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Having A Date With the Couch

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Today my son is back to school so I decided that I'd have a date with with sofa. I've had a bath and yes I love my son, but I do like to have time with myself. To me it is important and Henry loves his friends at  school and glad it is back. Henry gets easily bored and we did so much in the summer it is good to unwind and spend some time apart.  It is a nice day out so I may read in the garden later. I just like to be able to work and relax. I have my radio show already planned for the end of the week. There is the little feeling of guilt not wanting to do anything like cleaning so did a little just pottering and going to do bits of pottering around through out the day but mainly just chill. So looking forward to the cooler weather and be cosy indoors. I have bought a new jumper from H&M and was going to wear but its still too hot but I love jumpers and buying a new one and this week going to do more decluttering of my clothes but I am in the position that I do like my clo...
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Building A Soundtrack to your life

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I watched an old documentary about Celine Dion of when she went back to her Las Vegas shows after having her twin boys and she talks about song called Seventeen, because she had such a hard time at school and I did too. I wasn't super pretty, I had yellow teeth from drinking lots of tea and had to cut down as it stains the teeth, had what is was known as "Puppy fat" and why I started my google blog Building Confidence The Ugly Duckling and it made me think about if I created a soundtrack of my life what songs would I choose? Music really helps me. It helps to wake me up, calm down and feel blissful. I have changed my soundtrack because I no longer living in self pity and now get up and do the things that help make the day of how I feel presently and my next steps. The song Dancing In the dark by Bruce Springsteen always lifts me up, Do you know where you going to, Diana Ross and It's my turn.  Livin' On a Prayer is my anthem for where I was in the 90's when I...
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I don't use straighteners or Hairdryers all the time. Looking after my hair

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This not to boast or to lecture. I find too much heat on my hair dries it out too much and I like not to use heat on your hair all of the time. Sometimes if I have a free day my hair is blowed dried if my mum is free and style my hair. Any other time I will leave it and having a heatwave it has been a relief to feel cool and washing my hair leaving it to dry naturally has been so good.  I do have straighteners but I just don't like to use them all the time.  One thing I do instead is make sure I use a good shampoo and conditioner and use hair oil too and take supplements to help with my skin and hair aswell as inside in my body.  I did a vlog showing my new hair care products I bought. I like to try different products and I love a hair oil that can be used for dry and wet hair. It just really helps with the growth and the condition of it.  When I hear people talking about their hair especially if you have lost it can feel like a losing a limb. It is part of your iden...
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I love to Binge Watch

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I am on the third series of the Traitors US and as we, my son and I have been exploring for the most of the Easter Holidays and so we are having a day indoors and I have been binging on Davina McCall's Podcast,  https://www.youtube.com/@BeginAgainWithDavina  Last book I read  I get so much joy from it. I still have a few of the Sort Your Life Out episodes, Dragons Den and want to catch up on the crime fiction Grace and love to have a day where I binge on TV or on Youtube. It is good to get your teeth in something that you can just sit back with some toast or ice cream and just lose yourself in a good series and letting the outside world continue. I think the best series are the ones where you can follow a path and takes me away from my troubles and everyday challenges. I love to watch vlogs and I like to work on my blogs and books and just a day that is mine and today my son is suffering with his Hayfever and so we are taking a break and he is watching trains and watching...
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Love Your Weekend/Tips on having a good weekend

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My Weekends are mixed. I often do a radio show on some Sundays and my son does a few sports and then we will play when the weather is warmer out in the garden and we will on Saturdays watch sport if there is football or rugby on and it just a great time to just unwind and get tasks done that you can't do in the week.  Take some extra time to be with yourself. The weekend if you aren't working because of shops, hospital workers for example have to, but have some extra time to read if it possible, sit out in the garden when it is nice and sunny outdoors and I like getting up when it is dark and see the sunlight come through. If  you are a parent then ask if your spouse or partner to take the kids out whilst you spend extra time to listen to music, have a friend over or watch the Saturday morning TV.  Arrange playdate . Often if my brothers family will pay a visit but my brother plays sports but a great time to see family and in the spring summer have a family BBQ. Have time...
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Having Direction In Your Life

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It is good to have an idea of where you are heading. Have aspirations. Be making one step a day to get to where you want to be.  I like where I am at at the moment. I today took my son on a bus ride because my son has wanted to go on a bus that goes to West Croydon for ages. At the moment he has no school placement so it felt like it was the right to do it today.  Where have you always wanted to go? This is includes your mindset. What do you want to set your mind on? Mine is to focus on finding a school for my son, publish another book and continue building my blogs and Youtube channels and letting more things go. Have low spend year and own less. I feel that if you want direction you need to think about what results do you want to see.  What things do you want to let go of? I do a radio show for my local hospital and want to do more shows to build up my confidence and not allow the fear of doing that get to me and stop me.  What do want see in your life? I would lik...
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Love a Comfort Blanket at the age of 47

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I am 47 years of age. How old can you be to have a Comfort Blanket?  I love being able to sit on the sofa on my laptop with my blanket or just watching TV. It is good to be indoors and have something that can be your meditation and therapy. I like to be in my PJ's a lot because it helps my mind calm down and refreshed to have a proper day and time that is yours and noone is allowed to disturb and be a date with yourself.  I wrote about how I like a good pair of PJ's and be on my laptop with a drink and it just gives me so much joy and so does a comfort blanket. Please check out another google blog I write:  My Style Way of Living Am I too old?  It brings me so much joy that I am tempted to buy a Christmas one.  Amazon is my go to as I am not a fan of Christmas shopping in the high street because of it being too busy.  A comfort blanket is a great gift. Not necessarily a Christmas one as it can only be used once a year but one that can be used all year round...
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