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On Minds

  • Annie Copland

  • October 3, 2013
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  • disorder, ideas, imagination, jumble, minds, order, stuff

National Poetry Day today, apparently. Here goes, a quickie: On Minds “My mind is a monastery, And I am its monk.” – John Keats. What a load of bunk. My mind’s a jumble sale, And everything’s a pound. Old stuff, new stuff, mainly junk. RollRead more…

The Concentrating Machine

The Concentrating Machine

  • Annie Copland

  • September 23, 2013
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  • brain, concentrating machine, concentration, data, flow, focus, future, information, invention, technology

I have invented something – the Concentrating Machine. It’ll be available in all good technology stores from 2015. WHY: We won’t need to be able to focus on anything for longer than 10 seconds by then anyway, as we’ll all be “fully plugged-in” – that’sRead more…

Thoughts on Recurring Dreams

  • Annie Copland

  • June 12, 2013
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  • achievement, action, desire, dreams, mountains, subconscious, wants, wisdom

Last night I had a dream about climbing mountains, coming out of my shell, and conquering inner demons. (Everyone has inner demons or flaws of some sort so don’t tell me you don’t!) You know those dreams you have that are so lucid, so vivid,Read more…

Monday Motivation

  • Annie Copland

  • March 4, 2013
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  • balls, confidence, determination, leadership, motivation, success

I thought we’d start the week with a quick piece of Monday motivation! My husband and I were just sitting over breakfast the other day and discussing things – where we were going, what we were doing, career ambitions, etc. We discussed where we wereRead more…

Just another woman having a baby

  • Annie Copland

  • January 17, 2013
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  • baby, labour, midwife, pregnancy

Beeping numbers! What the beep do they all mean!   I give birth! So what is childbirth really like? Here goes… here is my own personal account. Sorry for too much detail included but I figured if I didn’t capture it all ‘at the moment’,Read more…

10 Good Things About Being Pregnant

  • Annie Copland

  • October 31, 2012
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  • benefits, good things, health, pregnancy

Hey, so I’m currently in the last trimester of pregnancy, and there is such a raft of “terrible symptoms of pregnancy”, moans, aches and groans out there, so I thought I’d share with you some of the unexpected benefits (or side-effects) of being pregnant! FeelingRead more…

My Daily 5 Essentials

  • Annie Copland

  • November 25, 2010
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  • books, brain, daily rituals, exercise, food, ideas, laughter, learning, outdoors, reading, routine, thinking, thought process, walking

With the days ever shortening at the moment as we head towards the winter solstice, I think it’s even more important to banish those winter blues! A few years ago I came up with my own distilled principles for living life well and with greaterRead more…

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