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There are three major quality criteria to consider when you're buying a garment - here let's look at cut.

When it comes to buying clothes, how do you tell what is a quality fabric?

In a wabi-sabi house, hard floors rule the day.

I don't keep family photographs, and here's why.

Basic tips for weight loss and healty eating

If you eat your meals according to the phases of the day, you'll put fuel in the tank when you need it most, without overloading your system

Food is medicine, and what you eat, and how you eat are among the most important decisions that you make on a daily basis.

Losing weight can be as easy as simply eating healthily.

 

I normally do the seasonal changeover on about April 1 and October 1, or thereabouts.

Wabi-sabi arose from Zen Buddhism but it enables you to live a simpler and less-cluttered life whatever your situation or beliefs. Earlier I wrote about the tokonoma, a special alcove or area that you can have in a room as a focal point, but here I'll deal with surfaces.

Wabi-sabi, of course, arose in Japan, so to apply it in your home, it helps to know a little about what a traditional Japanese house looks like, though very few Japanese still live in them.

It doesn't help your morale to look rubbish when you're feeling rubbish, so here are some makeup and clothing tips for when you're down with the lurgy.

If you don't like yourself, you won't believe that others do either. In other words, everyone requires self-esteem to be in a successful relationship.

 

 

I believe that our lives are what we make of them - but that finding the right path can sometimes be difficult. Try these ten tips to help you focus on how to be happy.