One woman's journey from corporate life to a life of freedom
Alex Kjerulf is one of the world’s leading experts on happiness at work. He is a speaker, consultant and author, presenting and conducting workshops on happiness at work at businesses and conferences all over the world. His previous clients include companies like Hilton, DaimlerChrysler and IBM. Alex was a co-founder of Enterprise Systems – a truly [...]
I have been doing an internet marketing course over the last year while taking some time out from corporate law. I decided to take a break from the course as I wasn’t achieving the results I wanted and I thought that a break would give me a fresh approach when I started again. That decision [...]
The best laid schemes o’mice and men often go astray ~ Robert Burns
“Who Moved My Cheese?“, by Dr Spencer Johnson, is a book that I’ve been meaning to read for awhile and when I spotted it in the bookshelf of my current housesit I knew now was the time.
The book only took an hour to read and, [...]
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ~ William Morris
For those who are regular readers you will know that I live a little differently these days. I essentially live with what will fit into the boot of my car and I am house sitting [...]
Wwoofing?? Has my spell check given up for the day or is this some weird cult involving a lot of barking and scratching? Neither thank goodness!
So what exactly is Wwoofing? Well for starters it stands for World Wide Opportunties On Organic Farms; althought that is no longer the only work on offer. The description on the [...]
I’ve been trying a different way of living for the last 6 months and have been housesitting my way around New Zealand. A couple of days ago I wrote an article on how to get a housesit and I thought you might like to know what the good, the bad and the ugly was when [...]
A couple of days ago I shared my story of being a conservation volunteer on D’Urville Island and how much I gained from it.
I thought it might be useful to share my survival tips in case you are thinking of becoming a volunteer:
Kaikuia grass is tough enough to break spades.
No matter how much thought you [...]
Since December 2009 I have been house sitting my way around New Zealand and enjoying a rather different way of life. I have looked after a farm with 100 free range chickens, an amazing house with a lake and a fantastic kayaking dog and many homes near the sea.
Today is the last day of the [...]
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve felt like my mind has not been my own as I have battled to deal with the thoughts churning around in my mind about the stresses of a house sit ending with no more in sight (I’m homeless!) and a career crisis (I’m currently on a career break). [...]
Do you procrastinate? I know I do. In fact I’ve been procrastinating about writing this article for about an hour or so.
I wanted to share with you an exercise that I did which might give you a push to get started on those goals/projects/dreams that you’ve been putting off:
Take a blank piece of paper and [...]
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