By which my friend Eleutherios assures me is the Kabbalistic (and poetic) equivalent of Steve Pavlina’s three principles of personal growth; truth (wisdom), love (beauty) and power (strength). This post has been a long time in coming, and in it I’ll explain why in order for me to move towards truth, love and power, I’ve [...]
What is Simplicity According to Zen?
Albert Einstein once said; “everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” I’ve been going on about the simple life lately, but what exactly is simplicity and why is it such a big deal? In this series, I want to explore simplicity through the eyes of different people. Hopefully, this will enrich [...]
Living the Important Sometimes Means Giving Things Up
This blog has been down (in more ways than one). Last week, Life Coaches Blog’s server on Site5 broke down and we became inaccessible for a few days. To their credit, Site5 has apologized and given half a year’s worth of free hosting for all sites that were affected. While that was going on, I [...]
The Getting Things Done Way to Getting Things Decluttered
The process of decluttering is a lot like GTD. For the uninitiated, GTD or Getting Things Done is the time-management process taught by David Allen, but I like to think of it as a decision-making process instead. In GTD, you make choices about what things that come into your life mean, whether and where they’ll [...]
Decluttering for Chinese New Year: Throwing Out Childhood Books
I went through a cupboard full of old things last weekend as part of decluttering for Chinese New Year, and ended up throwing away lots of old stuff. But it wasn’t easy. In fact, I dug up books that I hadn’t seen in years, and if you know me, you know I have a great [...]
Decluttering for Chinese New Year
It’s that time of the year again when we Chinese prepare for the Chinese New Year. If you’re not that familiar with the festival, it’s the beginning of the new year for us based on the lunar calendar, and involves a lot of eating, visiting and especially cleaning! For days before the new year, we [...]