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If the Internet was your boyfriend…

January 23, 2020 By Ellen

If the Internet was your boyfriend, your pals would be trying to tell you that ‘you can do better’, ‘he’s not good enough’ and ‘they’re getting slightly worried about you’. They’d remember a time before the Internet came along, when it was just you gals together, always there for each other. The gang. One of […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: humour, ideas, in my life, in the world, internet, things I've learned, web, www

Lettuce take a moment to be grateful

January 13, 2020 By Ellen

I’m still plugging away at the gratitude thing – a list of 10 a day to transform your life, apparently. While transformation is, as yet, not forthcoming, it does feel quite nice to think about the good stuff for a few minutes. Though ten is quite a lot of things to be grateful for when […]

Filed Under: boys, other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog, gratitude, lettuce, McDonalds, my real life, rain

A seasonal cleanse

January 5, 2020 By Ellen

In the interest of seeking silver linings (a good thing, apparently) I was prepared to repurpose my pre-colonoscopy bowel prep as a post-binge detox this week. And so it was… By Friday morning, my scales told me that I was the equivalent of six jelly babies lighter than I had been at the start of […]

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New Year goal setting, other failures and the things they taught me

January 4, 2020 By Ellen

They were annoying – all those ‘look at me a decade ago’ posts. Yes, yes, don’t you look just the same/even younger/differently marvelous? But honestly, the power of the internet and the potential connections of social media and we’re just wall-to-wall ‘don’t kids grow quite a lot in a decade’ content. (Note to self: delete […]

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Be careful what you wish for (the back in the office edition)

December 27, 2019 By Ellen

Yesterday, I was all ‘get me off the sofa, I need some structure in my life’. Today, I went back to the office for a day. For the longest, slowest day in the history of days. How I wished I was back there on the sofa even with the existential angst… Therefore, to avoid another whinge […]

Filed Under: blogging, boys, family, other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: commute, gratitude, homelessness, office, work

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