Category: Blogging
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Monthly Bucket List: May 2018
At the start of each month I do a monthly bucket list in the hopes that it keeps me accountable, and also makes sure I don’t overwhelm myself with too much. It’s been a huge help since I started it and although I never publish it bang on the first of the month, I’m pleased…
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Monthly Bucket List: April 2018
At the start of each month I do a monthly bucket list in the hopes that it keeps me accountable, and also makes sure I don’t overwhelm myself with too much. It’s been a huge help since I started it and although I never publish it bang on the first of the month, I’m pleased…
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Monthly Bucket List: February 2018
At the start of each month I do a monthly bucket list in the hopes that it keeps me accountable, and also makes sure I don’t overwhelm myself with too much. It’s been a huge help since I started it three months ago and although I never publish it bang on the first of the…
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New Year Overwhelm? You are NOT behind!
It’s that time of year when everyone’s figuring out what their resolutions will be, sorting their goals for the year ahead, and generally seeming to have their plans all in place. It can be a delicious feeling of excitement, dreaming of the future and putting plans in place… It can also be a stressful time…
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SoftThistle Life is Eight!
Happy Blogiversary to SoftThistle Life! Eight years ago today I wrote my first post here on SoftThistle Life. It’s the second blog I’d started and has been my sounding board ever since. I initially started it to have a place that the boys’ dad and family wouldn’t snoop on us after we split up. I…
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My Top Five Blogs About Blogging
When I first started blogging back in 2007, there wasn’t much around to be able to learn about blogging. It hadn’t exactly made the mainstream by that point, so I was flying blind! I also didn’t even really know what blogging was, but that’s a whole other story! Accidental blogger, that’s me! These days it’s…
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Five Tips on Getting Back to Blogging After An Extended Break
Five tips on getting back into blogging after an extended break.
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Twitter in the good old days
I joined Twitter back in May 2008. Six years ago. Shit, hold on, really? Yeah, ok, now I feel like time is *really* slipping away from me. Anyway, back then Twitter was still considered pretty new, and us bloggers? Well, we were just starting to grasp the whole concept. And oh it was fun! All…