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Break from your routine and do something surprising
Posted by: | CommentsMost things in my life operate around a routine. It enables me to get stuff done without thinking too hard. Most of the activities I do in the week and at weekends are driven around my routine. It feels comfortable. I can be sure they will happen. I realise that I can easily keep with [...]
11 reasons why you should ask for help
Posted by: | CommentsI used to think that asking for help meant that I was not good enough and I saw it as a last resort. More recently, I’ve been asking for help a lot. I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone and asked a surprising number of people for help in surprising circumstances. What I found as [...]
Creating fun from chaos
Posted by: | CommentsI woke up on Monday morning and decided to paint the lounge. I didn’t think it through. If I had stepped back and thought about it, I would not have done it. It would have seemed like hard work. I would have been worried that my back was not strong enough to do it. I [...]
5 ways to love the job you hate
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’ve ever done a job that you didn’t like, you may have decided to look for a new one, searching for something different. We have a tendency to focus on the problem when what we really want is a solution. Sometimes, the problem can become so overpowering that it consumes all of our energy [...]