Category: Life Improvement
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All right, 2020, I’m ready for my therapy alpaca
It is over yet? Well, not quite, but in the meantime here’s a plan to build up sufficient stamina to see the year out on a defiantly resilient note I’m at my desk. My to do list is impossible, everyone I know and work with is fratchety, and I’m about to tell someone to take…
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The 5 things that are keeping me sane at this crazy time of year
A step-by-step guide to making it through the stresses of Novemberitis, and beyond.
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Weighing up the pros and cons of intermittent fasting
It’s the new diet lifestyle everyone’s talking about, but what does it mean for your health?
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What you need to do to turn your stress into happiness
Fight or flight is our most primal response to stress, but there are other ways to cope when times are tough.
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The wise lessons lockdown has taught me about the real value of money
There’s plenty we can learn about what we really need, when we’re forced to do without the things we don’t.
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How turning 40 opened my eyes to a brand-new me
The birthday party was held in lockdown, but the cake held the key to an exciting new world.
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How I dug myself out of a money trap to make my double-storey dream come true
When you’re drowning in debt and living on small change, it’s time to make the big changes that can put you in charge of your money.
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A message from me today, to the Poor Kid I was back then
Growing up in scarcity teaches you to value abundance, and to hold on to what you’ve got, in case of a harder tomorrow.
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The awkward talk that brought our fractured family back together
When a radical idea evolved into a practical proposition, it was time to have the most difficult conversation about family matters.
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The essential joys of learning to go without
If the lockdown is teaching us anything about life, it’s teaching us that the things we regard as necessities in life, are often the things we can do without.