HOW TO BEAT THE FIVE REGRETS OF THE DYING

There are five regrets common to those who are dying. Here's some suggestions on how to avoid them and live a regret-free life.

THE FIVE REGRETS OF THE DYING

Bronnie Ware was a pallative care nurse who discovered there were five regrets that were common to those she cared for in their last days. She wrote a book about these five regrets in 2009 and they've woken a lot of us up to the fact that life is short and we don't want to be at the end of our days regretting what we could have fixed in the years leading up to that point.
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WHAT IF I DIE ALONE WITH MY CAT?

What if the changes in my values and deciding to place my needs first, mean I die alone with my cat?

WHAT BRINGS MEANING TO LIFE?

It's strange how our values change and when they do, it shifts our whole focus in life. A couple of months ago I contributed to a post on what brings meaning to life. My answer (and the response from most of the others) zeroed in on our relationships with our family and friends being the most important factors. The only person who listed different factors was Denyse - and reading back now, I think she is far closer to the crux of it all than I was when I sent my list in.

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU | 30 ODD QUESTIONS

30 Odd Questions - my answers for the link up - a great opportunity to get to know each other


30 ODD QUESTIONS

As part of the 30 Odd Questions link up with Debbie from the Doglady's Den – here are my answers to the thirty questions in the Challenge. The link up lasts for a little while yet, so feel free to visit her blog, copy the questions and then link up your answers.

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5 THINGS I DON'T HAVE TO DO

5 things I don't have to do now that I'm a grown up

After writing about Quantum Change on Monday I remembered some of the changes being over 50 has brought about - here are five of things that I came up with a while ago that I don't have to do any more because I'm a grown-up:
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CREATING A LIFE YOU'RE HAPPY WITH

It's time to do the things you need to make a life you're happy with

CHANGING MY MINDSET

On Monday I wrote about Quantum Moments - one of the biggest Quantum Moment outcomes for me was giving myself permission to not be the "oldest child" super responsible person I'd always been. I stopped thinking about how much I needed to stay in the job I hated because it was our primary source of income - and instead, started to think about what would give me a life I wouldn't want to escape from.
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MY QUANTUM MOMENT AND VALUE SHIFT

When you discover that a Midlife Crisis is actually a Quantum Moment


A QUANTUM CHANGE

I've been discovering a whole new concept called Quantum Change and how it affects our values and wanted to share it on the blog today. It started with a reference to value shifts in this TED talk on Happiness, and from there I was on a bit of a mission to figure out what Quantum Change actually was and how it affects people because it sounded very similar to the process I went through a few years ago.
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5 REASONS FOR BLOGGING

Five reasons why we blog - I'm sure there's many more but these are the top five in my opinion

Have you ever wondered why people blog? There are probably as many reasons as there are bloggers, but these seem to be the top five from what I've encountered. Some of them are combined together but I think at least one reason could be ticked by every blogger.

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FINDING MY BLOGGING COMMUNITY

Finding My Blogging Community and sharing the journey together

FAILING SISTERHOOD 101

I have never been very good at women's groups and get-togethers. I always feel like the odd one out because I'm not really a girly girl. This might be the fall out from growing up with two brothers and a mother who wasn't very good at mother/daughter bonding rituals.

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WHY DO YOU BLOG?

"Why do you blog?" How do you answer this question?

WHY DO YOU BLOG?

If you are a blogger then you probably hear the question "Why do you blog?" on a fairly regular basis. I've read articles on how to give an answer to this question and how important it is to have an answer ready that engages with the person who asked. This is because a lot of bloggers are in the business of making money from their blog and a question like "Why do you blog?" can be the beginning of a partnership and/or a new source of income.

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5 QUOTES FOR MOTHERS DAY

Five Quotes about mothers, kids and parenting for Mothers Day

FIVE OF MY FAVOURITE PARENTING QUOTES

Keeping it simple for Five Things Friday - here are five of my favourite quotes that relate to mothers, parenting and launching your children - all those things we celebrate on Mothers Day this Sunday. I hope you enjoy them too.

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MOTHERS DAY FROM A DAUGHTER'S PERSPECTIVE

We all love to our kids to remember Mothers Day - but do we do the same for our own Mums?

MY MOTHERS DAY

Mothers Day brings all kind of feelings my way. I get caught up in waiting for my "kids" to call and reading posts on facebook from friends who have their kids nearby and put up happy snaps. I always seem to want more from the day than what it actually provides.

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MOTHERS DAY - IT IS WHAT IT IS

Mothers Day - Now that the nest is empty and there's no kids living nearby, is it ever okay to admit that you feel a little left out? #mothersday #emptynest


WARNING: NOT YOUR USUAL FLUFFY MOTHERS DAY POST!!



A VERY BRADY MOTHERS DAY

Every year when Mothers Day rolls around I read and write wonderful things about being a mother and how meaningful Mothers Day is. I morph into Carol Brady and start thinking warm fuzzy thoughts about my children and what a wonderful mother I was, how much time and love I invested in them, how that has paid off so well as they've become wonderful adults contributing to society etc etc.
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5 OF MY LESSER SUPERPOWERS

Five Of My Lesser Superpowers - do you have superpowers that you haven't even noticed?

LESSER SUPERPOWERS

On Monday I talked about my Secret Superpowers and while I was writing about them I realized I had a few minor ones that I could share in today's Five Things Friday post. I'm not sure that everyone would consider them Superpowers, but they don't apply to everyone on the planet, so I'm claiming them as mine. So here we go with Five Lesser Superpowers that I manifest regularly.
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WHAT DOES ABUNDANCE MEAN TO YOU?

What does abundance mean to you? Is it about wealth or is it about character?

WHAT DOES ABUNDANCE REALLY MEAN?

It seems that in today's world we're all looking for an abundant life. I was thinking about what a rich and meaningful word "abundance" is......and then I got to thinking how the meaning of "abundance" changes depending on your world view and what you consider to be important in life. For some it's all about earning a big salary and being rich, for others it's about living a full and fruitful life, and that ties in with how you define "full and fruitful" - because some people seem to need more than others to feel a sense of contentment with what they have.
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WHAT'S YOUR SUPERPOWER?

We all have a secret Superpower or two - it's just not always what we expect

SUPERHEROES AND SUPERPOWERS

Since time immemorial human beings have envied those fictitious characters in comic books and on our screens, who have Superpowers. We've grown up with Superman, The Fantastic Four, Wonder Woman, Spider Man, The Bionic Man, and countless others. 

 I think we all secretly long for a Superpower of our own, but what if we already had Superpowers that slipped under the radar? What if I have something I think is normal, but others would kill for (well, maybe not kill for, but at least be a little bit jealous of?) This got me thinking and I came up with THREE Secret Superpowers that I wield with ease...

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