Is the grass always greener? Embracing ‘okay’

Is the grass always greener? Embracing ‘okay’

One of my New Year’s Resolutions this year was to embrace things being ‘okay’ and stop striving for perfection. I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the last couple of weeks, and something a friend said to me recently…

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Being 30 and turning 31

Being 30 and turning 31

This time last year people were constantly asking me how I felt about turning 30.  I told them I was excited – that it felt like a new change, a move into adulthood and a leap towards something more secure…

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Dear iPhone

Dear iPhone

I feel like things need to change between us.  I know, I know – what way is that to start a letter? – especially as you probably haven’t even noticed that things have been going wrong.  In fact, from your…

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What you do every day

What you do every day

I have been thinking about this quote for a while.  I think I first read it in Gretchen Rubin’s book ‘The Happiness Project’, and it pops into my head now and then, usually at times when I really need to…

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Things I have and haven’t done

Things I have and haven’t done

One of the things I most wish I could change about myself is my sense of guilt, or the fact that I constantly beat myself up about things I have or haven’t done.  Sometimes it’s having bought something I didn’t…

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