by Vicky Sim | Apr 24, 2022
If your experience is anything like mine, the first few months of 2022 have been on a completely different level of busyness to the previous two years. Apart from still needing to wear the (dreaded) face mask in indoor public places, life has pretty much got back to...
by Vicky Sim | Mar 30, 2020
For the next few weeks as the Covid-19 pandemic deepens, we will be spending a whole lot more time at home than we usually do – in fact, all of our time during lockdown. Home, for most of us, is a place for evenings and weekends and the occasional holiday if we...
by Vicky Sim | Jun 30, 2014
In today’s busy, fast-paced world, women are stretched in every direction. Not only are we taking on more in the sphere of work, we still remain the primary caregivers of our children and/or aging parents. The term ‘the sandwich generation’, coined by Dorothy A....
by Vicky Sim | Nov 12, 2013
One of my main life challenges is that I get overwhelmed quite quickly when life gets too busy. This is typical of people with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), particularly those with the inattentive type of ADD that I experience. Over the years I have developed a...
by Vicky Sim | Apr 25, 2013
Yesterday I was confronted with the reality of how much stuff I have in my home that I hardly ever use (and this is coming from a self-confessed minimalist!) A friend’s sister had lost all of her household contents in a fire caused by an electrical fault. She is a...