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3 Ways to Kick Start Your Love Life After Lockdown*
I’m single and I have been for coming up to 4 years now. It seems like a long time but for me, it’s also been a blink of the eye because I’ve been too busy raising my kid. I had to put her first. But as she gets older I know it’s time for me to put myself first. I think the COVID-19 lockdown has been a bit of a wake up call for me. It’s made me realise how alone I am. Yes, I’ve had my kid flittering around, but she’s the only social contact i’ve had for over 7 weeks now. I miss having an adult to talk…
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Love Notes for Mothers Day with Boots*
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. – Sophia Loren I’m turning 32 just the week before Mother’s Day 2020 and I feel so blessed to still have my mother around. I moved home shortly after I became a mother myself and to this day, she remains a very big part of my life. As I navigate parenthood alone, I know I can cope because I had a great role model. My mother took 6 years out of work to raise my sister and I, she gave us a…
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6 Tips for Living a Happier Life*
Be committed. You must be focused and enthusiastic about your goals no matter what they are or what unexpected challenges they contain. It is only through your commitment to your goals that you will be able to make the progress needed to ever attain them. Whether you are getting set to launch a startup, realize your dreams of physical fitness or complete that course in culinary arts you’ve been thinking about, you must have the grit to see you efforts through to the very end. Credit People care about you, not your success. Anyone worth your time will care more about who you are as an individual then the car…
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3 Times in Your Life You May Need Money Fast, And How to Get It*
It’s the middle of the summer holidays and I’m broke. Usually I save a percentage of my money earned every month for tax and holidays, nope, not this month. Entertaining a 7 year old during the school holidays when it’s raining every single day and you live in a small town, as well as keeping her fed, is hard. I honestly thought it would get easier the older she got, but it’s actually getting harder. Factor in the cost of her school uniform and her new dance uniform on top of this. Ahh, I could scream. Money is by far the most stressful part of being an adult. Not being…
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Spice Up Your Love Life and Add Sparkle Back to Your Marriage*
Some people think that marriage spells the end of a physical relationship, which of course, it doesn’t. However, this is something that many people joke about because once you are married and settled, other things become more of a priority, so you have little time left to devote to your physical relationship. Being married does not mean you cannot look forward to an exciting and fun physical relationship. Naturally, you may have found that your sex life is not quite as good now as it was when you first got together, but this is something that is common among married couples who have families, financial commitments, jobs, and other commitments.…
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3 Ways To Make A Holiday Affordable*
One of the things people on the Internet (and at the school gates) feel to need to ask me in regards to our Livvy Bird Adventures instagram is how do I afford to go on holiday with only one income. Of course, on the surface it’s not really anybodies business, as long as I pay my rent and bills, what I do with any extra money is up to me. But in the vein of wanting to help everyone have a holiday (because life is tough for most people and everyone deserves a break) I’m going to tell you three ways I make my holidays affordable. Obviously, what i’m going…
