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Real Life Bullet Journal: Monthly Planner

  • Emma
  • December 29, 2017
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  •  getting organised, getting things done, monthly spread

Ah, the bullet journal. This discovery has truly changed my life because it enables me to be organised at the same time as being wildly disorganised! I’ve tried to convert those around me to the system but to no avail so it’s a lonely endeavour. My only gripe with it is that there’s something of […]

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Year Ahead Blogging Plan

  • Emma
  • December 15, 2017
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  •  French language, getting things done, progress report

This past few months I’ve struggled to make time to keep up with the blog but that’s not for lack of thinking about it. I am constantly distracted, thinking of things to write about and frustrated that I never find the time. As such I always feel “behind” – even though this is a personal […]

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Facebook addiction, moi?

  • Emma
  • December 8, 2017
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  •  getting things done, social media

Maybe, maybe not. Whatever. Lately, there have been quite a lot of articles, such as this one on LinkedIn, warning of impending mental health doom as a consequence of social media. It’s not all good, apparently. Naturally I read many of said articles, since they were being spoon fed to me and Liked by many […]

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One Year On

  • Emma
  • September 12, 2017
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  •  getting things done

Yesterday marked 12 months since we left the UK and started our adventure on the continent. We weren’t sure where we’d be a year from now – whether we’d be back in the UK or staying put in France, but here we are. On the day we arrived, driving from the north to the south […]

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It’s the Grand Vacances!

  • Emma
  • July 25, 2017
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  •  getting things done

Our first summer in France and also, because DD is at the maternelle rather than at nursery, our first year without any childcare all summer meaning we have a full 8 weeks to occupy DD. Eight whole weeks? Yikes! It’s exciting yes, but daunting too. I doubt I’d be nearly so daunted if we were […]

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Busy, busy

  • Emma
  • May 24, 2017
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  •  getting things done

There’s so much going on right now I have no time to blog about it! What with the classic Easter cold, taking us all down one by one, and a visit from my parents I’m only just starting to catch up on all things computer-based. I’ve got a bunch of part-written or planned and not […]

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Our first three months in France

  • Emma
  • December 12, 2016
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  •  France, getting things done, progress report

As of today we’ve been here three whole months. Wow, the time has flown. I was so relieved just to be leaving at last after a really quite difficult three months leading up to the actual move (DS was only two months old when James started cracking the “we need to pack up the house!!!” whip) […]

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A Spanner in the Works?

  • Emma
  • December 8, 2016
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  •  France, getting things done

This was supposed to be a post about how easy we were finding the whole process of registering the car with French plates. First we collected the necessary paperwork, then we went to the Sous-Préfecture in Limoux, which is basically an administrative office similar to a town council office back in England, where we were given […]

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Welcome to France! And now for a crash course in not getting things done.

  • Emma
  • October 17, 2016
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  •  France, getting things done

One of the criticisms often bandied about the UK’s nearest neighbour is that it takes a long time to get anything done. By coincidence, one of DD’s favourite movies is the Muppets: Most Wanted, which parodies this stereotype brilliantly with a detective who downs tools for a long lunch and then goes on a 3-month […]

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