Category: Motivation
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What’s Going To Make Me Happy… Now?
We all know that life can be complicated and with so many elements to consider in our lives, it can be challenging at times to just get through the day without feeling like you’re not getting anywhere or moving forward in any way. But things can be simple. From time to time at least. I’m…
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Just Because It Ended, Doesn’t Mean It Failed
Things begin and things end, however there can always be something positive that can come out of the experience if you choose to see it. Whether a relationship or a job ends for example, there is always something you can learn and take away into your future. Just because it ended, doesn’t mean it failed.…
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Wild And Precious Life
It’s Sunday, so a quietly inspiring quote/post today from American poet Mary Oliver…
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What We Can Learn From Zen Dog
It’s the weekend, so here’s a bit of fun. Today’s post is short, sweet but no less significant. So simple and yet so profound. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you…. Zen Dog.
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The Amazing New Thing
I saw this cartoon a few weeks ago in the New York Times called ‘The Amazing New Thing’ and it made me think of FOMO. An apparently recent sociological phenomenon standing for the ‘Fear Of Missing Out’, although you and I may know it as a variation of the old adage ‘the grass is always…
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A Hugely Powerful And Simple Gesture
It’s a beautiful, sunny morning in Granada and I’m having coffee outside in a local bar and yet, I’m on the verge of tears. I’ve just been reading an article on Twitter about a policeman whose job it was recently to tell an 18-year old boy that his parents had been killed in a car…
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Being Away From The Noise In Granada
Hi There are many different reasons why we may want to get away from the noise of our daily lives and there are countless ways to help you do so. This blog is my way of doing that. I live in Granada in the south of Spain, write songs on my slightly battered acoustic guitar…
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But What If You Had The Time?
Time seems to have become one of the most elusive elements in our lives these days. How many times have you heard somebody say ‘I can’t because I’m so busy’. There’s almost some kind of social pressure to be seen to be busy because if we are not, then we have somehow failed in society’s…
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10 Ways To Be More Motivated Today
Having problems getting motivated? Want to know the key? Or at least a few tips? In no particular order, here are a few pointers to help you move forward: Give yourself permission to believe what you want is possible. Be positive. Visualise yourself where you want to be What’s stopping you? Really? Get down to what it…
I Am Away From The Noise 