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  • Looking Back, Looking Ahead

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    ^^ That’s definitely my sentiment right now! And well, if New Year’s Day hadn’t been a hungover blur combined with cloudy skies and high winds, I would have dragged hubby to the shore for a bit so I could get a fix. Next time! I digress before I’ve even started… Happy New Year! I hope…

  • Wowzers

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    Has it really been a month? I guess I do have a habit of letting time slip away from me, especially between writing! This year has flown by, and I’m trying to think about all the things I wanted to happen this year versus what has actually taken place. I was hoping for a vastly…

  • All Our Lives

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    I thought “If I could tell her something I would tell her this There’s only two mistakes that I have made It’s running from the people who could love me best And trying to fix a world that I can’t change.” – All Our Lives by Andrew McMahon I’m not entirely sure what I should…

  • Please hold, your life will be with you shortly.

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    That’s how I feel at the moment. Everything is kind of put on hold until we get into our new house. There’s all this stuff I want to do when we get in, but I can’t do it until then. Most of it is fun stuff – decorating, picking out furniture, designing wardrobes, some DIY…

  • Back to reality (AKA I don’t wanna)

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    After arriving home yesterday afternoon I’ve been in a bit of denial at my holiday being over. I had a nap, being awake since 5am (4am UK time) doesn’t do me any good, and the one thing we managed to accomplish is buying food. After a proper night’s sleep (finally!) we wandered out for our…

  • Vanity Wednesdays: Confidence

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    I think I’ve finally hit my stride. My early 20s were full of (somewhat) reckless abandon and not caring about what anyone thought about what I was doing or how I looked. I took that confidence for granted. My late 20s/early 30s were more sedate, especially in the confidence department. I didn’t care about what…

  • Teaching and Learning: Patience

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    It’s important to take a step back sometimes. Back in January we booked a holiday for March, having not gone away since June last year it was much needed and we were both desperate for some time away to rest and relax somewhere warm after a stressful winter at work for both of us. Between…

  • Ways to Love Yourself: The Physical

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    Physically challenging acts make me feel really proud: Being able to run longer or faster than I have before. Doing more of an Insanity workout and pushing myself harder. Holding plank longer than I have before. Doing more push ups than I could previously. Using heavier weights that I couldn’t use before. Seeing and feeling…

  • Teaching and Learning: Ways to love yourself

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    Life is about learning about yourself, others, the world, everything and anything you can. You learn and, if you’re lucky, you teach others what you’ve learned along the way. There are so many “standards” that we are taught by society which do no good. As a society we should act, look, and do things a…