Fortnightly things
Cinema dates, surprises, and Friend Soup
Things from the day
Monday 7 October
Have you noticed when you focus on someone’s positive traits, they tend to bring more evidence of those traits? The reverse is also true.
Tuesday 8 October
I’m having tea with the enchanting author
, and we’re talking about how she finally came to write after being too afraid to do so for years. One of the many wise things she told me is that she eventually realised: “Just because it's not easy, doesn't mean it has to be incredibly hard.”Wednesday 9 October
I find it difficult to determine whether I’m deciding not to do something because I don’t want to, or because I’m afraid to?
Thursday 10 October
When I tell my friend I’ve been faffing lately, she pulls me up on it right away and says: “You can define it however you want, but I doubt you’ve been faffing—you’ve just been going in one direction, and now you’re trying a different direction.”
Friday 11 October
Related to above: New opportunities will not be found if you keep looking in the same direction…