happiness
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Mind
Dear Conscience, On the day of Thursday, I turn to the theme of the Mind. My mind, to be specific. What’s up? I don’t think much of my mental health, though I know it would help if I did care for it more. I have ups and downs, I would like to be more in Continue reading
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Systematic Daily Wins
Here’s what I like about my new weekly system: it reminds me every day to take at least a tiny step into one of the 7 concepts I identified as relevant. And it has to be a practical step. Otherwise I always stay in the planning phase. Honestly, if it was left up to me, Continue reading
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Thursday: Mind
The mind is complicated. Cognitive capacity is one thing that I’ve always cared for. Knowledge, knowledge, knowledge. But without focus or good executive function, it didn’t really take me anywhere. Another side of it is the mindset. How happy we are often has more to do with how our minds perceives our circumstances, than with Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 