Category: Advice
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Once upon a broken heart Falling in love
Describe a risk you took that you do not regret. Never regret love. You can regret how it ended. What you endured for far too long. The bad bits. But never regret falling in love. It’s magical. But new love and growing love is worth it. I let myself love again over heartbreak and it’s…
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Putting my foot down on big house decisions
What would you do differently? The building work still hasn’t started. If I had had who I wanted and trusted we may be almost finished rather than haven’t started. It’s only a focus at the moment because our neighbour is started a renovation and will be finished before us. It’s a similar design and his…
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Gardening, planning and reading
How do you unwind after a demanding day? Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I don’t have the energy to garden, plan or read. Sometimes I just want to open a bottle of red and put something familiar on tv. But getting out into the garden completely distresses me. Pulling up a few weeds. Sowing some…
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Social media addict- relapsed twice
How do you use social media? I gave it up almost two months ago. Goodbye TikTok, instagram and Facebook because I was spending hours on them. My motivation to do other things was limited so one day I was writing a blog, deciding whether to delete those apps or not and I just did it.…
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Weekend plans
things on my mind. If it’s sunny ish we are hoping to have a simple barbecue and some friends round. Which means we have a fair bit of work to do before they arrive. I want to mow the lawn before the building starts and I get upset that the garden is trashed. It’s not…
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When you realise that no one really cares then you can just get on with your life
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. I mean strangers People you don’t know. They don’t care. Why would they. They may make a snap judgement about your life and then forget about you, so if they don’t remember or care about you, then why should you care…
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Until it’s truly safe for women to travel alone
What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why? I am not interested in visiting countries where you shouldn’t travel if you are a single women. Where it is not safe. Europe on the whole is wonderful safe place and I have no issues travelling round there, I feel the same way…
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My family has always let me be me
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you. I am an army brat, my dad is from a tiny African island. All these thing would lead you to believe I would have a very different upbringing to every other Brit I know. My dad let me be me. I loved art and…
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Apricotta Cosmos
Cosmos are one of my favourite flowers! Yesterday I sowed some of my prized seeds. When I was on Facebook a member was recommending some cosmos tips. It turns out he grows them professionally and shows at Hampton Court and Chelsea, he wasn’t even trying to sell his seeds, but I enquired and bought the…
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A trip to the Royal Opera House
A bit of London Magic London truly is a magnificent place, the meandering streets and incredible architecture mix matched next to each other. I used to avoid Covent Garden as a big tourist trap but since moving from North London to east I now appreciate the. Magic of London, I am a tourist in my…
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