Human Nature

I Can Handle It

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Back in April during a series of guest-posts for her website I was lucky enough to contribute my own string of sentences to Long Tall Ally’s Tales from the Scales. Al is an incredibly open and comical writer, currently writing her own book, she updates her website regularly and of this moment is sporting a column in this months Glamour Magazine. Check her out.

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PET: Personal Energy Transportation Project

Quick one today – take a look at this brilliant feature on PET, the Personal Energy Transportation Project. PET provide hand-cranked wheelchairs to some of the 20 million people in developing countries across the world unable to walk. It’ll only take up five minutes of your time (if you discount thinking about how good it is

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5 Reasons Why Unemployment Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

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“Benjamin, can we have a quick word in our office”. My blood ran cold. Surely it’s not all that bad? I’d been desperately searching for accommodation for weeks – spending a few minutes a day looking for houses during work hours is hardly a sackable offence – is it? Of course it isn’t. Stay cool, they

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Stuck in a Rut?

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Have you every found yourself in the exact same unique situation as you were twelve months previous, yet this time around you feel totally on top of it, breezing through with ease? As I’ve mentioned previously, I am currently in the process of moving house. Unlike last year, this time around my housemate and I

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De-Cluttering Your Home in 4 Easy Steps

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French author of Le Petit Prince is quoted – Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away. He may well have been onto something. It’s come that time of year again that I am set to move house. I’ve not stayed in the same

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Master Predictions, Derren Brown, and Speed Reading

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Have you ever felt like somebody you know, a friend, colleague, or indeed a celebrity is about to walk into your eye line? You have that instinctive feeling that they are about to appear, and voilà, a split second later there they are. I had been noticing this a lot recently, especially at work. I’d

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