http://lifestyleliftjourney.com Tips and advice for simple living, Voluntary Simplicity for Better Life Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:21:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a really nice pasta recipe. Nice simple flavour entertains my family every time. It's perfect for summer meal. This is also a good dinner recipe when your family members are a bit sick or tired. -- Makes 4 serves -- Spaghetti - 350g Bacon - 4 slices - cut into small strips Cherry ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2012/01/09/simple-pasta-recipe/ Lots happened while I was having a break from blogging. The biggest thing was definitely a loss in my family late last year. My father passed away. It changed something fundamental in my mind.  It was an opportunity to think about a life again. I thought about all the things ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2012/01/02/simple-living/ As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm in the journey of searching for my life purpose. My life has been good so far but I feel I want something more, something that brings more fulfillment. I started reading self help books and articles. It seemed there are many people who ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2011/06/06/a-step-to-find-your-life-purpose/ When I was younger, I struggled to find my life purpose. It seemed lik a common problem for everyone around me. After years of searching for it I finally found it in my late twenties... or I thought I found it. The other day I had a chance to think about ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2011/05/31/looking-for-a-life-purpose/ Lately I've been on an efficiency kick. I've been doing lots of exercise, meetings, and future planning, and asking myself, how can this be more efficient? We are living in a time poor era. Somehow we are haunted by chores of various sorts.  Abundance of time is what we dream of. ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2011/05/27/save-time-organize-your-house-efficiently/ If I could go back in time and send message to myself it would be: "Pregnancy is the silence before the storm. Be prepare yourself." I didn't know the storm was coming... During the pregnancy, everyone including the mother-to-be goes into "happy-mode". Expecting a new baby is so exciting for all of us. ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2011/05/24/how-to-cope-with-motherhood/ Recently I've been talking to mums who have babies about their jobs and careers. Babies and jobs don't always mix well very much especially if the mums are breastfeeding. Usually mums have to sacrifice something to decide their future. If they decide to look for a job, job hunting is ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2011/05/20/ideal-job/ It's been a while since I gave up on eating chicken. It started because of hens in my backyard. Every time I saw chicken meat in a dinner plate, the face of my favorite hen popped up in my head. I couldn't eat the meat. I had no trouble eating ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2011/05/17/coffee-chocolate-processed-food-and-chicken/ "I've been feeling this wired feeling for a quite some time now" I said to my husband one morning. "like what?" He replied. The feeling was something soft and mild, it almost felt like jet lag. It felt like I was floating in the air. I wasn't sick but I wasn't 100% ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2011/05/13/perfectionists-new-mums-have-high-risk-of-nervous-breakdown/ When my husband had stomach ache too often in a week, we found out about people with gluten intolerance. Since then we've been trying lots of gluten free food. Today, I bought a commercial mix of Date Loaf from Basco. Here are the pictures. You need 1 egg, 150ml water, 60g butter ... http://lifestyleliftjourney.com/2011/05/10/gluten-free-foods-date-loaf-from-basco/