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Cut Out The Middleman (Wealth Tip #49)

When we first moved to the countryside, I started this website as a hobby and to teach myself how to create a website. At that time, among other things I wrote about ‘Money Saving Tips’ because, having...

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Wonder-Food: The Apple – To be Eaten Raw, Unpeeled, Organic and Unbruised!

There’s great wisdom in old sayings and apples more than justify their ‘One apple a day keeps the doctor away’ reputation. Sometimes overlooked because they’re so common, it’s time to spend some time...

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Simple Health Tip: Start Sprouting!

It’s easy to sprout beans and seeds. Sprouted beans and seeds taste good and they’re very good for your health. What is more, sprouting is cheap. So here’s our dummies guide to sprouting: Firstly,...

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Efficiency Hack #11: Easy Minimalism

So here’s the dilemna… You do like the idea of minimalism and de-cluttering …but… you also like to re-use things and make the most of everything you have …so… you don‘t like getting rid of things when...

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Decluttering: How Far Can You Go?

Is it “de-cluttering”, “minimalism” or “simplification”? I like the idea of keeping things simple. Apart from one particular connotation (#25), I rather like the word simple. Einstein said: “Make...

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Finding It Difficult to De-clutter? Try This Simple 3-Step System

Do you like the idea of de-cluttering but when it comes to it have items you just don’t want to throw away? I’ve got a system just for you. You know I like systems 1. Get Rid Of The Junk But Try This...

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Freecycle

Use Freecycle to get free second hand items and get rid of (i.e. re-cycle to a good home) your unwanted items. Freecycle is a Yahoo group. Have a look there https://www.freecycle.org/ and you’ll find a...

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Haircuts

OK, it sounds a lot worse than it is. It started for me when I decided to take the radical step and have shaved hair, having always had long hair (well, not long actually, just normal length. Not long,...

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Re-Use

How about this for re-use… Way back when we started writing articles for this site we wrote quite a lot of money saving tips. One of those, written by Isabelle was on re-use. I’m re-using it. So,...

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Understanding: Understand Your Anchors

Most people have heard of Pavlov and his dogs. Pavlov developed the notion of stimulus response by giving food to his dogs and simultaneously ringing a bell. Repeating this over a period of time meant...

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Unplugging: Detach Yourself from the Matrix

Human beings are incredible learning machines. We are also creatures of Habit. This is both a good and a bad thing. Good because we can use this super-power to achieve nearly anything, often limited...

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DIY Life Coaching: Can I Be My Own Life Coach?

If you’re reading this page, I assume you have decided to take action and change something in your life. I can’t recommend life coaching highly enough. If you’d like to know more about Life Coaching...

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