I love my daily to-do lists and my bullet journal, which help keep me productive. But when we’re pushing ourselves to lead productive lives, it’s often easy to go too far, and we need to remind ourselves to rest and keep things in perspective. When life gets busy and my brain gets cluttered, and overwhelm […]
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Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day. What a magnificent earthworm! Radiant rosebush. Calendula, still flowering away. It’s a great plant for any garden – it attracts so many beneficial insects, and just keeps resowing itself and
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I love my bullet journal – it has really changed my life for the better as I try to live more intentionally. (To see how, read this post.) And when something’s that important in your life, I think it’s really important that your tools are fit for the job. A bad notebook could make bullet
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I’ve never been great at knowing what to wear. I buy clothes that I think will look good on me and they don’t. And I buy clothes that DO look good on me, and still don’t wear them. I never know what to put with what and whether what I’m wearing truly suits me. I
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Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day. I forgot I ever had this amazing piece of rare Blue John, until I found my old rock collection in the loft. I know my parents visited a Blue John
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I’ve been gardening a long time, first on my allotment years ago, then in my home garden, as site manager of a Community-Supported Agriculture scheme, and these days as a professional gardener and in a community garden. Believe me, I’ve gone through A LOT of tools! I’ve done all the trial-and-error so you don’t have
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