News - Make Me A Plan

ON MONTSERRAT

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

02.09.2021.

Latterly, most members of the United Plandom have been confined to the breadth of their imaginations rather than their wanderlust. So, as our website’s third birthday month draws to a close, I’ve chosen a blog theme this fortnight combining a distant island, ways...

DEALING WITH BAD REVIEWS

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Penny Le Kelly

25.08.2021.

On the Make Me A Plan blog, we like to be chipper and upbeat. But there are subjects we have to look at that might not have such a positive feel to them. So plantasitic people, in this blog we will be looking at the subject of bad reviews. Now, this can...

FOMO - FEAR OF MISSING OUT

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

24.08.2021.

For regular readers of these blogs you will know that I mention the affect that social media can have us quite frequently. On social media everyone seems to have these perfect lives. Their photos and statuses show them as busy and constantly on the go; whether...

ON BIRTHDAYS

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

19.08.2021.

This month, our website turns 3 and this Philosopher-In-Residence is eager to mark the occasion in true Make Me A Plan fashion. Duly, this fortnight’s blog is based around one of my favourite philosopher’s musings from each of those three years we have been...

MARKING THE MILESTONES

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Penny Le Kelly

11.08.2021.

Fans of plans! You may have noticed some very exciting announcements all last week from Make Me A Plan across the socials in celebration of MMAP’s website birthday. Well done to the MMAP competition winner last week and also to those who took advantage...

INTIMACY

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

10.08.2021.

Intimacy, for some of us it comes easily and for others it is a really difficult concept to grasp. After all, to be intimate is to be vulnerable and is the security that comes from allowing ourselves to be vulnerable. To allow others close to us and to truly see and accept...

ON EMOTIONS

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

05.08.2021.

We’re starting out super-pseud in this fortnight’s Philosopher-In-Residence blog by asking you: what emotion do you feel when you respond to the word “emotion”? Are you a millennial who auto-reads that to mean an emoji and your brain reverts to your...

PREPARING FOR THE BIG EVENT

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Penny Le Kelly

28.07.2021.

Finally, after five years – the greatest show on earth is underway! Of course I am talking about the Olympics in Japan. Tokyo 2020 has had a lot to contend with to actually get off the ground and create a stage for the greatest athletes on the planet to...

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (EFT)

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

27.07.2021.

Some of you may regularly practise meditation and you may or may not be familiar with EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). EFT is a type of tapping meditation that uses pressure on acupuncture points to treat pain and emotional distress. However, acupuncture uses needles and...

ON RACE

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

22.07.2021.

As the Tokyo Olympics get ready to commence under conditions very different to those we’ve previously seen. But – what you see isn’t always what you get. The Tokyo summer games are officially entitled the 32nd Olympiad (or XXXII for fellow pseuds and...