Treasure is never convenient.
You have to stretch to get the really good things. Thats the rule. I'm so glad lovely Julie took a plane and a train and a bus to come...
top of page
Search
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 28, 20192 min read
Honor your Inner Chicken
Chickens try new horizons. When they fail and get shoo'ed away, are they embarrassed? No, they are indignant, and leave with beak held...
86 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 27, 20191 min read
Romancing the Cow
"I had a cow that was so in love with her calf, she just licked him for a whole month' said Farmer Bob. Its a wonderful feeling 'I love...
70 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 26, 20192 min read
Hurry Hurry Monster
Yesterday I dropped in to Elinda's place, just down the road from Gardenfarm. Elinda is an artist, she is always making something. She'd...
83 views1 comment
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 25, 20192 min read
It Only Takes One Good Family
This is the bathroom at the Chai Night share house in Sydney. Chai Night is a monthly open talent party, in a private house and garden....
55 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Optimize your Outdoor Office
Here is where I wrote yesterday's blogpost 'Powered by Elves', and here are my recommendations for your effective outdoor office: 1. Get...
46 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 24, 20192 min read
Powered by ELVES, no magic involved.
The company that makes the most reliable, affordable cars in the world supplements its workforce with ELVES, nicknamed 'Karakuri'. Though...
58 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 23, 20191 min read
Re-design the low point of your day
Pick whichever part of your day is predictably unpleasant, and re-design it. I gave this exersise to my audience at my Vivid Ideas...
66 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 22, 20191 min read
Low-Energy Suburbia, Samurai-Style
I couldn't believe my eyes. The houses were very similar to the suburban Australian home I grew up in, with a back garden, lemon tree,...
64 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 20, 20193 min read
We both get what we want
She is mint, and wants to live in Denmark, moist and shady. He is chamomile, and wants to live in Greece: hot and dry. They both get what...
64 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Future Generation of Yourself
One profound sentence can cause your life trajectory to effortlessly change tracks. Younger me put astonishing freely-given effort into...
178 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 19, 20191 min read
Monster in the cupboard.
Decluttering leads to surprises. At Professor Marcs today we found thousands of dollars worth of fancy health and beauty products, all...
163 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 17, 20192 min read
Declutter for a tiny shared bathroom
This humble, unrenovated bathroom did heroic work, and was my trusty partner in keeping my housemates and guests all squeaky clean,...
272 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 17, 20191 min read
Top three things to do with an orange
I don't really eat oranges. They are too exciting, and too sugary. In recent years, Ive been buying them for their skins. Somebody gave...
70 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 15, 20191 min read
Are You are Person of Vision?
People say there is nothing interesing in Surfers Paradise. I know thats not true, because there is this rat. He lives on the tarmac. A...
27 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 15, 20192 min read
Give Romance
When I was a teenager, I remember the thrill of getting an anonymous Valentine's day card in the letter box. It gave me days and days of...
37 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 14, 20194 min read
Kaizen: A Wastefully Misunderstood Word
Kaizen is a word made famous by the success of The Toyota Way, and generally translated as continuous incremental improvement. A few...
214 views1 comment
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 12, 20191 min read
World's Most Unapreciated Useful Skill
I can make cats come to me in the street. Its my party trick. There are two steps. First, you use a trilling miaow which is cat language...
36 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 12, 20192 min read
The Sandpit of Dreams
The gap between where you are and where you want to be, its too big. If you are making the most of your short time on this planet, you...
56 views0 comments
Cecilia Macaulay
Feb 11, 20192 min read
Cecilia's Now Page
A 'Now' page gives the big picture of whats going on in your life, and is incomparable in its usefulness. The Now Page movement is yet...
658 views0 comments
bottom of page