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Jack of everything necessary
One of the effects of having to be pretty self-reliant as a child, is that you learn to stop asking for help and just do everything yourself. It’s easier, or so we think. The term used to describe it atm is parentification. Instead of relying on others, feeling safe and being able to ask for…
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Boil the bay leaf
There was a thread I was following that someone posted with a throw away comment about, “what does one bay leaf add to anything anyway?!” 🤣 Valid. There’s a lot of recipes that have a bay leaf or two in the list of ingredients but they never really explain much what it’s for or what…
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Plant a smile
There’s a theory that if you smile at a certain location in the world, that the happiness you generate stays in that particular location. So one day, a lifetime later someone walks past that spot on the earth and feels the happiness you have left. And they smile in turn, and plant another one. It…
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5 years of swimming
I think it’s been at least five years, swimming every (almost!) afternoon after work. Years ago I decided to take my physical health a little more seriously. I can’t remember the actual reasons tbh, but I wanted regular exercise that was achievable, practical and not too expensive. I tried running, but it just wasn’t me.…
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We arrive and leave with nothing
In this life, we’re born small, naked and in possession of absolutely nothing. Not a single thing. When I reflect on that for a moment, we really do arrive in this world with nothing. But in some ways, it’s everything. We’re born with everything we need. Hopefully we have parents who will care for us.…