Top Tips for Slow Travel

A little bit of preparation up front makes such a difference to the success of your Slow Travel trip, so here are my Top Tips What do I mean by Slow Travel and why is it different to standard holiday planning? Madrid, just near our apartment Slow Travel for me is staying for 1 or 2… Continue reading Top Tips for Slow Travel

Build Creativity Into Your Life

How do you build creativity into your life? All the way through school, many of us are taught to mainly  use our Left Brain. As an ex-project manager, my left brain has been over-used all my working life. I can do spreadsheets and project plans in my sleep. Even today, having started blogging and got… Continue reading Build Creativity Into Your Life

Manage that Data

Why bother with data management? There are two sides to this post. Firstly I am becoming very aware that my digital footprint is bigger than I want. The amount of data that is being collected on us, and our activities, has started to worry me. In addition to that, the amount of time I spend … Continue reading Manage that Data

Growing up in the 1960’s

What was it like growing up in the Sixties? Is anyone interested? Many of the readers of this blog don’t remember life without computers, let alone life without television. So I thought I would take some time and write about what life was like for me, growing up in a small town in Northern Ireland in… Continue reading Growing up in the 1960’s

Save Money – Postpone Shopping

Save Money – postpone shopping. Well that’s pretty obvious isn’t it? It’s not a shopping ban, just postpone going grocery shopping by a day or two each week, or putting off that major purchase for a month or two. This week, my husband and I were feeling particularly lazy. For the last few days, we… Continue reading Save Money – Postpone Shopping