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A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to a fancy awards show. My first thought was excitement, followed by “what on earth do I wear?” It was during the really hot spell of weather; the idea of a floor length dress wasn’t appealing. I’d be reduced
Would you agree with me if I said bullying was wrong? To deliberately pick on someone, single them out, physically or mentally, or maybe both, because there’s something about them that you just don’t like, or understand? I think most people would agree that bullying is unkind, uncalled for and
I hate to harp on about the lockdown, but do you remember when everyone seemed determined to take their few minutes of fresh air and exercise every-single-day, because the freedoms they’d been used to were gone? And taking the dog for a walk or going for a run added a
We were happily driving along, mid conversation when a car with two young men travelling towards us, deliberately swerved into our lane to scare us. Thankfully my reactions were quick, I managed to avoid a collision. My mum was a little shaken and I was less than impressed, but we
I remember asking my mum as a child what my best quality was, in the hopes she would say funny, or clever or pretty. But she actually said I was ‘kind’, 10-year-old-me, felt bitterly disappointed in her remark, in fact I thought that she’d made it up because she couldn’t
Take yourself Out: five tips to going Solo A recent study stated that 49% of Americans have less than 3 close friends, yet the average number of online connections on places like Facebook is in the region of 338. I spend a lot of time on the online networking site
I’ve had the same new year’s resolution for as long as I can remember, lose weight, and earn more money. On paper they both seem achievable, however as I write this, my lockdown bulge of 2020 is still evident and there’s mothballs in my purse. Does that make me a
Money doesn’t buy happiness; I hear that a lot. And to an extent, I’d agree. I do believe that a large part of happiness comes from within. But money does buy food, heating, clothing, and lighting. It gives us freedom of choice and it’s essential to our existence in the