Tag: dailyprompt
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listening is a skill and every body just wants to be heard
What’s something most people don’t understand? Working in retail and now with local government I have spoken to hundreds of people in my life time. Complaints is a really tricky one and people offloading is often difficult to listen to, but everybody just wants to be heard. People complaining about personal issues product issues, it’s…
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Working from home is wonderful
How has technology changed your job? I work for a London council and before covid hit they had sold our offices. They were about to roll out work from home when it turned into a Necessity . Which means that they were prepared during the pandemic. And working from home is completely normal. I love…
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My main goals are gardening
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? So when I make plans to garden and they are interrupted with friends events then I just make sure that I get up earlier to achieve what I want to. I like to say no a lot. Especially if it’s it’s…
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My not so secret ability
What’s a secret ability you have or wish you had? I believe I can pretty much create anything. When it comes to art of being creative there are only a few things that I don’t think I am able to do. My mum was dumbfounded when I was little and I chose to bake the…
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As a gardener I just love weather plus I am British
What is your favorite type of weather? I check the weather app everyday. What is my favourite type, well I need all of it. I need the frosts and cold weather to kick my tulips into gear when they are in the earth. It may kill my dahlias but that just means they need another…
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Good teachers: I’ve had a lot
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I have been lucky. I enjoyed school, I had good teachers throughout my life and I have moved a lot. My primary years I don’t really remember names but I remember what they taught me. Roald Dahl books read to my class by our head master.because the reason…
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Less work and more play
What do you wish you could do more every day? Isn’t that what everyone wants. Less work and more play. More enjoyable moments, but life is tough at the moment, this recession is clawing at our finances deeply. So I can’t afford to work less. I would love a 3 day weekend or a four…
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I have been thinking a lot about small tattoos
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I have one, on my back, the initials of my family, thank god I didn’t put my exes on too, ha ha. I am craving small little tattoos on my arm. I would like to get one with my sister but she is a…
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Gardening: a space to lose my daily stresses
What activities do you lose yourself in? Gardening has meant a lot to me. Today I checked on my seedlings and I have sweet peas, peas, marigolds and grandiflora candy tufts growing. There is something about seeds, dirt and growth. Something about watching nature grow. Escaping in the garden for minutes and hours. A place…
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Of course I am superstitious but only in a good way
Are you superstitious? I believe in karma, I believe in Mother Nature , in Physics and Science. I don’t believe in fate. I worked in a shop that sold mirrors and after breaking my third I realised that bad luck was a silly superstition that didn’t hold any power, not with me. By the time…
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