April 2025
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What topics do you like to discuss? I’ve always been slightly concerned about my apparent lack of interest in things. As I’m getting older, I say to my friends and family shouldn’t have more hobbies? I say to myself shouldn’t be more interested in things? I like watching football, I love my kids, I like…
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What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? I read a book called ‘The Happiness Advantage’ – long story short being happy makes you better but being happy is also effort. I used to believe that happiness just happened but only recently did i realise that it’s a mindset that you have to work…
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I have spent the past few years saying the same thing about being a parent – it is the worse best thing ever! I am/have been incredibly lucky and I am grateful for a beautiful family (I will keep saying this), but we have slipped into giving the cliché stories that any parent reading will…
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Smartphones have revolutionised going to the toilet for better or worse!! Seriously, my friend got a disciplinary for going to the toilet for too long during work hours – he now leaves the phone at his desk. He was crushing it on clash of clans though. The smartphone has to be the biggest physical technological…
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If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? I’m answering the question slightly differently, I wouldn’t want to be this tortured soul who sacrificed so much for so many. But he really was an incredible character. He was the 007 of the wizarding world. Ok perhaps not…
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My parents were amazing – sadly both have been taken too soon leaving me and my brother with just each other from our immediate family unit. He’s annoying! One thing that always stands out to me as a positive/kind thing my dad did for me was when I was about 14. We were by no…
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Life has been busy busy busy. I’ve not really had the chance to do much other than work and spend time with the family, but at home in the same four walls. I have forgotten time and time again to stop and enjoy the little things, one of which always helps me and gives me…
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I don’t mean for this to sound like a moan and a groan, as I have said many times I am very lucky and happy with my lot. However… Do you remember when there was a Friday feeling? Perhaps some of you still have it? I remember finishing work thinking there is nothing for me…
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Am I the only one who has concerns for the Stormtroopers of the empire in the Star Wars universe? Ok, so the Sith are bad. Emperor Palpatine also known as Darth Sidious was the pinnacle of bad. Count Dooku and Darth Vadar were less bad. I get the impression that Count Dooku may have actually…
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When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? I’ve put off answering this. When I saw the prompt (thanks WordPress), I thought back and remembered that at some point I wanted to be a soldier or scientist that helped people. I look in the mirror and wince slightly realising…