It’s not so much good luck or bad luck; it’s more the way you choose to see things. Any situation has both good and bad elements, and an opportunity for growth. Nobody can force you to feel anything — it’s your own decision whether to be swayed by their attempts. Who cares if people think […]
Bridget McNulty
Bridget McNulty is a writer, content strategist and creative director. She is the editor of Sweet Life diabetes lifestyle magazine (www.sweetlifemag.co.za) and the co-founder of Now Novel online novel-writing course www.nownovel.com.
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In a world that looks a little different
I interrupt my daily list of favourite things for an unfortunate announcement: someone stole my scooter. I got a phone call at 4.15am this morning from a constable asking if I own a black Vuka. He then told me they had found it lying on the road after someone stole it from outside my house! […]
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Cape Town might be pretentious, but …
… I love living here because: The clouds move. It’s kind of crazy — you can look up at a mountain (OK, the mountain) and watch clouds rushing over it and concealing it. One second it’s sunshine and blue skies; the next it’s totally cloudy and cool. It keeps you on your toes. The sun […]
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Egte Suid-Afrikaanses
I love it when I hear people saying things like this, totally unselfconsciously: “Ja, well, no man …” “I’ll be there now-now. I spoke to him just now and he said they haven’t been ready until now.” “Ma bru, it was so kiff, you wouldn’t frieking believe it.” “No man, he’s talking kak.” “I’ll check […]
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Off to work I go …
Feeling purposeful and in tune so that waking up every morning feels like a new possibility. Working hard — but not so hard that the rest of life collapses into work. Being productive. An hour can be an effective chunk of time when you’re focused. Working on things that you love. (Is it possible to […]
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Come rain or shine
Waking up to pouring, violent rain — so hard that it seems impossible to get out of bed (but only if this happens on a weekend or other holiday day, so that getting out of bed isn’t immediately necessary!). Summer afternoon thunderstorms in Durban, when the whole world turns dark. Violent windstorms in Cape Town […]
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Free inspiration
It’s a new year! How splendid. And in honour of the new year, I’ve got a new blog angle: these are a few of my favourite things. Basically, I’m going to be sharing with you things that I love — food, websites, quirks, funny things people say, music, moments of beauty. Sound cheesy? Well, maybe […]
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Three Cool Things
Yes, these things are Cool Enough to warrant Capital Letters: 1. Siyajika (We Are Turning) Underprivileged rural communities are taught how to germinate and nurture indigenous trees. They then trade these small trees (saplings?) for life-enhancing products such as building equipment, vegetable tunnels and water storage tanks to sustain them while they develop their business. […]
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Free rice for vocab. Genius
I’ve come out of hiding to whisper in your ear about a little website called FreeRice. For every vocab word you guess right, it donates 20 grains of rice throughout the United Nations to help end world hunger. A lofty goal, but a pretty fun one to help achieve (if you’re a dorky word person, […]
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The trouble with blogs
The trouble with blogs is that you have to be opinionated. That is, you have to have opinions. And observations. And comments. And when you live your life (as I do) in a charming little bubble far removed from current affairs, the news, sport, politics, business and all other Opinionated Sectors, it becomes a bit […]
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Cellphone irony
We used to have to stare around the room uncomfortably in awkward social situations. Now we have the cellphone — an endless tool of distraction and exclusion in any place, at any time, in any situation that demands discomfort. Waiting rooms bloom cellphones like tumours. Even if there’s nothing doing on said phone — no […]
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‘Follow your bliss …’
I want to follow my bliss. Joseph Campbell, a lifelong student and teacher of mythology, and an extremely inspirational man (find out more about him at the Joseph Campbell Foundation — www.jcf.org) brought this idea of following your bliss to light when he said: “If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind […]