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Thought for the day…
I’ve just read Kate Hardy’s post on her cracking weekend filling the well. I think my well might have run dry. I used to find it easy to adopt new technology, click, click, click and I was away and...
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Learning new things!
This month’s theme is LEARNING NEW THINGS! This one excited me a lot. I think one of the troubles with being a writer is that we often sit and imagine and online research but we don’t get out and try...
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Old dogs and new tricks
I love our theme for the month: Learning New Things. Whoever said, “You can’t teach old dogs new tricks” had no idea what they were talking about. Another thing I love? Deepening the skills that I...
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Learning Italian and not getting the common cold…
Ciao! This month I’ve been seriously impressed by my fellow Chocolate Boxers’ enthusiasm to go out and try news things, learn new skills despite their incredibly busy lives. Most of them have children...
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The Glamorous Life of a Writer
Normally, when I say this, I’m being sarcastic. Today I am not. Here’s where I am. It’s a writer’s conference. Basically, we come to Ninc to learn the latest and greatest technologies, including ways...
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The World Around Us – Making Sense of Things
by Donna Alward This month’s theme is “The World Around Us”. It’s one of my favorites because it’s one of the easiest things to do – connect with the world that surrounds us. What “fills” our own...
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Three things I’m grateful for by Kate Hardy
Our focus this month is on gratitude and positivity. I’m usually disgustingly positive and upbeat (and, yes, I’m a morning person as well, which makes me even more annoying). But, like everyone else,...
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Reasons to be grateful: one, two, three… by Fiona Harper
Okay, well maybe I have more than three reasons to be grateful, but I couldn’t resist “borrowing” (and tweaking) that little line from the Ian Dury song. I was trying to think of something clever and...
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Self-discovery with Michelle Douglas
Isn’t self-discovery a fine thing? I’ve recently (re)discovered three things about myself. And while our theme this month is gratitude, I don’t know whether to give thanks for these or not. One of...
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Gratitude Every Day
Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the United States, and we all took a moment to be remember what we are most grateful for. I had a group of friends over for the holiday, and I was so very grateful to have...
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Sorting Through to Find the REAL Self Care
I love a good muffin. Seriously. There is nothing better on the planet than a pumpkin, multi-berry, blueberry or cherry muffin. My mouth waters just thinking about eating one. I also love a shopping...
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A little sneaky bit of time by Kate Hardy
So we established last time that I’m the mad woman who has lots of Christmas festivities in December (meaning that I get to cook Christmas dinner quite a lot – and play ‘santa’). Looking after myself...
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A little down time…
This time of year is manic. I’ve updated my online shopping order for the tenth time, I’ve replaced the lights that failed, I’ve send cards to all those people I forgot but who didn’t forget me and I...
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When you read this, I will either be baking a ham and kielbasa, along with fresh rolls to take to my son’s…or we’ll be at my son’s eating ham and kielbasa on fresh rolls. When I was a young wife and...
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Word for the year with Michelle Douglas
I love the idea of having a word for the year. It sharpens my focus and, if done right, provides me with a chance for improvement and reflection. And the word I’ve chosen for 2016 is: ENJOY. Why?...
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The year of fun by Kate Hardy
What my pal Michelle Douglas said last week about a word for the year really resonated with me, because my resolution for this year is to get my work-life balance back in balance Which means putting...
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Word for the year – focus…
Since we all seem to be choosing a word for the year here at the Chocolate Box, I’ve chosen the word FOCUS. Last year was a mess of distractions. The best beloved’s health was a cause of concern but it...
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