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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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Force of habit
Why do you blog? I used to blog years ago and I poured my heart and soul into it. That was pre “social media” (although it was a kind of social media). I’ve picked it up again because it’s easy to feel like a commodity on social media. It can feel like I’m throwing my… Continue reading
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Bad advice: “You should have” is only good for time travellers
Imagine you’re doing something difficult, perhaps for the first time. Maybe you’ve made a new recipe. Maybe you’ve given a speech, run a training session, had a job interview or even flown a plane. And your family member, mentor, supervisor, manager, teacher, podiatrist or parole officer turns to you and says… Continue reading
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In case of emergencies…
Create an emergency preparedness plan. Kettle, teabags, milk, favourite mug… And some nice biscuits. Continue reading
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It ain’t what you say…
What is a word you feel that too many people use? Mostly I don’t think words are overused. Of course there’s the odd catchphrase that gets into the woodwork but it was ever thus – I might be sick of “skibidi toilet” and “what the sigma” but my generation had “eat my shorts” so we… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 22, 4th July.
Bea asked us if we’d been to the ice cream parlour, Dessert Island. Suniya blushed then, and I felt embarrassed too. I told her about the chef seeming to have a glamour, and no reflection. She looked intrigued. “That’s certainly interesting, but I don’t know that I feel happy with you assuming there’s something wrong.” Continue reading
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Olive Framley Entry 20, 3rd July.
Dear Talia, It’s been a trying couple of weeks. Daddy is furious about the whole Magical Reporter debacle and the fact that people are now asking him what he thinks he’s doing, sending his well-educated daughter to mess around with potions and spells, and I’ve had journalists and paparazzi following me all over the place.… Continue reading
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Bad Advice: If you’re lonely…
I was walking back from town, alone, to my bedsit flat. It was cold, crisp, and dry, as that city so often was, and my room was probably cold. I heard someone say my name, with that sort of surprised delight when you see someone who you didn’t expect to see, but are pleased to… Continue reading
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