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Archive for the ‘Pragmatic Issues’ Category

April 19th, 2007

Life is short

The events of this week have really affected me, bringing back painful memories. However it has made me realise that I am alive

We understand how quickly life can be taken away so enjoy the moments you have
We understand the pain of loss so support and help others as a way of creating a legacy to […]

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April 6th, 2007

7 Ways to raise money to pay off debt

This is probably the topic I get asked about the most…and I will post over the next week some financial advice that I have found has helped me. Today I wanted to tell you how I started to raise some money…I know they are not long term solutions but they helped in the short term

I […]

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March 16th, 2007

Memories, keepsakes

I don’t believe on holding on to the past, I have done it but all it did was drain me and increase the hurt. So I have given a lot away to charity but there are certain keepsakes that will never leave my house.

An old tatty jumper  - I have no idea why but it […]

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March 15th, 2007

Funeral Webcasts - What are your thoughts?

I am not sure what I think about what a Northern Ireland undertaker is offering, which I read on Engadget. Here are the details
“Northern Ireland undertaker Jim Clarke has added a macabre new feature to their funeral services: webcasting. The bereaved now have the (thankfully free) option of enabling live streams from a network of […]

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March 14th, 2007

Dealing with Finances as a widow

Dealing with all the finances can be so difficult and a site that can help is unwanted change I am a Chartered Accountant by trade so therefore finance has never had a fear for me, but this paragraph on the site brought home to me the difficulties….
“In fact AARP research shows that of the estimated […]

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February 23rd, 2007

The State of Mind affects your health

I subscribe to a wonderful daily newsletter from Lou Tice which you can subscibe to here. I received this one today and thought I would share it with you. Firstly, because they way we think when we lose someone is so important and also because if your partner is ill, it shows the importance of […]

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February 22nd, 2007

My Birthday

Birthdays as I said yesterday are tough, they are days that you want to share with people you love. But here are my ways of making the day as happy as possible.
B= Be generous to yourself. Buy a gift for yourself, something that you really want…a gift to say how well you have coped with […]

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February 19th, 2007

Pain is just a thought

In yesterdays positive thinking carnival there was a post from Walt on Pain is a Highly Concentrated Thought. This had a lasting effect on me especially the quote “The solution to that would be to not think so much on a bad experience, but rather if the thought comes up, think about what good it […]

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February 12th, 2007

Valentines Day

Valentine’s Day can be tough for many of us, I know it is for my mum - not that my beloved Dad was a romantic, in fact he usually forgot to even get a card!
But I know it makes my mum feel sad, so I always send a little gift to her…for her to open […]

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January 4th, 2007

Building my self-esteem in 2007

I wrote earlier that I know that I have let myself go from a weight and a fitness front. Though I laugh about it to family and friends it does bother me and my self esteem has lowered. I want to get back into shape but energy and motivation is low. I used to have […]

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