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Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

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  • hypno06
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    02bfree, why not have a little cry? It can be very healthy! And welcome to your new life - it will be hard work, but it will be very rewarding along the way - and we do manage to have a laugh or two in the process, so it's not all tough!
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
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  • hypno06 wrote: »
    I think it is more about investing the time in myself once a week - I have all the "kit" just never get round to doing it :o


    Hypno I had this same problem: horrible hard feet and a drawer full of hardly-used foot creams. The best advice I can give you is to try and form a habit of taking care of your feet. The best way to form a new habit is to tack it on the end of an existing routine of yours (like brushing teeth, making coffee).

    I tried to get into the habit of putting foot cream on just before bed. This failed after about a week. I tried a few more things, but what eventually worked for me was putting on foot cream immediately after my shower, and my foot cream sits on the counter right next to the toilet so I can sit down (with the lid closed obviously!) and do them there. I've been doing this for months now and my feet are gorgeous! It only takes a minute a day, and I do it automatically now.

    I recommend Flexitol Heel Balm (about £7 from Boots). It's the best I've ever used.
  • "Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others, cannot hide it from themselves" - George Elliott

    Just wanted to thank MG and everybody on this thread (including Mr Big) for bringing sunshine into my life.

    Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

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  • hypno06
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    Have a good weekend yourself, micron!

    Thanks for the foot-related tips everyone. Before I think about my new footcare routine, I am going to go through the bag of out of date foot creams that lurks under my bed (it also contains no end of other out of date stuff that I've not been inspired enough to actually use). I will ditch it all, and treat myself to a new lovely ped egg and tube of cream that I will actually take pleasure in using.

    And before anyone says "what a waste" of old stuff - believe me, if it is in the bag under my bed, it will have been in there for so long it will have probably developed toxic properties of its own, so I really DO need to get rid!
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • Cheery_Daff
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    Good on you for investing a bit of time in yourself Hypno! :T

    Good luck in what you do butterfly dawn :T There's such a balance between time and inspiration sometimes!

    Mags - I think you're right about the PhD not being on the list. As of today I'm cultivating more positive feelings towards it, it's got to be done, and I'd much rather finish it feeling positive this time! :T *I WILL finish my PhD cheerily and well before Christmas!* :j

    Hope today's bringing cheery things for you MG! :T
  • Mags30 wrote: »
    @CheeryDaff Re: the elimination list--I'm not sure if the Phd belongs on the elimination list. I understand that you want the work and time it requires over but a phd is something to be really proud of and something you will be proud of having done in the future. Isn't it negative things we need to eliminate.

    A PhD can be a very negative thing - if you feel that it is not the right thing for you to do. Never forget that it is not the most clever people who have PhDs but the clever ones who are also rather insecure (I should know I have two). There are many clevel and very able and resourceful people who don't have a PhD, have never considered doing one, or have had the courage to decide that it is not for them.

    Also there are two ways to get rin of it: 1) give up; 2) complete. Either way the choice is yours.

    Firewalker
  • lucielle
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    I have started my letter and done a brainstorm from MGs book. Still a bit baffled by the maps.
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  • Cheery_Daff
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    Firewalker wrote: »
    A PhD can be a very negative thing - if you feel that it is not the right thing for you to do. Never forget that it is not the most clever people who have PhDs but the clever ones who are also rather insecure (I should know I have two). There are many clevel and very able and resourceful people who don't have a PhD, have never considered doing one, or have had the courage to decide that it is not for them.

    Also there are two ways to get rin of it: 1) give up; 2) complete. Either way the choice is yours.

    Firewalker

    Thanks Firewalker :) I'm not entirely sure I was insecure before I started the PhD though, but I certainly have become more insecure throughout the process! :o I'm working through it though. 18 months in I made a decision to continue rather than give up - I *think* it was the right one at the time. However, since then, a relationship break up, moving house 3 times, a new partner who then was quite seriously ill meaning I had to take a year out, having to work 2 days a week as well, all took its toll on my enthusiasm and energy. And then to top it all off, I submitted last winter and was given major corrections :o Another blow to my confidence :o

    However, I'm working through them, slowly, and trying to see it as a positive thing that's enabled me to make my work better and more satisfying. I've got a new job now that I wouldn't have got if it wasn't for the PhD (even though it's still not finished).

    I WILL submit again by Christmas, and I WILL have addressed all of the examiners' comments, so they will have no reason to give it back to me again :o And then I will be able to draw a line under the last 7 years (yes, 7 years) and move on.

    It *has* brought me many positive things, travel, growth, friends, new work etc, but a combination of things (4 different supervisors, not really being old enough/ready to start when I did (I was 23 - 30 now :eek:), lack of self discipline over work :o lack of confidence in my own ability :o) have meant the whole experience feels like more of a negative one at the minute. I'm working on it though :o

    Anyway, I DID choose after 18 months NOT to give up, but to complete instead - it was just rather a blow when I thought I HAD completed to find that there was another year on top! :rotfl:

    (sorry MG, have your diary back now!) :o
  • Just when i had finished a marathon session with mr big - i log on and - lordy ladies youhave been busy.

    think i am going to need a bigger cup of coffee before i jump back, what??? about 5 pages or so.

    Off to pop the kettle on.

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  • kavics17 wrote: »
    Oh, wow, what happened to this thread??

    No time for posting more as spent my lunch break reading your thread only:D.


    kavics17 - you are going to need to eat well to keep up - it looks like we are all going to be pretty busy
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