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Yes, I am... It already the end of the month and I have bills to fulfil.

We will be holding our next Footpaths facilitation training on the 12th and 13th Jan, possibly in Leicester, maybe elsewhere. If you know anyone in some other part of the country who would be interested in finding the people for and facilitating a Footpaths group, please do give them my phone number (0116 2899074) or direct them to our website (  http://www.leicesterfootpaths. org.uk  ).

After our adventure with B., the recovering alcoholic, I decided to look through Airbnb for some cues on B. The profile of B. appeared OK. the people on the page did not complain of any issue with him whatsoever. Only one person said that ''he could not stay anymore in their property'' - does that mean that he could stay because he wrecked the place? or because they had a change of plan? Who knows. I could not even bring myself to put my dirty laundry out on Airbnb. B. has mental health issues. Am I the one who needs to make this personal matter public on a social media platform?  So I wrote '' B. cannot stay in my property anymore and I hope that he will find a group of people who will be able to support him''. Is it the appropriate language to use? I contacted Airbnb to let them know about B. - they gave me a call and kind of told me that I need to be careful with the people I am bringing to my home. I told them, yes but there was no indication...

Year prior to the due date Groom: I want to marry you. Bride: I want to marry you too Parents: You can only marry if you convert. Groom: I will. Bride: He will Parents: We shall see Months prior to the due date He does She is pleased They are pleased yet suspicious of its intentions Two weeks before the wedding The groom gets a piercing Two days before the wedding The groom arrives at the house of the bride's parents to bring the dowry with a piercing in his nose The family horrified do not say a thing but passes the message to the wedding organisers so they can speak to the bride. The bride is tasked to talk to her future husband to not wear the piercing at the wedding. Wedding day The groom arrives at the reception hall with the piercing in his nose.  The lead organisers are boiling inside. They talk to the bride, she is boiling inside.  She has not talked to her husband. The lead organisers take the courage to take him on a s...

She had for a long time been thinking that the skills that she wanted for the most part to develop was Project Management. So she could in her professional life, coordinate projects and achieve the ultimate goal of completing one. We quickly realise that what she actually needs is to develop the skills and abilities to focus her energy in accomplishing her personal goals. She had so many different interests that every time she set herself up with one goal, she found herself distracted with more interesting things to pursue. Her creative energy was so powerful that she could not indeed build upon it to create lasting impression on herself and others. Why? This is the main question to answer until then, any other attempt to develop project management skills will be lost in the vacuum of distraction. Answering the question is a project in itself. Good luck with it we said to her, you may be able soon to control your mind.

Dear Councillors of Leicester, I am contacting you as one of your constituents to ask you to speak in favour of the removal of the Evesham Road/Aylestone Road link road from the Leicester Local Plan at the council debate to be held on 4th October 2018. I go to Eversham Road every Tuesday for my violin lesson on Heyworth Road from Braunstone Frith. From there, I go to a community of repairers: The Leicester Hackspace in the Faircharm Industrial Estate to work on various projects to help people in Leicester to engage further with trying to repair items in their home. Over the summer, I went to the pebble pool on Aylestone Meadows with my nephews and greatly enjoyed it. Recently, I was made aware that there is a plan to make a link between Evesham Road and Aylestone Road.  I was disappointed to hear so. The road will erase some of the historical and social fabric of the space people have been living in for decades. It will also impact tremendously on the natural envi...

I thought I'll share my experience in trying to stop smoking and what was the trigger to completely stop. I have been up and down in regard to trying to stop smoking completely in the past two years or so. I'll stop sometimes for a month, then start again, then stop again for another month. I'll smoke sometimes only over the weekend, then stop again for few days.  My body was so confused that I caught some chest infection and got pretty sick. Nevertheless, I kept going on the smoky ride. I was fed up and wanted to really know what was going on. Time for reflection. Is it because of others? Is it because I am depressed? Is it just the addiction? Then I came across a video about breathing and how beneficial it is for the brain to breathe properly. I read around the topic of breathing from a medical and spiritual perspective taking into account studies made on yogic breathing techniques in tackling depression and other health issues.  I reflected on how I ...

There is nothing worse than to compromise your sleep for the sake of relationships. Yet, we do it all the time. Look at the baby crying, the baby snoring, the baby wetting their bed. Look at the phone flashing light, beeping and ringing in the morning light The other, baby child or adult, the other, machine or gadget,  can be a monster in our life. Well, get over it. To live full stop is a compromise to make with I.

Phone addiction is real and can wreck relationships Google - My spouse can't get off of his phone onto google. You will be surprised by the number of hits for that particular sentence. Men and Women are complaining about their spouses spending more time with lovey Iphone, Sexy Samsung and Cheeky Sony than them. So what is the solution to that particular problem? Well, there is no magic pill to end an addiction to a phone. The conversation around phone addiction shall not be about looking for a solution.  It should be about humanity and its relationship with technology and other human beings.  We have to find a consensus on what is the role of technology in our lives and if they are detrimental to our progress, we should question their existence and/or their features. Personally, if technology incites division, isolation, addiction, argument, dispute and possibly hatred, well bin it.

The conversation between two strangers arguing that a group offering a service shall organise themselves to make it possible for those who cannot pay to not have to pay. M: I am not talking about individual offering a service. I am talking about group offering a service and charging for it. They have to organise themselves so not everyone pays by using a collection plate so people can remain anonymous. this is the way forward for a gift economy. M: being an individual or a group does not change the fact that we have currently an incurrent charge to live in the current market economy and this includes paying rent, taxes and expenses. If as a group, we are delivering a service, we are already contribut ing in term of energy, money, time, the cost of the place, etc. As much as not being judgemental with what we receive in return, how many time do we have to send the collection plate around to make people feel that they have to share their gifts too and please note their gift does ...

Have you ever heard about the girl who had a messy house and used to complain all the time because she did not have enough money, she did not have love, she did not have anything to go about. She fights with everyone to let them know how horrible life is and that we all have to fight to get what we want. Victim mentality at its best. She meets a woman with clairvoyant abilities. The woman tells her: ''there is a treasure in your house''. To get it, the girl got to clean her act and deal with the messy house. Before she knows it, she sells all the clutter and in her pocket find the treasure... The moral to the story is : You know what the solution is to your problem, maybe it is time to see it, if you can't, clean the stage and your act.

I have been involved with Positive Money since my master thesis where my focus was at the time on ''What are the Design skills for the transition towards the Circular Economy?''. Whilst interviewing the various stakeholders during the thesis, one was particularly keen on discussing economics, how money works,  how people are blinded by its meaning? How did I come from discussing design to having a long discussion about money? Well, it appears that the creation of money and the way it is applied to motivate people to stay on the treadmill seems to be like water nourishing poor design and systemic issues at its roots. It cannot be ignored. After the master thesis, I studied money, how is created and how it impacts people wellbeing. I ran a number of workshops in Leicester to raise awareness. The Leicester Positive Money Group emerged and as of today still, exists. Yet, we have an idea. Let's start again to share the word. My friend, Danielle Teixei...

Most of you know Gumtree the local ads website where there is approximately 1,772 573 as we speak in the UK. For me, it is one of the best local ads website one can find and I love it because I believe it is actually good for the Local Economy. 10 Reasons why: Because it gets good, money, ideas, knowledge, contacts circulating at a fast rate at a local level. There is nothing better than increasing the velocity of exchange to improve a city economy. There is no fee attached to posting an item on gumtree. It makes Ebay look so bad. Items that may be discarded and put in a bin because broken can be purchased by someone who is looking for a spare part. There are plenty more reason to actually be on Gumtree. If Gumtree was to giving me a job, I'll be there ambassadorhttps://www.shopkeep.com/blog/10-ways-small-businesses-benefit-the-local-community#step-1

My father is both its state of consciousness and unconsciousness. He has Lewy Body Dementia. He has wisdom though in his cloud. I pay very close attention to what he says before he goes. I had my mother on the phone. She narrated her last encounter with him. He said: ''Why do you stay at home? You and Marle Toto. You have to come out of the house sometimes if you want to start collaborating with people.'' She replied: how do you know that your daughter and I stay at home? He disappeared. As my mum narrated what happened, I heard him. Yes, I enjoy working from home. I can be the whole me. No need to engage in the war of the minds, be dominated by any isms in the form of community cohesion or for some the doctrine of religion,  no need to conform to any vision or listen to the tell-a-vision. Drink and eat to please when you already full of aspirations. Yet, I heard him. It is Freedom time now. Time to free ourselves from the shackles of conventi...

Take a pen and paper.  Breathe and Ask yourself. What are all the responsibilities am I holding at the moment? Write it all down. Pause Order them into categories Breathe Ask yourself, Do I have too many stuff Too many possessionss too many projects too many commitments... Time to detach yourself from most of them Some you may not be able too. Other may appear unimportant and non urgent. Some may take time to get rid of but yet appear as priorities. Tag them and Simplify.  You will be better for it and a model for your peers to follow.

I went to the beach with approximately 500 people who were all part of the same community of church goers from the Mustard Seed Chapel International It was my first time witnessing how church communities organise themselves and I was well impressed by the community feel, the love and support they give to one another. I found myself with people coming from different corners of England to meet on Bridlington Beach in North Yorkshire. The beach was beautiful and calm as we arrived. Before we knew it, music was blasting, children were laughing, waste was everywhere to be found, barbecues were smoking. Pure process of destruction before my eyes. At the day drew to an end and the fellows left the beach. Their presence was still felt as we could find plastic bags, food, children toys everywhere. I was disappointed and groaned: ''How unthoughtful?'' I liaised back the information to my friend and her leader. I was met with the questions '' Are you an envi...

One of the most ranked life goal on ranker.com is to Enjoy Life. It refers to  Being playful, carefree, lighthearted, enjoying life; being spontaneous; exploring, being adventurous; having an exciting, stimulating life; to live for today; devoting time to amusements, recreation, entertainment, hobbies. In other words, live with the flow and take what comes with a light heart. To achieve such a state, there is something to work on on the daily basis. This is to be fearless or more appropriately to transform what we fear into a source of excitement.  Did you know that we release the same chemical in our body when we are scared or excited? Remember the feeling when you are on a rollercoaster! You know this moment when you sit on a ride and it starts moving up the slide... all your body is alert, full of fear and excitement for what to come and then it goes down, relief and release of the emotions in a BIG SCREAM or LAUGH! As new things come  into your ...

The temptation to build walls at sea to protect beaches to be eroded seems to be a perfect plan. However, can one really breaks water from its natural course? The sound of the waves crashing onto the walls are a good reminder that the force is still there and this is only a temporary solution. It is not that different from trying to build a shell around oneself to deal with difficult emotions. The sounds of words outside the shell can easily break in and tear apart the walls we have constructed. Before we know it, we are consumed and annihilate from the inside out. What to do? Plant some seeds of wonder. Water them with your emotions. They may grow into trees so you can keep yourself grounded. Soon, there will be a forest, the bird will come, admire the chef d'oeuvre and sing altogether the tales of the one who stopped fighting water.

Here are some lifehacks that will change your life if you follow them through thoroughly so you can achieve the life you always dream of... Lots of Money and a nice retirement pot: 1. Wake up every morning at 5.30  > So you can do your yoga, read a book, take a shower, have breakfast, do your meditation and write on a piece of paper what you are grateful for (i.e. you have a 40hjob, that pays you £20000 and house not completely paid yet but still)  2. Smile at work > Because people like people who smile 3. Overload with stuff to do, you are so lucky, use an app to help you manage it all, or get an IPAD > it will make your life easier. you will have just one more thing to manage. 4. Cook up your food on Sunday for the week so you do not have to cook at all and have more time for yourself > ... 5. Read 2min long story to your child, they will be happy and you will be quicker in bed 6. Put an alarm on your phone so you can remember to go...

While relatively small quantities of water appear to be colourless, pure water has a slight blue colour that becomes a deeper blue as the thickness of the observed sample increases. The blue hue  of water is an intrinsic property and is caused by selective absorption and scattering of white  light. When there is no water to draw, one can see blood.  The world turns upside down. It is exactly what happened when upon getting into the shower, he realises that there is no water. He goes down to the kitchen, no water. He goes up to the sink tap, no water. M: ''I love my water'' W: ''Do you?'' M:''Yes, I like the feel on my skin, I like my big shower, It is like being in Africa right now.'' W: ''We have a bottle of water downstairs, you can brush your teeth with'' M: ''Thanks. Did I take a shower last night? Yes I did!'' W: ''Moving forward, let's buy some water bottles, so we are ok wh...