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Melissa Gijsbers
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Emptying the rubbish bin
Categories: HouseholdContinue Reading: Emptying the rubbish binI used to think that you had to wait until the rubbish bin was full before emptying it… I have no idea where I got this idea, possibly from when I was kid either being told or hearing my siblings being told to empty the bin because ‘it was full’. This has had an interesting…
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Requesting Feedback…
Categories: BusinessContinue Reading: Requesting Feedback…This post is a bit of a complaint/vent/whinge, whatever you want to call it. I’m getting really frustrated at companies asking for feedback after every single interaction. It’s getting crazy! The other day, I contacted a company to get off their SMS list… and they sent me an SMS asking how they did! The irony…
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Happy 70th Birthday to my Mum
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Happy 70th Birthday to my MumToday is my mum’s 70th birthday. She’s having a dinner to celebrate and I’m not there. I will see her tomorrow, but for today, I’m not going to see her. Why? She lives a 2-hour drive away from me. It’s also a workday, so trying to juggle everything was simply not possible. In the past,…
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Listening to Audiobooks while driving
Categories: ReadingContinue Reading: Listening to Audiobooks while drivingI go for a lot of long drives, mostly for work, but also to visit family. A while ago, I realised that I could plug my iPad in to the car to listen to audiobooks as I drove. Then my iPad had an issue, so I tried to do the same on my phone… it…
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Review: The Unlikely Heroes Club
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: The Unlikely Heroes ClubAuthor: Kate Foster Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Walker Books Publication date: 5 July 2023 Blurb: A fun, frolicking adventure about five kids with a mystery to solve! Eleven-year-old Oli is spending his school holidays at Heroes Club, where kids can build friendships and learn about their emotions, but Oli just wants to be home … where it’s familiar, not-so-boring and…
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Staring at a blank page
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Staring at a blank pageOne of the reasons I realised that this 100 day blogging challenge has been, well, challenging, is that I can sit down to write with the best intentions, however if I don’t have an idea of what to write, nothing will come. This is just how my brain works. I can’t force the ideas, though…
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BHAG – Big Hairy Audacious Goals…
Continue Reading: BHAG – Big Hairy Audacious Goals…I have been struggling quite a bit lately with goals. Back when I ran my last business, we were encouraged to set a BHAG – a Big Hairy Audacious Goal. A goal that was huge and seemed crazy. Even then, my brain struggled to compute this. I wanted to empower mums to have businesses, and…
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‘Study Skills’ lessons…
Continue Reading: ‘Study Skills’ lessons…I was reading an article about homework in primary school and how many schools are rethinking their policies, and how some schools give optional homework in higher grades to help kids learn ‘study skills’, and it got me thinking about study skills… I remember being taught about how to do homework. Coming home and spending…
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Thoughts on Peer Pressure
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Thoughts on Peer PressureI saw a post on Instagram this morning talking about peer pressure and how we often find it baffling. You can read the post here. Growing up, I found peer pressure completely baffling. I was told the rules, for example, don’t smoke cigarettes, especially under 18. I also had experience of my grandma smoking and…
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Believe Myself
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Believe MyselfI saw a post on Facebook where someone was talking about not only believing IN themself, but also believing themself. This post resonated with me so strongly as I have learned not to believe myself. Believing in myself has been something that I do often. I set a goal and a plan and say ‘in…