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Try everything once - learn something new everyday! Ever curious and always happy :)

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I’m not the best - by Laurence McCahill

When I made a living as a designer I felt like an imposter. Probably because I'm not the best designer. I've never been to design school, or even studied Art or Design at any level. I felt like I blagged a career and would get found out. Even after doing it for 10 years. Lots of others I worked with were way more talented than me. Then I started running my own business. Apparently I was now an entrepreneur. But I'm not the best business person. I had so much to learn. A few years later I started delivering workshops and hosting events. But I'm not the best teacher or facilitator. Then I got asked to speak at events. But I'm not the best speaker. Then I started coaching. But I'm not the best coach. Now I'm trying to write my first book. But I'm not the best writer. Sometimes I wish I did one thing well. But deep down I know I'd miss the variety. Sometimes I'm a designer, entrepreneur, teacher, facilitator, speaker, coach and writer. Some might call it being a jack of all trades. Or just doing what needs doing as well as I can. So what am I the best at? Me. I've been studying hard for 47 years. It just doesn't help when someone asks 'what do you do?'

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Travel does not exist without home...if we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to measure our growth and enrich us after being infused with the outside world

Josh Gates, Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter

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Zebras Fix What Unicorns Break

Magical thinking drives the startup economy — but we need a strong dose of reality.

This article says so much that NEEDS to be said. “Magical thinking drives the startup economy — but we need a strong dose of reality.”

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We are not to be defined by our mistakes, but defined by our purpose.

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Legit life lessons!

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These pants have been disintegrating for a while. First, the elastic at the waist went limp - so I had my trusted tailor uncle fix that. Then, the pant legs stretched out oddly, so I cut the bottom hem and equalled it out. Finally, I felt like I needed to spark it back to life...so I spruced up the pocket edges! While doing so, discovered that the seat needs repair too 😂 . . . #visiblemending #ispruceditup #slowfashion #circularlifestyle #reloved #makedoandmend #mendingmatters #makeitlast https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXclgtppzU/?igshid=qvtixurjepdx

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The Sarasota Institute is focusing on how COVID-19 may affect some of the 10 categories listed across the top of this web site. We are having virtual mini-symposiums on several of these during April and May. In addition, we are publishing thought pieces taking looks into the future. Here is a column about …

“More people will seek to achieve a better balance between work, family and leisure.  Many will move from an addiction to materialism to sensing other paths to a good life.  They will move to post-consumerism.”

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The plague led to the emergence of the Renaissance, one of the greatest epochs for art, architecture, and literature in human history. Could Covid-19 carry similar potential?

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Finally harvested some of our beetroot the other day, and with help from @monikamanchanda and Ranjini Rao managed to use every single bit of it! 1. Freshly harvested and bathed beets 2. Prep for the beetroot stem chutney 3. Stem chutney 4. Chopped beet leaves 5. Beet salad and beet green paneer (just like palak paneer!) #zerowaste #sustainability #nofoodwaste #zerowastekitchen #sustainableliving #growyourown #organicgardening #gardentotable #zerowastegoals (at Chandigarh, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_7Muc4JGk5/?igshid=xjujde4yxvyc

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Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Stillness as a Form of Action: Tocqueville on Cataclysm as an Antidote to Cultural Complacency and a Catalyst for Growth

“There are periods during which human society seems to rest… This pause is, indeed, only apparent, for time does not stop its course for nations any more than for [individuals]; they ar…

“Even when nothing is happening, something is happening.“

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Standing on the Shoulders of Solitude: Newton, the Plague, and How Quarantine Fomented the Greatest Leap in Science

“Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.”

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If we want to change the story of the human race in the 21st century, we need to change the stories we tell ourselves

Angus Hervey

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December 2019 was so full of everything I could ask for, as @joydeepsing and I drove our black beauty across 3500 kms of homeland. . We travelled on smooth roads as well as on non-existent ones, witnessed some spectacular views, met amazing people, and tasted unforgettable food. Will share my favourite bits in the next few posts :) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8zWxK3psX2/?igshid=ivqur77uqvx

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This little project was inspired by many things. My Grandparents, Pinterest, my attempt at living a more conscious life, and a torn sweater. To the people who taught me how to use my hands to create - I don't think I will ever be able to thank you enough ❤️ . . . #visiblemending #slowfashion #reloved #makedoandmend #ispruceditup https://www.instagram.com/p/BsnJ1XZnunt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i4j4iceq39ca

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I stood at a distance - totally delighted - watching this little girl tinker away. Alone in a shop, no adult to supervise while she fidgeted with a hammer, a chisel, and some nails. Busy building her vision with little scraps of wood and cane. . When an adult finally showed up, he tried to help her finish it. He just wanted to be done with it, and she was most concerned about how that one last nail wasn't hammered in straight. . Swipe to see her final creation, and zoom into the roof to see the one nail that was really bothering her :) (at Chandigarh) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9K_benSSr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q5uhg8jsaslp

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(3) Twinning green doors and twinning with the doors :) #doorsofwardha #doorsofindia