https://www.thebetterliving.org/ 2020-01-06 monthly 1.0 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/meaning-beyond-success-figure-of-light-in-the-cosmos-1600.webp The Better Living: meaning beyond success A seated figure of light at the centre of a vast violet cosmos, an image of meaning and inner stillness found beyond outward success https://www.thebetterliving.org/insights.html 2020-01-06 monthly 0.9 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/reflections-on-meaning-and-the-inner-life-nebula-1600.webp Reflections: things I have come to see A luminous violet and blue nebula opening across deep space, the vastness of the inner life these reflections turn toward https://www.thebetterliving.org/about.html 2020-01-06 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/andrea-sait-the-better-living-starfield-1600.webp About Andrea Sait, founder of The Better Living A wide field of stars and pale nebula light, the quiet vastness behind The Better Living https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-depth-and-vastness-of-life.html 2020-01-06 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-depth-and-vastness-of-life-galaxy-across-the-night-sky-1600.webp The depth and vastness of life A vast galaxy of gold and blue starlight spread across the night sky, the depth and vastness of life that a hurried existence never looks up to see https://www.thebetterliving.org/stillness-as-a-skill.html 2019-04-15 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-fear-of-being-still-balanced-stones-on-still-water-1600.webp The fear of being still A cairn of dark stones balanced perfectly on the mirror-still surface of a river, the stillness that waits on the far side of restlessness https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-ordinary-hour-you-keep-postponing.html 2018-10-16 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-ordinary-hour-you-keep-postponing-butterfly-resting-on-a-leaf-1600.webp The ordinary hour you keep postponing An orange butterfly resting open-winged on a green leaf in soft light, the ordinary living moment that busyness keeps postponing https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-midlife-question-no-one-prepared-you-for.html 2018-05-21 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-midlife-question-no-one-prepared-you-for-violet-cosmic-vortex-1600.webp The midlife question no one prepared you for A violet and blue cosmic vortex turning slowly around a dark centre, the midlife question that opens beneath a life that went to plan https://www.thebetterliving.org/no-one-is-coming-to-tell-you-it-was-enough.html 2017-11-28 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/no-one-is-coming-to-tell-you-it-was-enough-ember-red-nebula-1600.webp No one is coming to tell you it was enough An ember-red nebula burning quietly in the dark, the long wait for a permission that never arrives from outside https://www.thebetterliving.org/why-you-never-see-the-whole-of-it.html 2017-08-14 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/why-you-never-see-the-whole-of-it-nebula-half-hidden-in-shadow-1600.webp Why you never see the whole of it A cyan nebula half revealed and half lost in shadow, the partial view of reality that every certain mind mistakes for the whole https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-quiet-lies-your-mind-tells-you.html 2017-02-27 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-quiet-lies-your-mind-tells-you-light-radiating-from-a-human-profile-1600.webp The quiet lies your mind tells you Light radiating outward from the silhouette of a human head against darkness, the mind quietly editing what it lets you see https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-vastness-you-keep-looking-away-from.html 2016-12-06 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-vastness-you-keep-looking-away-from-deep-field-of-stars-1600.webp The vastness you keep looking away from A deep field of countless stars scattered through violet interstellar dust, the vastness a busy life keeps carefully out of view https://www.thebetterliving.org/how-much-of-you-did-you-choose.html 2016-09-12 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/how-much-of-you-did-you-choose-threads-of-light-through-a-human-profile-1600.webp How much of you did you actually choose? Threads of amber light streaming through the outline of a human face, the inherited conditioning that shapes a self before it can choose https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-bigger-it-got-the-emptier-it-felt.html 2016-03-21 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-bigger-it-got-the-emptier-it-felt-magenta-vortex-around-a-dark-centre-1600.webp The bigger it got, the emptier it felt A wide magenta vortex of light circling an empty black centre, the hollowness that grows at the heart of something magnificent https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-wants-that-were-never-yours.html 2015-10-19 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-wants-that-were-never-yours-currents-of-blue-light-1600.webp The wants that were never really yours Currents of pale blue light drifting through deep space, desires carried along from somewhere outside yourself https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-meaning-you-were-waiting-to-be-given.html 2015-07-21 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-meaning-you-were-waiting-to-be-given-light-breaking-over-a-green-valley-1600.webp The meaning you were waiting to be given Sunlight breaking over a wide green valley with a single path winding through it, meaning that is made along the way rather than awarded at the end https://www.thebetterliving.org/feeling-like-a-fraud-when-everyone-thinks-youve-made-it.html 2015-04-13 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/feeling-like-a-fraud-when-everyone-thinks-youve-made-it-veils-of-blue-light-1600.webp Feeling like a fraud when everyone thinks you’ve made it Veils of blue light layered over one another in the dark, the admired surface and the private truth beneath it https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-depression-no-one-would-believe.html 2014-11-17 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-depression-no-one-would-believe-emerald-nebula-with-dark-hollows-1600.webp The depression no one would believe An emerald nebula glowing around wide hollows of absolute darkness, the unseen struggle inside an admired and capable life https://www.thebetterliving.org/why-nothing-excites-you-anymore.html 2014-06-09 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/why-nothing-excites-you-anymore-colour-fading-from-a-distant-nebula-1600.webp Why nothing excites you any more Colour draining from a distant green and blue nebula into darkness, the slow loss of joy that arrives without a day you can name https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-exhaustion-that-sleep-doesnt-fix.html 2014-01-27 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-exhaustion-that-sleep-doesnt-fix-deep-blue-currents-in-darkness-1600.webp The exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix Slow, heavy currents of deep blue light moving through darkness, the tiredness that rest does not reach https://www.thebetterliving.org/when-you-have-no-one-to-be-weak-in-front-of.html 2013-09-16 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/when-you-have-no-one-to-be-weak-in-front-of-lone-green-nebula-1600.webp When you have no one to be weak in front of A single green nebula holding its light alone in an enormous dark sky, the isolation of always being the strong one https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-years-you-spent-preparing-to-live.html 2013-06-24 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-years-you-spent-preparing-to-live-hourglass-beside-a-clock-1600.webp The years you spent preparing to live An hourglass running quietly beside a pale clock face, the years spent getting ready for a life that was already happening https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-self-you-gave-away-to-keep-the-peace.html 2013-03-11 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-self-you-gave-away-to-keep-the-peace-light-dissolving-into-the-dark-1600.webp The self you gave away to keep the peace Ribbons of pale light dissolving softly into surrounding darkness, a self quietly given away to keep everyone else comfortable https://www.thebetterliving.org/giving-until-there-was-nothing-left.html 2012-11-05 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/giving-until-there-was-nothing-left-dandelion-releasing-its-seeds-1600.webp Giving until there was nothing left of you A golden dandelion beside one gone entirely to seed, ready to give the last of itself away to the wind https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-truth-you-keep-from-yourself.html 2012-09-04 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-truth-you-keep-from-yourself-nebula-around-an-unlit-centre-1600.webp The truth you keep from yourself A teal and rose nebula glowing around an unlit centre, the one thing a person keeps carefully out of their own sight https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-unseen-woman.html 2012-06-18 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-unseen-woman-a-flower-growing-through-cracked-concrete-1600.webp The unseen woman A single violet flower growing up through a crack in a wide expanse of grey concrete, a life that kept blooming where no one thought to look https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-self-you-have-never-accepted.html 2012-02-20 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-self-you-have-never-accepted-green-shoot-in-the-rings-of-an-old-tree-1600.webp The self you have never accepted A small green shoot growing from the centre of the growth rings of a felled tree, the self that keeps returning however long it is refused https://www.thebetterliving.org/learning-self-love-after-achievement.html 2011-10-24 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/learning-self-love-after-achievement-hands-cradling-a-warm-light-1600.webp Learning self-love after a lifetime of achievement Two open hands cradling a small warm light in the dark, the difficult practice of turning kindness toward oneself https://www.thebetterliving.org/who-would-you-be-without-your-achievements.html 2011-08-09 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/who-would-you-be-without-your-achievements-white-cosmic-vortex-1600.webp Who would you be without your achievements? A brilliant white and teal cosmic vortex opening outward from darkness, the self that remains when everything achieved is set down https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-practice-of-self-understanding.html 2011-06-13 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-stranger-you-live-inside-a-spiral-galaxy-within-a-human-profile-1600.webp The stranger you live inside A spiral galaxy turning inside the outline of a human profile, the vast inner life a person can spend a lifetime without meeting https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-beautiful-things-your-busyness-hides.html 2011-02-28 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-beautiful-things-your-busyness-hides-glowing-blue-butterflies-in-a-night-forest-1600.webp The beautiful things your busyness hides Luminous blue butterflies rising through a dark forest floor at night, the quiet beauty a full calendar walks straight past https://www.thebetterliving.org/still-running-and-no-longer-sure-why.html 2010-11-22 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/still-running-and-no-longer-sure-why-streaks-of-light-rushing-through-the-dark-1600.webp Still running, and no longer sure why Long streaks of blue light rushing away through the dark, motion continuing long after its reason has been forgotten https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-life-you-would-live-if-no-one-were-watching.html 2010-09-13 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-life-you-would-live-if-no-one-were-watching-a-bird-alone-in-soft-light-1600.webp The life you would live if no one were watching A small grey bird resting alone on a weathered post in soft, unwatched light, the life a person would live with no audience at all https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-hidden-loneliness-of-successful-people.html 2010-07-05 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-hidden-loneliness-of-successful-people-bright-stars-across-an-empty-sky-1600.webp The hidden loneliness of successful people Thousands of bright stars scattered across an immense and empty sky, surrounded on every side and still unmet https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-success-that-stopped-feeling-like-enough.html 2010-03-15 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-success-that-stopped-feeling-like-enough-red-vortex-receding-into-the-dark-1600.webp The success that stopped feeling like enough A ring of red cosmic light receding endlessly into darkness, a finish line that moves again each time it is reached https://www.thebetterliving.org/finding-meaning-beyond-materialism.html 2009-11-30 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/finding-meaning-beyond-materialism-copper-nebula-in-deep-space-1600.webp Finding meaning beyond materialism A copper and amber nebula burning slowly in deep space, meaning that no amount of possession has ever been able to buy https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-arrival-fallacy.html 2009-08-17 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-arrival-fallacy-golden-vortex-around-an-empty-centre-1600.webp The arrival fallacy A golden vortex of light circling an empty dark centre, the summit that turns out to hold nothing when it is finally reached https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-balance-between-inner-and-outer-life.html 2009-06-22 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-balance-between-inner-and-outer-life-stone-cairns-at-sunset-1600.webp The balance between your inner and your outer life Three balanced stone cairns silhouetted against a burning sunset over still water, the balance between an outer life and an inner one https://www.thebetterliving.org/what-was-success-really.html 2009-04-27 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/what-was-success-really-golden-nebula-burning-in-the-dark-1600.webp What was success, really? A great golden nebula burning at the heart of a dark sky, the inherited idea of success examined at last from the inside https://www.thebetterliving.org/the-emptiness-after-success.html 2009-01-19 yearly 0.8 https://www.thebetterliving.org/assets/img/the-emptiness-after-success-starfield-around-a-dark-void-1600.webp The emptiness after success A dense field of stars encircling a wide region of empty darkness, the quiet hollowness that waits on the far side of achievement https://www.thebetterliving.org/privacy.html 2020-01-06 yearly 0.3 https://www.thebetterliving.org/terms.html 2020-01-06 yearly 0.3