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    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #107

    Paint your front door a cheery colour to see you through Winter Have a fireworks night with friends and serve up hot chocolate and mulled wine Spend one evening sorting through your clothes and create new outfits. Pass on any clothes you no longer wear Buy yourself a box of naughty cereal for those days when nothing else will do. Send someone a compliments card – see my tutorial on Wednesday (papercraft DIY’s are back!) Brew up and see my…

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    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #106

    Have a pumpkin carving night. Listen to these autumnal tracks via Julia Ogden’s blog. Wash all the cushion covers in your house – it refreshes your rooms with a nice scent! Treat yourself to a flask or travel cup to cheer up your commute. Here’s some of my favourites! Buy someone an unexpected gift, just because. Brew up and see my previous 5 Positive Things To Do posts here. ♥  

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    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #105

    High five someone every day this week. Make a big batch of soup. Give someone a piggyback ride (and ask for one too). Go for an early morning walk by yourself. Find a photo booth and get your picture taken with someone special Brew up and see my previous 5 Positive Things To Do posts here. ♥

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    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #104

    Plan a Halloween film night with your favourite people. Check out any free activities that are happening in your local area. Dedicate one night this week to reading a new book and eating your favourite evening snack. Play Cards Against Humanity and laugh until your sides split! Start rustling up photographs you have taken this year and think about getting them framed as thoughtful gifts for Christmas. Brew up and see my previous 5 Positive Things To Do posts here. ♥  

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    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #103

    Look for the biggest autumnal leaf you can find. Have a retro food night to bring back happy memories. I’m thinking rice pudding, chicken kiev, Angel Delight…hmm what else? Make a romantic meal for two and dress up your table at the same time. Grab a buddy and play Pooh Sticks. Delete apps from your phone you no longer use and free up space to take more photographs. Brew up and see my previous 5 Positive Things To Do posts here. ♥

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    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #102

    Treat yourself to a new hand cream to ward off dry skin over the cooler months. Send post cards to friends and family to cheer up their day. Start thinking about Christmas – only three months away (and that’s including December!). Book a flu jab Enjoy your day! There is no point wasting time waiting for better ones ahead. Brew up and see my previous 5 Positive Things To Do posts here. ♥

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    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #101

    Go for a evening walk. Buy chunky knit socks for days curled up on the sofa. Bake a crumble. Any crumble. Add custard. Make dippy eggs and soldiers for your breakfast one day this week. Find a quote that rings true to you, then pass it on. I spotted this recently “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain” – Jack Kerouac. Brew up and…

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    30 Positive Things To Do This Week #4

    To celebrate posting one hundred 5 Positive Things Posts (that’s 500 positive things to do!), I thought I’d look back through the archives every day this week and share some of my favourite positive things to do this week. Here’s the fourth instalment! Add some new photographs and inspiration to your fridge door. Do something that makes you feel alive. For me, that would be walking the streets of New York City. As I don’t have a pot of gold, I’ll settle for running instead.…

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    30 Positive Things To Do This Week #3

    To celebrate posting one hundred 5 Positive Things Posts (that’s 500 positive things to do!), I thought I’d look back through the archives every day this week and share some of my favourite positive things to do this week. Here’s the third instalment! Try on something you wouldn’t usually wear. Say no to things that don’t make you happy or excite you. Purchase a National Trust Membership to encourage weekend jaunts in the UK. Spend some time working on your posture and consciously thinking…

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    Positive Things To Do This Week #100

    Hello folks, how are you all? Fine and chipper I hope. Well, I can now happily announce we have successfully moved house and are officially home owners, hurrah! It all feels rather surreal still and very overwhelming but the house already feels like home and I can’t wait to share it with you all. Anyhoo, can you believe I’ve posted 100 posts for the 5 Positive Things To Do This Week series? That’s 500 positive things to do, my friends. Five hundred!…

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    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #99

    Have a pamper night including good music, candles and cake. Clear your desktop and folders of any unwanted files and images. To celebrate a clutter free computer, change your desktop wallpaper. I love the Dress Your Tech series via Design Love Fest – so many to choose from! Book a meal in the near future with all your family Cross your fingers and toes for us, we might be completing on the house this week! Brew up and see my previous 5…