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Procrastination: Not what you need to be a record breaker
Too many things, as always. Cleaning, tidying, sorting out wider house jobs, sending a faffy email that’ll probably take 1o minutes… And wider things too. I’ve been meaning to try and get an editor for my novel manuscript for literally years. I don’t quite know what’s stopping me. Solidarity with my fellow procrastinators! Continue reading
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Lols
What brands do you associate with? Wow, commercial, much?! This blog is not sponsored and neither am I. The sun, the trees, interesting shaped clouds, double rainbows and the ability to dream belong to us all. I’m not saying there isn’t the odd brand that I like or I find reliable or good value. But Continue reading
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Nothing
What could you do more of? I mean it. I could do more of nothing. I could sit. Loaf. Rest idle. Stare into space. Gaze out of the window. Daydream instead of scrolling. Breathe instead of scurrying. Wait. See. Be. Continue reading
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Most epic cooking fail
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. Mine wasn’t for eating. It was during my science degree. I had to make some poly-acrylamide gel. You heat it in the microwave in a pyrex flask stopped loosely with some cotton wool. I put my cotton wool in too tight and it started to burn. Continue reading
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Mutually assured misery
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. The idea that people pleasing and being kind are different things. It’s good and right to be compassionate and kind to those who need it. It builds relationships to listen to and honour your friends. But I wish I had learned much earlier that Continue reading
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Bad advice: Consistency is the most important thing
Welcome to Bad Advice, a series I’m writing that I wanted to call Bullshit Wisdom but chickened out because of Teh Algorithms. Sometimes advice is just bad. Sometimes advice is good but it strikes at our insecurities so we react against it. And sometimes it’s both. With all of these posts, I understand that people’s Continue reading
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I mean, what isn’t…
What are your favorite types of foods? Yesterday exercise, today diet, what gives, Daily Prompt? That said, I find this question interesting because of the “types of”. I think without it many of us would be inclined to go “eh, chocolate? Pizza? Chips?” But “types of” suggests a connection and thinking about the foods I Continue reading
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Walking – daily. Running?
This is the 10th anniversary of me finishing Couch to 5k! I kept it up for about 6 months after that. I haven’t run in ages but it’s always reassuring to remember I did this. I recommend doing Couch to 5k if you are, like me, someone who doesn’t think of yourself as sporty or Continue reading
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Not looking for an adult…
Do you see yourself as a leader? I don’t especially see myself as a leader, at least not in any self-aggrandizing sort of way. I don’t usually feel like I should lead and people should follow except in very specific situations. We all have our own path and I generally enjoy collaboration and facilitation rather Continue reading
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Bad Advice – “Use generative AI to write your blogposts” is all filla and no killa
There’s a scene in so many movies, often Christmas themed, where some well-off but emotionally starved child longs for their parent – probably the dad, because Stereotypes – to finally come through with some gift, gesture or word that finally proves that they care. And the parent seems to be finally about to do it Continue reading
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