Who do you respect and admire?Alive or long gone, family or fictitious, neighbour or Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson … (it’s okay, guilty secrets are fine with me. Embrace them, celebrate them!) Who would you love to have as an aunty or uncle, just living around the corner so you could pop by and soak in […]
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Wouldn’t it be great to be able to choose yourself an honorary uncle or auntie? You’d be able to pop over and hang out and soak in their wisdom and life experience. Get advice, hear stories, ask questions. Learn and laugh, all at the same time. Two uncles I would have chosen would be Iggy
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I see a business recently introduced a four day work week (for five day’s pay) across the board for all their employees. Before the six-month trial, just over 50% said they were balancing work and life demands. During the 4 day work week it jumped up to 78%. Stress dropped, commitment and productivity increased. It’s
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If you’re at all interested in the goings on of a tiny nation at the bottom of the world called New Zealand, like I am, you will know that the Prime Minister gave birth recently. How she runs a country and looks after a baby I know not. My hat is well and truly doffed
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What ho! How’s things? Apologies for being missing in action recently. Sumati, Bubs and I went away for a week to an island off the west of Scotland called Arran. I thought I’d tee’ed up some emails to go out to you automatically, but looks like I didn’t. Sorry about that. I tell you something
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I want to tell you about three lines of words that I hold in great esteem: __________ Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. __________ You master those three things and life is sorted for you. Truly.
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So the UK is having a heat wave. This means figures in the twenties of Celsius degrees, so fairly mild by world standards. Nonetheless, the UK is not made for sun. It’s made for grey, sleet-y drizzle with the occasional mild sunny day. And before you jump on me with hate mail, boy is it
How do you want to live your life? Dragging yourself out of bed, exhausted, knackered, crusty, dreading the day ahead of you? Anxious with concerns, frustrated and angered by work, by the commute, grouchy with your loved ones when you make it home? Feeling like your head is so busy, there’s so many things to
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Did you see that in the recent news a woman is claiming that drinking her dog’s urine keeps her beautiful (not for me thanks. How about you?), A teenager got her head stuck in a truck’s modified exhaust after seeing if it would fit (it did, perfectly), nd a Spanish police dog has been trained
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I wrote something recently about mobile phones, and how switching them off from time to time can make a world of difference to your life. Someone tried this in the morning, and was delighted. She said: “The mornings became mine again” – I think that is so great. There’s two ways your mornings can go – One
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