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What will the universe teach me today?

13 April, 2020 by Julia Steward

Yesterday I was out early. As I asked the question: ‘what will the universe teach me today?’ I noticed my footprints in the early morning dew – just as clear as if I had been walking in snow. This was today’s message to me, I thought: we have a choice about where we walk and …

Wellbeing: 5 simple investments

4 April, 201818 September, 2016 by Julia Steward

Thanks to @samschoolstuff for challenging us to name our top 5 wellbeing investments. It’s a while since I wrote a blog, so I’m pleased to have Sam’s challenge to get me started again. In no particular order, my investments are: 1. New earphones for my mobile phone. I sat on the last pair. When …

Daring Greatly: joining the Belmas 2015 SLTeachmeet

20 July, 201519 July, 2015 by Julia Steward

If I hadn’t been reading Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly I probably would never have shared my research at the Belmas2015 SLTeachMeet. I’d prepared a workshop (in the event, 8 people joined me). Then about 3 days before the conference, the call went out from the Conference Chair ‘We need a couple of brave volunteers.’ If she hadn’t …

Training for the Tough Times

12 July, 201523 June, 2015 by Julia Steward

There’s a rhythm to the highs and lows of the school year, which is accepted as part of the job. Colds strike in the first day of the Christmas holidays, when there’s finally space to relax. By the end of the summer term, people are just about clinging on: there’s light at the end of the …

It isn’t easy to follow simple advice

28 May, 2015 by Julia Steward

I want to share a secret with you: change is difficult. Well, of course, you knew that, didn’t you? But if, like me, you always want to find a quick way to make things easier for yourself, you might also have read Kevin Kruse’s recent blog 5 Simple Strategies for Peak Productivity.

Not only are we ‘crazy busy’ as Kevin Kruse says, we’re also bombarded with advice concerning how to combat the ‘crazy’ bit. One writer after another provides us with top tips to conquer the things that cause us stress. Often we read and nod, knowing that the advice makes sense. We may even try it out for a few days, but after a while ‘crazy busy’ takes over and we continue pretty much as we always have. Why? Why do we continue to ignore what seems at first glance to be good advice, making our lives more difficult than they might be?

The truth is, following simple advice is really difficult.