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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…
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Writing Stories
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Writing StoriesDuring the week, I started looking at all the stories I’ve written recently. Here are the stats: The numbers above are only stories I’ve written during writers groups since they went online during 2020. I am working out what to do with this information and how these stories can start earning their keep… Not only…
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Review: Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Act Your Age, Eve BrownAuthor: Talia Hibbert Category: Novel Publisher: Piatkus Publication date: 9 March 2021 Blurb: Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong—so she’s given up trying. But when her personal brand of chaos ruins a wedding, her parents draw the line. It’s time for Eve to grow…
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Washing the Dishes
Categories: HouseholdContinue Reading: Washing the DishesWashing the dishes is not one of my favourite housework tasks… yet it has to be done. If nothing else so that we have clean plates and cups, but also because we don’t have much bench space. In this house, we don’t have a dishwasher, it’s something that I want in my dream house. It…
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Issue with business plans…
Categories: BusinessContinue Reading: Issue with business plans…I am currently doing a government business program. One of the first things that was required was an incredibly detailed, overengineered (IMO) business plan. For me, these sorts of plans don’t help me succeed. In many ways, the plan was obsolete before it was even finished! But it ticked the boxes. I knew from the…
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Running Out of Steam…
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Running Out of Steam…The other week, I posted about how I don’t operate to rewards & punishment. I also mentioned that I’m meant to be doing a 100 day challenge for writing here… Well, what I knew would happen has happened. I have run out of steam. I am exhausted and struggling to come up with ideas for…
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Too many books…
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Too many books…I have a problem… There are way too many books being published and I simply can’t keep up! I have so many books on my shelves that I want to read, but haven’t had the time to read them all. It doesn’t help that I keep adding books to the list. It doesn’t help that…
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Sharing the passion
Categories: UncategorizedContinue Reading: Sharing the passionOK, so when I was trying to find a photo for this post, the choices were passionfruit or passion in the bedroom… so I went for a passionfruit flower! One thing I’ve noticed lately is that I have a passion. I want to inspire people to fall in love with stories, whether writing or reading…