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Having It All?
I think as a woman, this sentence has been enough to send cold shivers through me. The sense that you can ‘have it all’, though ‘having it all’ is never defined, and sometimes really feeling the societal pressure to try because otherwise, you’re a failure. So, what does ‘having it…
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Baby, It’s Cold Outside
I am a winter baby, so I often think that is probably why I am reasonably comfortable in the cold weather. But more, I love that the seasons change, that we have that season where everything has a rest and reset before the great reawakening of spring. So, I don’t…
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My Legacy
This is another one of those prompts – what legacy do you want to leave behind – that immediately triggers a response of ‘who, me?’ in my mind when I read it. I have literally moved on past this title for that very reason. But because of that reason, I…
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Sacrifices I Have Made
This is an interesting title. Originally, the prompt was ‘What Sacrifices Have You Made?’ with it being open-ended I guess as to how you apply it. And it made me think…does anyone truly make sacrifices? Very often the word sacrifice is used in a ‘look at what I gave up…
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Work/Life Balance
This is such a timely prompt. I have just been sitting in my garden listening to the birds sing as I drank my first cup of coffee, and thought…shouldn’t I be working? Since the first lockdown in 2020, I have worked predominantly from home. For the three years up until…
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I Am A Leader
I am, innately, a leader. It is an intrinsic part of my personality, and one I cannot escape. And yet, when I first saw this writing prompt, I paused. I paused because I know I am a leader but I felt that in saying so, I was somehow being boastful.…
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How Someone Positively Impacted My Life
I’ve had quite a few people have a positive impact on my life, luckily. I’ve had some truly great bosses who have encouraged me, believed in me, and some of whom I have become good friends with. There are and have been some amazing people in my life who have…
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A Small Improvement I Can Make
One small improvement I can make in my life is to adopt a habit of practicing qi gong every day. I intermittently go through a qi gong routine in the morning but I don’t do it daily and I can go lengthy periods of time between ’bouts’ of undertaking it.…
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What Freedom Means To Me
This is a far more intriguing question than I first thought. Because, what does freedom mean to me? Do I have it and didn’t realise it? Or am I completely trapped? Can anyone truly be free? Is anyone truly trapped? The simple answer is, I don’t really know. Because while…
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A Job For A Day
When I first saw this writing prompt, so many different jobs flitted through my head. And I put off writing anything because nothing immediately came to mind for me. It still doesn’t. But what does come to mind is…not what I expected. At all. The jobs that flitted through my…
Louisa Simpson 