• Changing from a victim mindset to a victory mindset

    Published On: September 10, 2024Categories: Wellbeing

    A lot of people have asked me recently how I changed my life. How I became happy even though I had little. The thing that made all the difference was swapping my victim mindset to [...]

  • Making an Autumn bucket List

    Published On: September 8, 2024Categories: Wellbeing

    Every year as Autumn approaches I always start to feel down.  The nights draw in, I  start to worry about energy costs, and I don't get out in nature as much as I want to [...]

  • Could you survive with no electricity?

    Published On: August 21, 2024Categories: Prepping, Wellbeing

    I noticed that last week the energy companies warned us that there might be outages caused by solar storms.  I have also read about weapons that could be used in a war situations called EMPs [...]

  • Adapting to slow living

    Published On: August 16, 2024Categories: Wellbeing

    For most of my adult life I had a full on, stressful career, was a single parent, studied, and it felt like my life was travelling at a hundred miles an hour and I hardly [...]

  • Why I make my own mixed herbs

    Published On: August 6, 2024Categories: Preserves, Wellbeing

    We use a lot of fresh herbs in the summer but our grand daughter asked me why we bother making our own mixed herbs.  She pointed out that they don't cost a lot to buy [...]

  • Useless at growing food.

    Published On: August 1, 2024Categories: Growing Food, Wellbeing

    I had a message from some one saying that they were giving up growing food as they were useless at it.  Seeds hadn't germinated, pests had destroyed crops, things had been slow to grow. and [...]

  • We have lived through worse and survived

    Published On: July 11, 2024Categories: Wellbeing

    I have been a bit down recently, and am trying to shake myself out of it.  I don't know if it is just my age, and my grandparent's felt this way in the 1960s and [...]

  • Learning to adapt in order to be happy.

    Published On: July 4, 2024Categories: Wellbeing

    I am witnessing so many unhappy and bitter people around me at the moment, most of them living much easier lives than I am. One of the reasons that I believe that I feel happy [...]

  • Grounding/Earthing

    Published On: May 30, 2024Categories: Wellbeing

    One of the reasons I went away recently was to do some 'grounding' or what some people call 'earthing'. Grounding is when your body has  direct contact with the earth's electronic charges which helps one [...]

  • 5 ways I embrace seasonal living

    Published On: April 16, 2024Categories: Living Simply, Wellbeing

    Not that many years ago, everyone's lives were ruled by the weather and the seasons. Living by the seasons was a necessary way of life in order to survive.  Now, seasonal living has almost been [...]

  • The reasons I love my simple, frugal life

    Published On: April 13, 2024Categories: Wellbeing

    People ask me why I don't go back to work as I could stop being frugal. I keep being told that I still have plenty to offer and I could enjoy a much better standard [...]

  • Changing your mindset can change your life

    Published On: March 4, 2024Categories: Wellbeing

    I did a lot of thinking yesterday about how our words, mindset, and the way we think about things has such an impact on our happiness and outcomes.   Changing our mindset can change our life. [...]

  • Decluttering emotions for the new year

    Published On: December 31, 2023Categories: Wellbeing

    This time of year is always a time for reflection for me.  We always think that this is the time of year to make changes to improve our lives, but really these can start at [...]

  • Is your clutter connected to how you are feeling inside?

    Published On: December 27, 2023Categories: Living Simply, Wellbeing

    Life has been a bit stressful recently and I have been ill. Over the last couple of months my bedroom has become a tip and a dumping ground.  It is like a teenager's bedroom.  Today [...]

  • Alone at Christmas?

    Published On: December 25, 2023Categories: Frugal Festivities, Wellbeing

    People can be alone at Christmas for all sorts of reasons.  Family may have died or moved away, a partner may be working, people may have fallen out, or be separated from family etc. For [...]

  • Ways I stay food secure

    Published On: October 10, 2023Categories: Saving money on food, Wellbeing

    Do we need to worry about being food secure? There is a lot of disruption in the world at the moment, and some natural disasters that are putting a strain on food supply.  Farmers are [...]

  • Living in the moment

    Published On: October 10, 2023Categories: Wellbeing

    It is World Mental Health day today.  Every year I hope that the mental health of those around me will have improved but with the cost of living, fears about war, fear mongering about new [...]

  • Finding Abundance

    Published On: October 1, 2023Categories: Finding Happiness, Wellbeing

    Living abundantly can mean what ever you want.  It is what ever brings you joy.  Sometimes living frugally can be hard and a grind, even now when I am retired.  Saving money and living sustainably [...]

  • Home made Vicks

    Published On: October 1, 2023Categories: Saving Money, Wellbeing

    Last week I had a cold.  I did the normal things of taking in lots of vitamin C through an elderflower mixture, keeping hydrated, and sleeping a lot to heal my body.  However, I also [...]

  • Are you living a lie?

    Published On: August 10, 2023Categories: Wellbeing

    Are you living on auto pilot and bored with your life? Have you forgotten what makes your soul sing, or how to be happy anymore? Have you sacrificed most of your dreams and desires and [...]

  • My intentional, simple life

    Published On: August 9, 2023Categories: Wellbeing

    Living intentionally. Before I retired, I used to think that simple living meant that you had no plan and stopped having goals.  I thought it would be spontaneous, and I would just see where the [...]

  • Wheel of Life

    Published On: July 28, 2023Categories: Wellbeing

    What is the Wheel of Life? About 4 times a year,  I review my life,  though I have let it slip recently and have not done it since the New Year.  I also look at [...]

  • 9 cheap ways I add extra nutrition to my meals when on a tight budget

    Published On: July 23, 2023Categories: Healthy food, Nutrition, Saving money on food, Wellbeing

    I have become a lot more conscious about my nutrition and what I eat as I have got older. I want to stay healthy as I age, and am aware that the NHS is not [...]

  • Free cures from your garden for your hangover

    Published On: July 3, 2023Categories: Growing Food, Wellbeing

    Most of us have woken up at some time or another with that feeling of regret after a night celebrating. You feel dizzy, have a raging headache and your mouth feels like the bottom of [...]