Simple Pleasures, Everyday Joie de Vivre.

On Friday  80,000 people gathered in the Domain in Sydney to protest about climate change because we need our leaders to enact sweeping changes like using less fossil fuels and banning single use plastics in order to save our planet. Even if plastics weren't destructive to the environment, I fail to see how we got into such a bad habit of mindless waste. Reusing containers is cheaper and more conscientious, and now we have to, to save the planet. So what can we do?  There are plenty of things we can do as individuals to address the problem. Like adjusting your politics according to environmentally friendly practices; Installing solar power; Investing in wind power and other environmentally sound companies. There are also small changes we can make at home. Here are some suggestions on how to live it: Turn off appliances that you are not using which have those little power lights on them. Use a cake of all purpose soap for all of your cleaning needs. Bu...

Thank You for the image to Zack Callahan on unsplash. Whilst every situation is different and needs timing and there is no one magic bullet to make you happy or successful, self-confidence covers a lot of ground. Self-confidence is different to self-esteem, in that self-esteem is an evaluation of yourself, and similar to self-efficiacy, which is your belief in yourself to accomplish things. Central to these is self-confidence, which also includes confidence in general. Being low in confidence can lead to poor performance and poorer mental health. Being over-confident can lead to narcissism. So whilst it is definitely in your interest to develop self-confidence, you should also check in with reality every so often. Confident people report higher motivation, better performance and are better at dealing with stress, they take risks and set realistic goals that they can reach. Confident people are percieved to be more knowledgable than those with low self-confidence. You may...