waste?
Stress Free Dinner Party Titanic Third Class (Beginners)
Discovering Your Perfectly Comfortable Heel Height
March 2015 Progress Report
Observations on Easter
Appropriating the Spaciousness of Silence
More String Theory
Friendship, Beauty, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
My Version of String Theory
February 2015 Progress Report
On International Women’s Day
Your Life is Like a River
A Short List of Annoyingly Long Productivity Suggestions
Young Spirit v Older Body
The Perfidy of Modern Life
Ten Ways to Make Guests Turn Up for Your Dinner Parties
How to Manage Employment Misery
How to Manage Unemployment Misery
Five Life Lessons Confirmed Through Painting
January 2015 Progress Report
Me and Melbourne are Friends Again
Bemused While Shopping in Melbourne
Beauty, Friendship, Pleasure, Wisdom
Jim Carrey on Gardening
About Australia Day
Today, on Rabbie Burns Day…
The Dread of Domestic Duties
How to Make the Perfect Pizza
Could You Do Fashion On a Budget?
Amazingly Unlikely Birth and Death
There was nothing more to do…
I was the happy recipient of a kidney transplant in 2011. I’d been so sick for so long that I was considering stopping treatment – there was nothing more to do…
Who are the Home Grown Heroes of My Beautiful Garden?
Dressing to Look Like you Know What You are Doing
Planning for the Virtue of Wealth
JE SUIS CHARLIE
What Does That Have to do With Wisdom?
Planning for the Virtue of Wisdom
Welcome Back!
Happy Holidays 2014!
Virtue of Beauty: Body Update #1
Planning for the Virtue of Pleasure
Planning for the Virtue of Friendship: #4 Contribution
The Wisdom of Making a Choice
Planning for the Virtue of Friendship: #3 Family
Planning for the Virtue of Friendship: #2 Friends
Planning for the Virtue of Friendship: #1 Creatures
Planning for the Virtue of Friendship
Planning for the Virtue of Beauty: #4 Garden
Spiders in the Bathtub
Planning for the Virtue of Beauty: #3 Home
Virtue of Beauty; a beautiful presence
I’m back with the virtue of beauty again, this time looking at a beautiful presence still looking at home and garden to go before moving onto the next virtue.
Virtue of Beauty; a Beautiful Body
I started Project Worthwhile Life enlisting the virtue of beauty: the pursuit of excellence in aesthetics, and today we’re going to talk about a beautiful body.
Project Life Worth Living
Introduction
Hello friends, before I get going, let me make an introduction. I’m a wife, transplant recipient, and dog owner.