My name is Anna. I have been in a full-time job as a software engineer and project lead for over 10 years. I love my job, I love numbers, I love problem solving, I love looking for creative solutions.
But ... I am also a multi-passionate person who wanted to express creativity in a different, more soulful way.
One of my passions was personal and spiritual development so one day I decided to empower and enrich people's lives with  journals, tools and techniques and I created my project called SangFroid Spirit (meaning of 'sangfroid spirit' = calmness & coolness of mind = evenness of mind under stress).
Being a creator of things and not just consumer was fulfilling. By limiting time spent on social media or other entertaining platforms, I found time for this project and my research. For example, when I got back home from work, I relaxed by watching art and craft tutorials. I learnt many new techniques and some of them I also tried.

All these little decisions and changes of habits in my life had a significant impact on my lifestyle and mindset.

It all started with my decision to change my life.

 One day I came across the idea of using Feng Shui Bagua for personal development (although the Bagua is a powerful tool used for a systematic way to evaluate the energy field of your environment). I liked the idea to look at my life, life vision, goals and dreams in 8 key life areas. I drew the Bagua map on paper and wrote my goals down into each section.  However, shaping life vision is not one day task and takes sometime to get it right. Next day when I looked at what I wrote, I realised that some changes are needed.

Basically, I had two options, either to draw the Bagua again on another piece of paper or erase the initial goals and write new ones. This was happening for a couple of days. This exercise was very empowering because focusing on my goals gave me a sense of control over my life and where I wanted to take it next.

Once I was happy with my life vision, I started to take actions, a little action almost every day (even if it was just 5 min brainstorming while falling asleep :)

...it also made me think how to achieve seeing goals map daily and rewrite the goals easily at anytime I wanted....which tool could be helpful and save me some time to do it...I spent weeks if not months thinking how to replace my paper version of the Bagua map for my goals. And then I saw a dry erase magnetic board as a meal planner placed on a fridge and I just knew that it is a perfect solution for my idea. I started working on two designs, one board which would allow to write down the main points (goals, dreams, possibilities) and one which have more space for writing (actions). I bought 8 photos with copyrights to reprint them and created my first design using them. Then I found a company which could manufacture and customise dry erase magnetic boards and I had my first two physical products born. I was excited about it. Lots of ups and downs, mistakes, wrong steps but I knew that every experience is a good lesson. And I learnt a lot.
More info about boards is here.

I've had always plenty of various ideas (btw Ideation is my top strength based on the CliftonStrengths assessment).
It can be overwhelming at times. I wanted to design new things, enjoyed doing pyrography and polymer clay sculpting, wanted to try many new techniques. The tendency to start many projects and simultaneously worked on them or left them unfinished. So I got an idea to design My Ideas Journal  (more info here) in which I could write all my ideas and not forget them. By writing my ideas into the journal, I felt like my mind got decluttered. I could return back to my ideas at any time later, think and elaborate them later and implement only those which I was ready to accomplish within the designated time. As I had the design ready, I thought other creative people with many ideas could benefit from such a journal too. I did not want to print many journals and waste the paper so I used the Amazon print-on-demand service.

'Science shows that happiness is a skill that can be learnt or improved on' were the words which initiated my journey with 'happiness' after a simple Facebook ad to become a happiness facilitator got my attention. I usually don't click on such ads but I got curious how someone can become a happiness facilitator. Does the person is always happy or know a secret to happiness? So I enrolled on the course. I liked what I learnt and found out about happiness while doing the course and started my 'happiness facilitator' journey in Summer 2022 and empirical research. I created the 'Happier Me with Anna' platform. I could see that people can have a happier life once they know more about what happiness means, what contributes to happiness and how the happiness skill can be improved. I had always some abilities to uplift people around me and many people were coming for advice even before. I heard many times that from people that they trusted me and felt safe to share things with me. I was told that I could give them a good insight and see things from different angles and perspective. So knowing more about happiness helped me to add some extra value to my advices.

 Based on my knowledge, research and experiences, I created a holistic happiness model called 'Like a Diamond' which I follow in my happiness training.  And I have also created a simpler H.A.P.P.Y model (Home, Attitude, People, Passion, Yourself) as a visual tool how to be happier. Then I got an idea to design a bookmark with this happiness model. And I created also a version for kids (available in Shop).

After years of focusing on my inner work, personal and spiritual development, I came to the point when I reached a good level of self-acceptance and inner satisfaction. It is like a plant which is growing and once it reaches a certain state, it is ready for blossoming. I felt it was just time to enjoy my life more and let my soul blossom.

So I got an idea to create a Happiness Bucket List Journal  (more info) with 100 things to feel happy. These things can be done in order or randomly an little space on each page allows the person to write about that experience. After all 100 things are completed, the journal can become a happiness memory book which would remind those moments of happiness. I decided to take the challenge and complete all 100 things. :)

And I am working on a guided workbook to a happier life.