by PYSparkle | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
Being valued by others is something that most people would rate as impacting their self-esteem and although we can spend time working on not giving a fig and only listening to those who’s opinion matters and trying to believe that only our own opinion matters and all...
by PYSparkle | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
One of the hardest things I found about motherhood was that it seemed somehow all consuming. I was such a perfectionist back when I had my first child that the thought of getting it wrong or more importantly being judged to have got it wrong was terrifying. I’ve...
by PYSparkle | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
A critical element of self development is time spent with yourself, doing the things that you love. We often get a case of the guilts as we dawdle doing something enjoyable but not terribly productive. I know I often have that mental gymnastics of thinking I should be...
by PYSparkle | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
2011 was an extremely difficult year for me. In December of 2010, days before Christmas, I moved my family from Hobart to Launceston. The move was in order to take up a new teaching position, which I knew would be an exciting path to take. However, it had its...
by PYSparkle | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
Day three into my new me and the schedule is being followed (more or less). Tasks are getting done, lists are being crossed off, the timing isn’t always to the schedule but it pays to be flexible, and getting on the treadmill 20 minutes later than scheduled is...
by PYSparkle | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
My posts have been few and I think probably my perfectionism has gotten in the way of writing at all. My thought process has been thus: If I can’t write long profound statements that are well researched and well-argued then why write at all? Then I realised A)...
