In Turkey and Turkish culture, we have a tradition of countryside people spending summertime on mountains which is called YAYLA with their cows and sheep etc. Usually, these tablelands are on high altitude (our Yayla is 2700 metre high) very cold and covered with snow most of the year. Some Yayla places have trees which […]
Living Pretty
Imagine all you possessed could fit in a couple of mid-sized suitcases. How would you feel? Would it make you feel less burdened? Concepts such as mindfulness, minimalist living, finding your life balance (Japanese Ikigai), and using your full potential etc. are some of the most talked-about subjects in recent years. The problem is that […]
My MacBook and iPhone Experience
My first experience Years ago, I bought myself an Apple computer: a MacBook. It looked sleek and eye-catching. People who used the MacBook looked like they were from another planet. They behaved in a way that hinted that they were elite. Of course, it had its price tag. I have been windows user all my […]
Supporting Environment
Our basic daily living activities should ideally be stress free and mostly automatic. Such as our morning chores of washing, dressing, breakfast and exercise if you do etc. If you have to waste time looking for your socks, or can’t decide on which shirt to wear or what to eat for breakfast, a slight stress […]
Abstract Subjects
This will be a short article about an issue which I feel needs to be written about. Years ago, in my first professional job, I wrote an article in the company newsletter called “How to be a guru?”. It was well received internationally as many found something related to it. There are abstract subjects that […]
Morning Routine Craze
Everybody is talking about the morning routine. Writing, offering courses about it. Numerous articles, books, podcasts, and videos published. It’s nice to have routines. They allow us to do things more or less automatically and once established, help us form habits. Can you really achieve the benefits which are being claimed for a morning routine? Here […]
Week in review – 30 September 2018
The Psychology of Time Management, Limiting Beliefs, Procrastination and Maintaining Focus
Why Islamic Cults don’t like Ataturk?
In recent years, there are numerous insults, attacks on Ataturk in Turkey and surprisingly outside. People have no knowledge of Turkish history, very limited knowledge of Islamic religion, they haven’t read Ataturk’s book NUTUK, but they spread unfounded false accusations like a disease. My question is WHY? Why a man who died in 1938 bothers […]
Three kinds of LOVE
In the world there are three kinds of love. Even though we call them all “love” they are different in motive. The first kind of love comes with an “If”, it is conditional. If we meet certain expectations we receive “If” type of love. For instance: If you are a good boy/girl your teacher will […]
Goal setting for 2015
Unlike every year, this year I set no goals; have no list of New Year’s resolutions. Like most of us, I used set goals, have my new year’s resolutions just before the New Year and grand picture of what to achieve in the coming year. Write or update my goals / to do list to […]