Tag: Motivation
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A Thousand Tiny Ants
I’m lying on my back, awake in bed with my mind wide open. Whatever it is, it courses my body invigorating the very nerve fibres of my being. And with it a thousand tiny ants dance across the skin’s surface, their minute legs tickling me to excitement and a new level of alertness. It is…
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How to become an Eco Ironman – Six of the Best, December 09
Here are some blog entries from other peoples’ websites that I have enjoyed or got something from over the last month and think that you might too. Have a look and vote for the ones you like: (If you’re viewing this through Facebook or an RSS Reader, you might not be able to see the…
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Feeding the Rat
Wan-der-lust (noun): a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about. This is a term familiar to most people, both as a definition and as a feeling. But it doesn’t cut it for me. I think there’s a better one. Wanderlust is primarily about “the travel bug” but the magnetic force that acts on me…
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Goodbye Cruel World!
Apparently, one of my recent blog posts came across as a bit defeatist. Like I was giving up, giving in and getting out. Perhaps I didn’t express myself clearly or perhaps it was misinterpreted but a message of defeatism certainly wasn’t my intention. I think that some of the realities of “the new lifestyle” are…
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Lunchtime Jailbreak – Everyday Adventure #1
If work is a prison then let the lunch hour be your escape. Like your job, hate your job, love it or just tolerate it, that one hour slot at lunch is your chance to break free. Your mission this month, should you choose to accept it, is to capitalise on your lunchbreak, escape your…
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How To Have An Adventure Every Day – Guest Blog: Laura Tomlinson
This is the original introduction to the 2010 Everyday Adventures campaign. [divide] How to Have an Adventure Every Day By Laura Tomlinson* What defines an adventure? Is it swimming an ocean, walking across a continent, cycling through inhospitable mountain passes? Or can it be at the mundane level of the everyday? After several adventurous years, I…
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Your New Year’s Resolution (courtesy of The Next Challenge)
9am January 1st 2010 and I am giving you your New Year’s Resolution: Have. An. Adventure. Each month of 2010, these pages will bring you a new idea for an Everyday Adventure. You won’t have to climb a mountain or even break a sweat (unless you want to). There will be no need to take…
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Life in the fast lane – Guest Blog: Alastair Humphreys
It gives me great pleasure to introduce today a guest blog from someone who, although he may not be aware, has been pivotal to me in many ways: Alastair Humphreys. I read Al’s blog all the time but I’ve also read his books and know that he has a wonderfully creative way with words. So,…
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In one month’s time I may no longer be doing what I love
If you could do anything, what would it be? I’ve had this conversation on more than one occasion recently (not dissimilar to “What would you do if you had a million pounds?“) and the answer, for me, has been: “Well, this”. And that sounds wonderfully trite and complacent but, in reality, it has as much…
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Say ‘No!’ to negativity – #3 Weird is wonderful
My friend mentioned recently that her colleagues were “nauseated” by the fact that she came into work in a good mood, raving about the joys of life. Now, as amusing as that may be, I think it’s a particularly British trait to be suspicious of the happy, as if it’s somehow weird. But weird is…