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Well I guess it would be nice....
Wouldn't it be nice to know we are on the right track, to know it will all work out in the end, to know this too shall pass? Here's how we are going to…
Feb 8
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How do you get over dreadful Januarys?
You just keep going forward. But sometimes you need to go back for inspiration.
Jan 12
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Sometimes the only thing you need to resolve at the beginning of a new year is to keep going.
Shooting for the stars is great but so is digging your roots a bit deeper. Here’s how I am keeping 2026 slow and steady (and how you can join me).
Jan 2
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An honest account of what happened this year when I left my job to become a writer.
In case nobody told you, it takes a village to raise a writer. Online or in person community is everything.
Dec 17, 2025
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Don't save the best of anything for Christmas (especially chocolate).
Restricting and rationing joy and life. I am working towards a different way, care to join me?
Nov 20, 2025
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How it looks and feels once you start stripping back...
Bathrooms, bodies, life - same rules apply. Paper over the cracks or crack the issue wide open. Wish me luck...
Oct 21, 2025
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Existential angst in the Ikea queue. We have all been there.
A trip to Ikea brought up a lot more for me than I expected when a late night shop had me facing my mortality and lamenting the time passed. Maybe I…
Aug 8, 2025
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My notice has gone in... time for a different kind of work.
Better late than never. It has taken me over 50 years to take my own needs seriously. With limited time to go, I need to get to work.
Jul 10, 2025
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Hold tight, you’re slowly coming back to life.
Motherhood, marriage, mental health and mortgages. The soundtrack to my life - but half a decade in, the music changed and now I march to a different…
Apr 9, 2025
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Life begins at 40 plus 10.
Part one. What a fool I was to believe that my life would begin at 40. Don‘t believe the hype. Women in their forties are in the thick of it…but…
Mar 23, 2025
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I did a 'Pamela' and went make-up free at work...
On the face of it Pamela Anderson and I do not have much in common - apart from our naked faces. Could I make it a permanent thing?
Feb 25, 2025
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Seaside Psychic
A seaside psychic predictions came true, but she failed to tell me the most important thing..
Jan 29, 2025
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