Paula Johnson

I've had a good lesson in jumping to conclusions and assuming this week. I’ve been staying a small hotel in Ubud that I've not been at before. As with many places you select to stay, the photos online often don't match the reality. At first glance I was disappointed, but once I had settled into my new surroundings, it was fine. The bonus being it was central to town and easy walking distance to most of the places I wanted to go. “Change The Way You Look At Things And The Thin

My first week in Bali has now rolled into week 2. So, how's it going? Well, pretty much everything I had imagined it would be has not come to pass. For one, the weather has been unsettled and very unseasonably wet, so my image of lizarding by the swimming pool, doing a spot of sunbathing and swimming, sleeping and reading hasn't happened. I've managed to do that for maybe two hours in total in the 10 days I’ve been here. The rest of the time it's been pretty wet, and you can'

It's been an interesting arrival back in Bali. I wondered how I was going to feel coming back after five years away. Knowing Bali has been like my soul home and means so much to me, I was curious as to how I would feel when I finally got back here. “You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again.” Azar Naf

"Slowing down your pace is the single best way to run longer without stopping. Rather than focusing on your pace at all, focus on your effort level." (from marathonhandbook.com) I've wondered why I've hit the wall today... thinking it was because I've had a super busy few weeks juggling work and getting my book to the next stage... this last week being particularly hard out. Then I realised... I've just today sent my baby off to the PROOF READER (another massive milestone rea

I’m feeling emotional as I write this. Sometimes the pain of others shows you how far you’ve come… what you’ve overcome, to be where you are right now. And it’s an ever-evolving process, but I’ll relish in the deep gratitude I’m feeling at this moment in time. In November 2022 I celebrated 6 years of self-employment. But also in November, I was just about done with it all and I was looking for jobs. In a last ditched attempt to change things, I had signed up for Penny Green’s

11.11.22. A powerful numerology day. It's also the 11 year anniversary of one of the most potent and powerful times of my life. It will be forefront in my mind all day today, wishing I had a time machine to zoom straight back there... 11.11.11. I was participating in a self development workshop in Bali with my dear Bali brother Rick Pursell facilitating his wisdom. It was at the end of a five month journey where I had been living in Bali with my partner at the time, voluntee