I Have Fallen in Love With My Eufy Robot Vacuum Cleaner
I decided to buy an Eufy Robot Vacuum Cleaner. My only regret is that I didn't take the plunge sooner. You see, I'm in love. Completely and utterly bowled over.
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The Highlights: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
The Creative Act: A Way of Being is a book that's packed to the rafters with philosophical, thought-provoking and inspiring reflections, written in a non-linear and personable way. You feel as though you're sitting in a studio with Rick as he's sharing these personal, anecdotal and, oftentimes, profound, insights.
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How To Access All The Old blurtitout.org depression-related articles
From time to time, I'm asked if it's possible to access all of the old articles we wrote on www.blurtitout.org. Thankfully, there is a way. It's a little clunky so I'll walk you through it.
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Ways To Stay Motivated Until You Cross The finish Line
I have to pull out every trick in the book to stay motivated and get myself over the finish line with projects. Here's how I handle it when my motivation inevitably wanes.
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Energy Management Over Time Management, Every Time
One of the questions submitted in my ‘Ask Me Anything‘ form was this: “What are your best tips for time management given you do/achieve so much?” The simplest answer is that I don’t manage time. There...
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Interesting Things I Found On The Internet This Week
Gosh, how lucky we are to live in an age where everything we want to know and learn is available on the internet at the tippity-tap of our fingertips?! When I think of all of the questions I used to ask my mum was I was younger and how difficult it must have been for her to get access to the answers she didn't know compared with how easily we just 'look things up' now... This week, I came across a few really cool and interesting things on the internet. Some of them, sososo helpful, that I couldn't help but want to share. So, here we are!
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Readwise: A Really Nifty Tool For Your Kindle Highlights
As I read books on my Kindle, I tend to highlight the bits that resonate with me or the bits in non-fiction books which I'd like to action. All of these highlights are accessible on Amazon but I'm never sure what to do with them there. In the past, I've printed some and filed them but I prefer a paper-free digital office space. It felt as though I was highlighting and that those highlights would then just lurk around somewhere in the background, never to be acknowledged by me again.
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Self-Care For When Life Gives You Lemons
We’ve all had ‘those’ days which have rolled into two, maybe three, possibly a week, a month, a year – a stretch of time when it feels as though life is just pelting lemons at us, repeatedly. A chaotic patch of life which tests our resolve to the limit. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong. We’re beyond stressed. We’re at our wits’ end. Kerplunked. Problem-solving takes brainpower, courage and resilience. It’s hard to pick ourselves up again, and again, and again. The knee-jerk reaction is to keep ploughing on but it rarely all goes away without a re-steering of the ship.
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