Category: CHALLENGES
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Bloganuary #20
What irritates you about the home you live in? I have to admit that nothing “irritates” me about the home I live in – I love it as it is a large part of converted Baptist chapel (much like the image above). What actually “irritates” me is our inability to make the adaptations we want…
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Bloganuary #19
What color describes your personality and why? Now what an interesting question that got me thinking! I’ve never thought of my personality in terms of a colour, but it was an interesting enough question that I actually started to investigate. I’ve always liked the colour purple and so I really wanted that to “describe my…
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Bloganuary #18
What’s your favourite meal to cook and/or eat? As a child (age 5) my favourite meal was Beef Stroganoff & Lemon Soufflé – My mum was a good cook and we always ate meals every night altogether around the table. At that time my selection didn’t appear at all unusual, but it obviously was because…
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Bloganuary #17
Describe the happiest day of your life. There are so many as I am usually a very happy person – less so in recent times. However, I am very extrovert and like lots of events involving people. This is part of my problem in more recent times, because I now work for myself from home,…
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Bloganuary #16
Do you have a memory that’s linked to a smell? I am afraid that this post is going to be quite short for two reasons: 1. Unlike lots of people my memory that’s linked to a smell is not pleasant! Whilst others seem to have written about perfumes or the smell of the seaside, the…
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Bloganuary #15
What fear have you conquered? I’m sure that there are many over my lifetime, but the one that first came to mind was leaving home at age 18 and moving to Leicester to start my Engineering sponsorship. It was effectively my first “real” job in industry, I was meeting new people (including the only girl…
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Bloganuary #14
What is your preferred mode of travel? When I was a child and even into my adult years, my preferred means of travel for long distances was by train – but it is so expensive in the UK (unless you manage to avoid London and take some of the smaller lines). When I was very…
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Bloganuary #12
What chore do you find the most challenging to do? This will be a short post, because there is a clear answer to the prompt provided. The “chore” I find the most difficult and challenging is the expression of condolences, whether verbally or in writing. It is something at which my father is very skilled,…
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Bloganuary #11
How do you define success? “Success” for me can be defined in many different ways: Personally, I gauge my life’s successes by how many friends I have managed to keep for such a long period despite moving around the country from Kent, London (to study), Leicester, Peterborough, back to London (to work), Bristol and finally…
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Bloganuary #10
Has a book changed your life? These posts are getting shorter and shorter, partly because the answer to today’s prompt: Has A book changed your life – simple answer: NO Having started to read books, I have always loved them and read as often and as many different types of books as I can! I…
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