Author: Away From The Noise
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If You Were The Sun…
I can see why painters move to places for the beauty of the light. I can never take a photo nor paint a picture that seems to do it justice though it doesn’t stop me trying. We don’t have an Ibiza-style island sundowner place to hang out here in Granada, primarily because we’re not by the beach…
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Your Favourite Toy
I’ve just been chatting to a friend about her favourite toy when she was a child – her teddy bear. She’s now 28 and still has it on top of her wardrobe – kind of watching over her. Of course, she doesn’t need to play with it anymore (and even if she did, that would…
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Are You Comfortable Being Comfortable?
Are you sitting comfortably? How about with your life? Are you comfortable with your life? Maybe everything’s going well and that’s a lovely thing but sometimes, things are just ticking over in a perfectly fine but perhaps not very interesting way and from time to time, you think about stepping out of things for a…
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How Do You Know What You Want (And What You Can Do To Get It)?
How do you want your life to be? In 10 years? 5 years? 1 year? 6 months? Most people know what they don’t want – I don’t want to work in a dead-end job, I don’t want to be broke etc. However on being asked what they do actually want, other than perhaps a generic…
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The Everydayness Of Beauty
On the way home from a bar with some friends last night, I took a photo of this fountain. I often walk past it but what with the moon, the lights and the water last night, it particularly caught my eye. We often get caught up in our everyday lives not noticing the everyday things that…
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Songs That Take You By Surprise
It’s the weekend, so a bit of music today – with a bit of a twist on perceptions of life of course… I’ve now been living in Spain for 10 months and as a music fan, I like listening to the radio though to be honest, most of the music on the radio is pretty…
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The Sky is Bigger
If you have ever lived in a big city, you know about the countless advantages of doing so. However, one of the downsides which was highlighted to me recently is that the sky can feel so small making city living enclosed and claustrophobic which inevitably has a negative impact on its inhabitants. Kitty Shepherd, a British friend…
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The Frank Sonata
Short post today. Sometimes, less is more. This lyric is taken from the Longpigs song ‘Frank Sonata’. Love the sentiment… Love like you’ve never been burnt Work like you don’t need the money Dance like there’s nobody watching For the rest of the lyric, visit Frank Sonata and watch the video below…
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The Supermarket Cashier
I popped to the supermarket last Friday to get a couple of things. I wasn’t feeling great to be honest as things in general hadn’t been going too well that week. Just after I paid, the cashier smiled at me and wished me a lovely weekend. Nothing unusual in that, however, the way she said it…
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How To Smile Loudly
I was travelling on the bus today on the way to a class and we got stuck in traffic but fortunately, it didn’t last long, nobody got particularly stressed and soon enough, we were on our way, but it did remind me of a similar experience in London last year when I was stuck on the…
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How Much is It Costing You?
When I was first asked this question, my first thought, perhaps like most people, was financially-related, as that is how we instinctively define cost in society. And this is of course, a vital element that may prevent you from moving forward. Maybe you don’t have the money to pack up and move to a new…
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What’s The Secret To Being Happy?
I recently got chatting to Julie, a friend of a friend, at a wedding and it turns out that she’s an actress, not in Hollywood blockbusters nor the next cool indie flick, but an actress working in theatre and TV. During our conversation, one of the things she said that intrigued me was that sometimes…
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