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Types of Workouts to Improve Overall Health and Fitness

January 18, 2020 By Ellen

Workouts are divided into different categories depending on the goals they achieve. Health and fitness enthusiasts can focus on one or more of these types. Whether you are a novice or an expert in fitness, it is prudent that you know how each of these types work and why you need them. So, let us […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: exercise, Review

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

I’m grateful there was a mouse in my house

January 11, 2020 By Ellen

It was early and I was making coffee and thinking about gratitude. A bit like any other day, but with the gratitude. That’s a new thing to replace the usual round of improbable targets followed by self-criticism. I’m grateful there’s milk left I’m grateful there’s coffee left I’m grateful there’s food for lunch (and I […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: gratitude, house, humour, in my life, mouse, Something happened in my life

More gratitude…

January 7, 2020 By Ellen

Today’s chapter says that I need to be my own best friend and involves something I can’t quite remember (I listened to it hours ago) about making a list of fun treats. So, because I can remember what to do here’s a list of things I’m grateful for: Being at home while the storm raged […]

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Grateful for another self-help book…

January 6, 2020 By Ellen

The thing about self-help books is the optimism. Not so much that of the author, thought it helps. How To Win People Who Vaguely Remember Your Face or Feel The Unease And Decide Not To Bother wouldn’t sell very well, would they? No. It’s my optimism. My hope that this one will be the one […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: advice, books, Gillian Anderson, Scully, self-help, X Files

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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Please help, I’ve lost my way in the bookshop…

December 29, 2019 By Ellen

My usual mode of book consumption is audiobooks, whilst driving, doing boring domestic things or walking. Generally whilst ignoring other people… Occasionally I want a real one to turn the pages on (even pretend e-reader pages would do). The other day I started browsing for inspiration. A long time ago, I hazily remember, this used […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: books, joy, library, My Life, reading, Something happened in my life

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