Posted by lisallen on September 24, 2010 under Personal Development Blog, Self Improvement Ideas | 
The format of this blog is different from usual – variety is the spice of life and all that, so ‘spice up your life’ as ‘those’girls say! It’s still intended to be thought-provoking though, and if it’s to be of real use to you, first you need to watch the video clip of Sir Ken Robinson talking about how schools kill creativity. If you don’t know who he is, watch the clip, it all becomes clear. I’ve ’favourited’ it on my youtube channel – it lasts for 20 mins and is SO worth the time invested.
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Posted by lisallen on September 17, 2010 under Personal Development Blog, Self Improvement Ideas |
I was invited to go to the theatre by one of my daughters the other evening. She offered to pay so I said yes very quickly, even before I knew what we were going to see! However, I would have gone in any case, because apart from the theatre’s beautiful setting (The Watermill, Newbury if you know it) the production sounded right up my street – ‘Spend Spend Spend’! My husband was a bit nervous in case I got any new ideas…..
The musical is based on the true story of a young Yorkshire couple – Viv and Keith -who won a fortune on the pools* back in the 60’s, and their subsequent journey from rags to riches and back to rags again. It had everything you could want by way of entertainment – good story, brilliant acting and great music and choreography. (As it was directed by Craig Revel-Horwood of Strictly Come Dancing fame, you’d expect that.) I think the rave reviews are totally justified and I’ll spend, spend, spend and go and see it again! (See, I really got into the swing of it!). Read more of this article »
Posted by lisallen on September 10, 2010 under Personal Development Blog, Self Improvement Ideas |
What does gift-giving mean to you? Does it fill you with joy at the thought of making someone else happy, or does the whole performance fill you with anxiety?
Did you know that HM the Queen has circumnavigated the globe over 7 times and that there’s a 6,000 word document which gives her host countries guidelines as to what to give her as a gift? I’d be interested to know the advice it contains, since the list of gifts she’s received over the years is intriguing, to say the least. Read more of this article »
