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Oct 23, 2022

What’s The Wokerati Then?

And Why Would I Care? — Put simply, the opposite to woke is asleep, or unconscious. In the United Kingdom, to be described as woke can be used as a form of attack. Right wing politicians decry people like me who are proud to be woke. For context the anti-woke brigade can be broadly summarised as…

Woke

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What’s The Wokerati Then?
What’s The Wokerati Then?
Woke

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Sep 25, 2022

Energy Prices Go Wild: Savings Tips

It’s Not Easy But There Are A Few Things You Can Do — I can’t describe my disappointment when I’ve had to be told (twice) that the roof on my home isn’t big enough to take solar panels. …

Energy Efficiency

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Energy Prices Go Wild: Savings Tips
Energy Prices Go Wild: Savings Tips
Energy Efficiency

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999 Writer Problems

·Sep 23, 2022

Indie Authors: Don’t Rely On E-Books

Why You Should Publish To Paperback Too I’ve been self-publishing for over a decade now. For the sake of my ego, I will point out that I have had a literary agent and am also non-self-published as a poet so there is some quality control there. With my first books…

Writing

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Indie Authors: Don’t Rely On E-Books
Indie Authors: Don’t Rely On E-Books
Writing

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Sep 22, 2022

Empty Nest Incoming

Surviving The Kids Leaving Home — Spoiler Alert: They’ll Probably Come Back! I’ve been reading some posts on LinkedIn today that made me think about my content — should I be aiming for information or stories? Truth is I don’t really know what every reader out there in the big wide internet wants, so I am just going to return to the…

Parenting

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Empty Nest Incoming
Empty Nest Incoming
Parenting

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The Time Rebels

·Sep 21, 2022

Doing Your Work When Everyone Has Gone Home

A Strange Side Effect Of ADHD — First up, I’m a knowledge worker. I used to be a teacher. I’ve also worked in dog kennels, as a washer-upper in a restaurant, in retail and so on. …

Time Management

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Doing Your Work When Everyone Has Gone Home
Doing Your Work When Everyone Has Gone Home
Time Management

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Sep 20, 2022

Walled Up In A Nunnery

What’s The 21st Century Equivalent For Women Of A Certain Age? — When I was young I loved historic tales of Kings and Queens. But there was one thing I could never understand. Why, so often, many of the older Queens (widowed and still very much married) would disappear off to a nunnery. Well now I’ve reached my fifties, I’m somewhat the…

Middle Age

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Walled Up In A Nunnery
Walled Up In A Nunnery
Middle Age

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Sep 19, 2022

Notes From A Weird Little Island

Also Known As The UK I’ve lived in the United Kingdom all my life and right about now if I could leave I would. What keeps me here is family. I find life in the UK so difficult sometimes I seriously consider maybe I could cut ties with loved ones…

UK

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Notes From A Weird Little Island
Notes From A Weird Little Island
UK

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Sep 18, 2022

ADHD And Managing Money

How To Get A Better Handle On Your Finances — Full disclosure: I’m nearly 53 and still learning but I am getting there and have picked up a few things along the way others *might* find useful. Notice What Your Parents Taught You Now some parents are really good at managing money, talking about money and not making it a taboo subject for their kids. Others…

Advice

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ADHD And Managing Money
ADHD And Managing Money
Advice

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Sep 3, 2022

Brand Loyalty: Why Do People Lie To Themselves?

The Power Of Cognitive Biases: Ambiguity Effect And Confirmation Bias Under The Microscope — Ever bought a mobile? Ever had the screen crack, the battery die forever or the screen of death? Ever gone straight back out and bought the same brand of phone to replace the knackered one? Ever wondered why you would do that? I have. My partner just looked at his…

Brand Loyalty

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Brand Loyalty: Why Do People Lie To Themselves?
Brand Loyalty: Why Do People Lie To Themselves?
Brand Loyalty

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Aug 24, 2022

What Do You Do When Your Dog Tries To Kill Your Cat?

If You Are Me You Write It Down — Content advisory warning: animal trauma The dog is a rescue from Spain. She’s not the dog in the picture but she is the same colour scheme but to the power of ten. She was once a street dog, taken in by a rescue. …

Pets

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What Do You Do When Your Dog Tries To Kill Your Cat?
What Do You Do When Your Dog Tries To Kill Your Cat?
Pets

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Jessica Russell

Jessica Russell

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Freelance writer. ADHD PhD research student. Educator. Author of The Life of Louise Norton Little, Mother of Malcolm X http://jessicarussell.co.uk/

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