Reading & Writing Lounge

If you want to write, but are stuck, look in the most obvious places for ideas. In this series, I’ll show you how you can derive ideas and inspiration from everyday things around you and from your life.
Newspapers are one of my favourite places for inspiration. Forget about the lead stories (those are good too, but [...]

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Much as I dislike Google’s rather invasive privacy policies, Google Alerts is simply one of the better things to come out of that stable.

Here’s how it works:

Go to http://www.google.com/alerts
Type in your keyword that you want to be alerted on.
Choose the frequency - once a day, as it happens or once a week.
Complete your email address [...]

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A line on Kristi Holl’s blog caught my attention the other day and has stayed there since. In her recent series on creating goals, pursuing and finding the energy for them, Kristi puts forward a lot of important points. What struck me was the idea that we should create new habits, not mere resolutions.
It’s a simple [...]

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