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You Are NOT Your Bank Balance

One of the little pieces of blackmail I have always ‘loved’ is that if you don’t charge enough for your work you don’t value yourself and other people won’t believe in you. That, or charging weeds out the losers. To a certain extent that is true, because some people value money in the wrong way.ContinueContinue reading “You Are NOT Your Bank Balance”

Mind Exercise

What skills or lessons have you learned recently? The terrible trio In a world where it’s so easy to lose hours noodling away on one of these expensive distractions, Googling one thing that leads to another, or catching up on social media – if that’s even possible – it’s more important than ever to trainContinueContinue reading “Mind Exercise”

The Capitals

What cities do you want to visit? I once sat under the Eiffel Tower on a hot summer evening, having spent 10 hours just walking the streets of Paris. It was magical. I’ve also been to Rome, where the atmosphere in St Peter’s blew me away, and the juxtaposition of ancient and modern Rome wasContinueContinue reading “The Capitals”

They Can Trust Me

Tell us one thing you hope people say about you. I was raised in such a bad way, in a toxic family, I decided when I was 26 that I would rebuild myself. I would decide what a decent person was and I would become that person. That was as a result of meeting myContinueContinue reading “They Can Trust Me”

Negative

Why are you being so negative?A great deal has gone wrong for me recentlyThat’s no excuseI’m sorry – what?Is hurting supposed to make me smile?Is being insulted supposed to be a privilege?Is losing my grandmother really a good thing?My child is being bullied at school -How should I celebrate?Shall I try to explain it awayContinueContinue reading “Negative”

Tricky One

Daily writing promptTell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc. View all responses My first day at school was 61 years ago. I remember crying, and sitting at a table. That’s it. My first day at work was one of the most depressing days of my life. I wasn’t allowed to stayContinueContinue reading “Tricky One”

Yes

Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? I started in amateur dramatics but I didn’t really like acting. Then I became Chairperson of the group and found it surprisingly easy to stand on a stage and talk to an audience, unscripted. From there I moved into inspirational speaking. Not the kind whereContinueContinue reading “Yes”

You Don’t Feel Me

I know what you’re thinking Ha ha ha But that reflects the point We say or write words And those words are heard or read But they’re not felt As a race we laid down our instincts At the foot of progress And we devalued our emotions To honour intellect We lost so much WeContinueContinue reading “You Don’t Feel Me”

There I Am

Loud and Proud For many years I wasn’t as up-front as this, I was basically in hiding in my own life. Anxiety is the great un-doer of personality. It takes everything you think you are and changes you into something you don’t recognise. People very quickly pick up on this, and only the best keepContinueContinue reading “There I Am”

Badminton

What are your favorite physical activities or exercises? I’m nearly this good If they don’t want you to play on more than one court they shouldn’t put four in the same room. I’m not a great badminton player, but I enjoy it, particularly when the shuttlecock does something entirely unexpected to remind me that myContinueContinue reading “Badminton”