Megan Hills
"my thing-ster"
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My business email stopped working at the end of yesterday, just before I was about to send out my Christmas message. While the glitch was eventually resolved, I wondered about a potential philosophical meaning of this hair-tearing technical nightmare. And the following notion came to me:
This Christmas, try talking less.
Challenging advice for a blogger to [...]
'How to be sick' is a wonderful title for a book – wonderfully confronting when we live in a society that is about avoiding it, denying it, moving on from it. 'Get well soon' cards say a lot.
The idea of accepting that you are sick – right here, right now – doesn't seem to get [...]
Watching my friend lose self-confidence recently became a light bulb moment for me.
Debbie (not her real name) was exhausted. I would have to say that she was on the verge of burnout, if not already there. She has been pushing herself hard at work (ironically, in healthcare) – and helping others for free.
I noticed [...]
Enough said.
This post was written by Megan Hills. Megan is a writer and cartoonist who believes that you can find quiet – even when your hair is loud. Find out more about Megan
Some say it's often the simple things that work best. But I say it's often the crazy things that work best.
These are possibly the words of a crazy person, so can you believe them?
I want to tell you about my imaginary friends. That's right. Not just one but many. And, yes, you can be the judge [...]
What happens when you hear the word 'meditation'?
Some of you may think of words like: 'calm', 'spiritual', 'awareness', 'nice smelly candle and fluffy pillows'.
But many of us, if we're really honest, immediately think:
'What? You mean that thing monks take decades to master?'
'I don't know how to meditate'
'I'm crap at meditating'
'Who has time to meditate?' [...]
There was some shameless name-dropping in the previous Burnout post:
I spoke to SARK personally.
Apologies for that.
But it was all for a good cause, telling you about how SARK (aka Susan Kennedy) helped me to do things in a way that's smarter and fun-er, rather than harder.
SARK re-cap
SARK is an author and artist with a remarkable [...]
Imagine a woman standing in a queue at the the Motor Registration Office. The walls are grey, the furniture is grey, the mood is…you guessed it…grey.
Now imagine the woman in the queue singing:
"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found.
Was blind but now [...]
In my world of slow, I've been reading a book about fast decisions. The book is called 'Blink' by Malcolm Gladwell (author of the best seller 'The Tipping Point').
The sub-title to 'Blink' is particularly appealing to this foggy-brained burnee: "The power of thinking without thinking". The book is about intuition, essentially.
From reading 'Blink', one [...]
Many have described Mother Teresa as being "tireless in helping others". As someone with chronic fatigue, I can understand how a burned out individual might find this hard to imagine. Being 'tireless' that is.
That burnt out individual might also feel a little resentful about the term 'tireless'. The worshipping of 'tireless generosity' in [...]
