What is life without Passion?
April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
Passion is my life. In fact, what is life without it?
A grey wheel of habits spinning oddly on.
~ from the movie Nanny McPhee, 2006, Celia Imrie. Quote courtesy of Reel Life Wisdom
When design meets booklover..
April 19, 2008 | 3 Comments
Here at The Calm Space, we’re all a bit mad about books.
Since we renovated our home last year and our previous bookshelves were demolished, I am currently obsessed on the lookout for good book storage. I couldn’t resist sharing this one with you.
All it needs is a reading lamp and a throw rug and you’d be set for the winter! This Bibliochaise from Nobody & Co holds 5 metres of books!
A round of applause please
April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments
We’re proud as punch of our Joanna!
Joanna Young’s Confident Writing blog took a surprising (not for us!) win over Copyblogger to take out the latest round of March Writing Blog Madness, where a field of 32 blogs about writing have been gathered to compete to see who is the best.
Here’s the match: Game 17: #1 Seed Copyblogger Vesus #4 Seed Confident Writing
Sharing what fires me up
April 15, 2008 | 3 Comments
My Top 3 Passions are…
1. Family and friends, spending time with them, and the laughter we share.
2. Travel and photography, they go hand in hand.
3. My business, finding solutions and helping people.
Yes, I know. Technically that’s more than 3, but I just couldn’t leave anything out. And like an Oscar winner’s speech, I’ve probably left something important off the list. Oh, yes, I love lists too!
A secret passion is shared
April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Here’s my answer to the challenge this month. It’s a bit long! But I was hoping some of you might find it of interest…
Sharing the passion around
April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment
I have been inspired to try something a little different in my response to our challenge this month on What Really Fires You Up?
Joanna (The Writing Space) encouraged me to try out this new technology tool. It’s called Voicethread. It’s quick, simple and free to set up. And the best part about it? You can leave comments on the ‘thread’ - by voice or by writing your contribution. You also get to hear my voice, which sounds really weird to me when I play it back - but I am hoping sounds normal to you ; )
Click the arrow to start playing, there are only two slides, and doesn’t take more than a minute or two. Then you can leave me a message (you need to register with Voicethread to leave a message on the thread, or simply leave a comment on this post).
What is it that really fires you up? We’d love to hear from you!
A recipe for boredom
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Are you bored with life? Then throw
yourself into some work you believe in
with all your heart, live for it, die for it,
and you will find happiness that you had
thought could never be yours.
~Dale Carnegie
Do you know an Outstanding, “Real” Mum?
April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
Or are you a Mum who deserves an award?
OK, yes, so here at The Calm Space we recon all Mothers deserve an award - not only for birthing the little darlings, but for putting up loving them no matter what for the rest of their lives!
Amanda Cox (aka Mad Cow) of RealMums is eager to hear from or about Mums who deserve an award.
Announcing The Real Mum of the Year Award 2008
They say Motherhood is rewarding, so where’s the Reward!?
For the second time ever, and in what is believed to be a world first, realmums.com.au are presenting The Real Mum of the Year Award.
Tell them the funny parenting stories, the embarrassing, the “whoops, oh dear” stories, those times where you scream “where’s my medal” We know all Mums are great, and we know you love your kids. You don’t need to convince us.
The Award will be presented at Mums’ Night Out! 2008, which is being held in Ascot Vale, Melbourne, on Friday the 16th of May 2008.
You can nominate either yourself or another Mum for the Award.
Click here for further details. Nominations close 20th April.
Pay it Forward!
April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness.Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
~Scott Adams
Today is Pay It Forward Day.
Do a good deed or three, expect nothing in return. Ask them to Pay it Forward when they are able. Repeat.
Imagine what a wonderful place this world would be if we all regularly did good deeds with no expectation of return.
Let’s fill the world with kindness - start today and keep it going, every day.
(Thanks for reminding us Leah)
The Challenge for April - Share Your Passion!
April 1, 2008 | 3 Comments
Share your passions, secret or otherwise, with The Calm Space this April.
What is it that really fires you up?
Send us your answers: one line (50 words max), a photo, a link to a move clip or a piece of music…
Please share with us - leave your comment below!
We’ll be sharing ours and we’d love to share yours too!
All contributions will be published here in The Challenge Space… come visit, subscribe and share in the passion and community here at The Calm Space.
PS we’re working on a special prize for this… more details soon
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