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CAREER: 5 WAYS TO THRIVE AT WORK

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Work gets a bad wrap and we often think about it the wrong way. You know what I mean – answer this honestly, how many times did you make a comment about how long it was until the end of the day. This is pretty crazy considering the amount of time that we spend in our day job. We have a couple of options, if you hate your job that much perhaps it’s time to start the hunt for a new one. If it isn’t that bad, it’s time to quit that negative thinking, seriously it is really not fun to be around (sorry, truth hurts!). But. Not all is lost. You can turn it around and thrive in your 9-5 (see what I did there?). Here are 5 ways that you can make sure that you thrive not just survive at work. 1) It’s time to take a VA-CAAAAY!  It is so important that you take a REAL break from work. This is something that we often get wrong and more often feel guilty …

GAME CHANGERS: Tribe Alive

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“Tribe Alive utilizes a passion for fashion and responsible commerce as a platform to help alleviate poverty among women. Hope is our message. Fashion is our medium.” You may have seen, read or heard about many of the examples of angel investors going into third world communities and helping women in those communities to start up businesses. Not only does it help take that family from poverty but it also has an incredible effect on the rest of the community. Find out the unique effects that women have on their community when they receive investment. Carly Burson, Founder of TribeAlive has created an incredibly inspiring story that showcases not only women helping women but of changing the lives of communities – both near and far. Carly took ‘Fast Fashion’ head on and launched an ethical fashion brand that makes you look and feel amazing. This is no mean feat. Most of us struggle with all the ‘fast’s’. Fast food, fashion, work – everything is about fast and that instant gratification. Sadly, not only do we not …

GAME CHANGERS: No Regrets

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“What’s the one thing you dream of achieving? You know, what’s on your list?”  – Sebastian Terry Most of us know what a bucket list is. Most even have their own. It may not be written down. It may just be one of those things that we keep in the back of our mind. We all have at least one thing that we want to do before we die. You know what I mean, that “Oh, that is totally on my bucket list – I really want to do that one day”. With that in mind though, how many of us have goals and dreams that we desperately want that we ever achieve? Enter Sebastian Terry. When Sebastian was 27, the death of a close friend and moment of clarity saw him forge an incredible journey that saw him putting pen to paper and creating a list of 100 Things. His goal was the tick off everything on that list. This then kickstarted an adventure where he traveled to the end of the world. He …

CULTURE: Instagram feeds to get you thinking

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Being relatively new to the blogging world, I am devouring as much social media as I possibly can. An obsession that I am not shy of is Instagram – in fact I may have mentioned this before, ahem. So, what are some of my latest finds? Well, being on the hunt for all things thought provoking and interesting, these ones have shot to the top of my favourite list! 1. French Words – @frenchwords This, I will not lie ties beautifully into my newest obsession – all things French. I have no idea why this has kicked in recently. Perhaps it is my obsessing over Garance Dore, perhaps it is that Parisian’s seem so cool, calm, collected but entirely at a contradiction or perhaps it is simply that it is my yearning for summer (whilst I am writing this in winter!). Whatever the fascination, this feed is worth following with phrases that you would not only actually use, but the outrageous too.  Phrase’s like “Choixpeau magique – “Sorting Hat” – who wouldn’t want to drop that …