Bettering Yourself – Week 20 – May 13 – 19, 2013 – Don’t Take Life so Seriously

  For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to not take life so seriously.  This doesn’t mean I am not going to care about what happens, but I am going to slow down and relax and enjoy life more, and have some frivolous fun.  I know there is no point about getting stressed… Continue reading Bettering Yourself – Week 20 – May 13 – 19, 2013 – Don’t Take Life so Seriously

Review of Week 19 – Improving Where I Live

This week I improved where I live, inside and out, Inside, I moved the furniture and stove, and vacuumed underneath them, and washed  the windows.  Outside, I cut the grass with a pushmower,  spread grass seed in the patchy areas of the lawn, and watered it. The weather was beautiful outside this week, so I… Continue reading Review of Week 19 – Improving Where I Live

Bettering Yourself – Week 19 – May 6 – 12, 2013 – Improve Where I Live

  For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to Improve Where I live.  I am not going to make any big ticket improvements, but simply fix the little things that need to be done that nag at me …the burnt out light bulb in the entrance light, the weeds that need to be… Continue reading Bettering Yourself – Week 19 – May 6 – 12, 2013 – Improve Where I Live

Review of Week 18 – Be More Spontaneous

  For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I allowed myself to be more spontaneous in small ways.  I let my son choose which burger place he wanted to eat at for lunch, and I let my husband choose what he wanted me to cook him for dinner, instead of going to the routine restaurant, and… Continue reading Review of Week 18 – Be More Spontaneous

Bettering Yourself – Week 18 – Apr 29 – May 5, 2013, Be More Spontaneous

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to Be More Spontaneous. I am going to get out of my comfort zone, and work hard on erasing my fear of trying new things, so I can grow and stay fresh. By losing my fear of improvising, I am going to co-operate with friends and… Continue reading Bettering Yourself – Week 18 – Apr 29 – May 5, 2013, Be More Spontaneous

Review of week 14 – Read Less Newspapers

By doing this week’s bettering yourself exercise, “Read Less Newspapers”, I learned that it is easier for me to watch the news on television or the internet. In a way, I am creating my own newspaper by choosing which stories interest me, and editing out the sensational. When I had a daily subscription to the… Continue reading Review of week 14 – Read Less Newspapers

Bettering Yourself – Week 17 – Apr. 22 – 28, 2013 Read Less Newspapers

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to read less newspapers. I cancelled my daily subscription to The Vancouver Sun, and only receive Saturday delivery now. This saves time and money, and trees. I can read the stories I choose to online, or watch the news on television while cooking dinner. By choosing… Continue reading Bettering Yourself – Week 17 – Apr. 22 – 28, 2013 Read Less Newspapers

Review of Week 16 – Write Down What I Spend

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I wrote down what I spent each day to see where my money was going. With four males living in my house who are all over 6 feet tall, and weigh over 200 pounds, it makes sense that the majority of my money is spent on groceries, but I… Continue reading Review of Week 16 – Write Down What I Spend

Week 16 – Apr. 15 – 21, 2013 Bettering Yourself – Write Down What I Spend

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to write down what I spend each day, to see where my money is being spent, so I don’t rack up debt by not paying attention. Depak Chopra describes debt as: “Spending Money you haven’t earned, to buy things you don’t need, to impress people you… Continue reading Week 16 – Apr. 15 – 21, 2013 Bettering Yourself – Write Down What I Spend

Review of Week 15 – Learn About Minimalism

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I filled my recycling, garbage, organics and donation bins to overflowing with 20 year old items that I no longer have any use for.  I shredded old income tax returns, threw out old shoes, and the rooms in my house were cleaner and looked bigger. Joshua Becker, author of… Continue reading Review of Week 15 – Learn About Minimalism