@Annie – Yes yes to regular breaks. We can get so caught on the computer, I swear there’s some kind of force field that sucks us in! I often put my laptop on a box so that it’s more at eye level. Thanks for sharing your situation – a great example of how there are losses but the gain makes them worth it.

@Julie – I like to use the analogy of the Titanic. There’s no point rearranging the furniture when really it’s time to jump off! Delighted to hear that your intuition is working well and that now you are following that/your heart. Feel free to include your website address in future posts, I’d love to find out more about what you offer…

When I moved from corporate life to starting a business, I took the advice to start up doing something I knew, rather than trusting my intuition. It meant that I had shifted only slightly sideways and I’d swapped one set of problems for another.

It wasn’t until I started following my heart that I found what I’m passionate about. I stopped hiding my spiritual side. I allowed myself to shine!

Sometimes we need to do what we feel is right and let go of any attachment to the outcome. We are then free to let our lives unfold beautifully in ways that we could never have expected.

As you know I am planning to live abroad for a whole year from September, and there are definitely things I have to sacrifice to do that: for a year I lose living with my partner and cat, I lose the library and university systems that I know, and I have to leave our beautiful city of Cambridge. But the gain for my project, career prospects and the pure chance to travel and discover new places and people are totally worth it! (I will definitely be following your blog from my new home!)

What is more: I totally agree, the back pain and eye strain are not good enough. I have found that taking time out of the project, no matter how hard it is to tear myself away from the screen, to swim or gym, has done wonders for my lower back pain (and gives my eyes a rest).

Also, replacing the looking-down position of a laptop with a screen at eye level (or a laptop on a pile of books) was great for my neck pain.