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Hit 5,000 steps today and drop your achievement here — we’re cheering you on! For a start we’re tougher in the UK, we have to do 10,000. Secondly, I don’t care. 10,000 steps is one thing, good for movement and mobility, but if they don’t particularly get the heart rate up they’re of limited use.ContinueContinue reading “Thrilling!”

What’s the best way to deal with negative thoughts? Negativity is a very dangerous word emotionally speaking. I was criticised for my anxiety and negativity for years. I still am called negative sometimes, such as when I was struggling to settle with my diagnosis and the changes it’s brought into my life. But here’s theContinueContinue reading “Broad Spectrum”

What do you love now, that you hated when you were younger? I’ve never hated any food, any person, anything. Spiders scare me, so do rats, but I’d never deliberately hurt either. I don’t want to carry hate within me because it can become a habit that poisons the soul. This is so true, hateContinueContinue reading “I Don’t Hate”

What’s a time you followed your gut and it turned out to be exactly right? Honestly no. I’ve had times of serendipity when I’ve thought of something and it turns up, but I can’t recall following my gut and it turning out to be exactly right. I can recall having an instinct and it turningContinueContinue reading “Serendipity”

Emperor Palpatine has announced open elections for a new Emperor — and he’s nominated Darth Vader. You get to nominate one challenger. Image courtesy of Lucas Films With the size and strength of D’arth Vader it would take a phenomenal human being to stand up to him. One also has to feel that he wouldn’tContinueContinue reading “The King of Cunning”

What’s something you used to believe as a kid that seems ridiculous now? Childhood is a time for children to believe in Santa and the tooth fairy. It’s the short time you have between birth and school where anything is possible. This is a ‘true’ story. When I was a little girl my mum andContinueContinue reading “Childhood is Precious”

What’s a piece of media (book, movie, song) that changed how you see the world? I Made it Through the Rain by Barry Manilow. “…And kept myself protected. I made it through the rain and kept my point of view. I made it through the rain and found myself respected by the others who, gotContinueContinue reading “So Many”

If you could change the ending of any book, which one would it be? Firstly I’ve read hundreds of books. Secondly I recall being disappointed once or twice but not who did the awful deed, or what it was called. That’s good because we writers do our best. I think the thing I’ve been mostContinueContinue reading “No Answer”

Which languages do you speak and how did that impact your life? That’s it. But I don’t talk loudly to foreigners expecting them to understand me. It would be so much fun if that happened. Our language teaching is much improved now though. Which is as it should be. Best love Amorah – Deb

What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you? From the puberty blog but equally pertinent I just wrote a blog about puberty! 🤣 However, there’s always more! So much more. I will attempt to be succinct! Wish me luck! Thoughts not advice I know better than to try to put an oldContinueContinue reading “Should Have Checked This First!”