Tag: simplicity
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What If Your Job Were Your Partner In A Relationship?
How would you answer the following questions if your job were your partner in a relationship? Do you love your job? Or are you ‘in love with’ your job? Or have you been together too long and the spark has gone? What would you need to do to love your job again like you did…
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A Gentle Revolution
If you had the chance, no limits, no holds barred, what would you do? Perhaps like most people you have responsibilities and people who depend on you, however sometimes you need time just for you – for what you want to do and for your hopes and dreams. You don’t have to do anything ‘big’…
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Without A Care In The World
I saw a boy this morning in a cafe happily singing along to ‘Stand By Me’ without a care in the world with his mum proudly watching, which was quite sweet, especially as he was horrendously out of tune. Everyone in the cafe of course applauded. Free live music with your morning coffee too. Result! However,…
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Plums – The Inspirational Fruit
Having recently had some really nice plum jam, I was reminded of an interesting conversation I had a while ago with a friend who helped me to see the inspirational potential of plums… Yes, that’s what I said. Not a euphemism for anything else. The fruit. I have a birthday coming up soon and to…
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I’m So Excited
I recently watched Pedro Almodovar’s most recent film ‘I’m So Excited’ which takes place on a plane. I’m a huge fan of his films, however sadly this one is perhaps not one of his best. However, it did get me thinking about a recent trip to the airport after a recent holiday. I noticed a girl…
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Leave The Door Open
A friend of mine recently told me how she had been on a tantric meditation course. To be honest, I had no idea what this involved and then I realised that my only reference point for all things tantric was Sting talking about sex many years ago which freaked me out a bit. Anyway, once…
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How To Have Enough
Can we be happy with little when we have come to expect nothing more than that? Perhaps we can also be miserable with plenty when we have been taught to expect and desire everything. Of course, it is also arguably more common that when we have little, we want more and that when we have…
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Ridicule Is Nothing To Be Scared Of
I recently fulfilled a childhood ambition to see Adam Ant in concert. I remember buying my first ever single ‘Kings of the Wild Frontier’ by Adam and the Ants and it was a huge (admittedly nostalgic) rush to see him after all this time. However it also made me think about why he was still…
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How The Universe Provides When You Least Expect It
Have you ever woken up and had a huge list of things to get done and very little inclination to do them? This morning, I did. However, after a coffee full of procrastination, I eventually got on with things. On my way to the drycleaners, I bumped into an old friend who I hadn’t seen…
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Do It And Enjoy It
What do you like doing? Really like doing? Reading in your favourite coffee shop? Skiing? Whitewater rafting? Lying on a beach? Going to the gym? Working? Gardening? Spending time with your family? Life can be short. So whatever it is, make time for it, do it and really enjoy it…
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How To Get More Done By Doing Less
On a train journey recently, I noticed a man was simultaneously: – looking out of the window at the scenery – listening to music on headphones – reading a magazine – sending/receiving texts on his phone How many of these things do you think he really focused on and got the most from? I bet he…
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The Shoemaker’s Kids
Are you good at something? Maybe you don’t think so, but others do. Maybe you do it for a living or maybe it’s something you love doing in your spare time. Maybe you love it so much you want to make it your career or your living one day. Whatever it is. One way or…
I Am Away From The Noise 