I’ve been talking to you lately about finding joy in your life. One of the most important things you can do in life is to identify your passions and then act on them! Why is this so important – because if we don’t identify our passions we can just drift through life or be driven […]
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It seems like an age since I wrote anything about retirement – probably because it was over a year ago when we were in lock down and going nowhere. In my last retirement post I talked about being stuck and going nowhere. I am pleased to say that all that has changed! We really did […]
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About a year ago I posted an article about the importance of friendship. In that post I laid out the difficulties of making and keeping friends and the importance of trying. The quote below really stuck with me because I have been in a position of loneliness for a number of years. Always have a […]
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I have been writing and chatting to you over the past few weeks about keeping it fresh in 2022. Finding your purpose and setting goals are a great way to get yourself motivated to do what you love as well as what you have to do each day. But starting something that is new for […]
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I am writing to you today about staying productive. Do you have a problem with productivity? Or maybe you have a problem staying focussed? Loss of focus can end in loss of productivity. Why is that bad? If we stop moving and doing things whether we are at work or at home we lose our […]
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I’ve been talking to you lately about Keeping it Fresh in 2022. One of the most important things you can do in life is to identify your passions and then act on them! Why is this so important – because if we don’t identify our passions we can just drift through life or be driven […]
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In the last post dedicated to Keeping it Fresh in 2022 we were thinking about thinking about your purpose and setting intentions for life. This time I want to talk about making it real, i.e. setting some goals and being ready for action – all with those intentions in mind! It is helpful to use […]
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I really didn’t think I would ever be writing about having to schedule or plan tasks when I retired. Or if anything, I thought I would be scheduling outings each week!!! But sadly the pandemic has meant that most of our time is spent at home and we find it increasingly difficult to schedule anything […]
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If you want to keep up enthusiasm for life and keep things fresh I believe that it is very important to find your purpose. What does this mean – well to me it means finding why I am here at all, what I am meant to be doing, what I am good at and how […]
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What does keeping it fresh mean? Of course it will mean different things to different people. To me, keeping it fresh in 2022 means finding purpose, setting goals, following my passions, being productive, trying new things, planning or setting tasks to be done and making sure that I have fun along the way. After […]
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