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Rebuilding

Where has the fun gone?

15/04/2018 / Robin Newton / Leave a comment

I’ve been pondering over what to write about since just before Easter. I have a list of topics I want to write about that I drew up a few months ago when I started this blog. But nothing was leaping off the list and there were other things demanding my attention (buying a house, end … Continue reading Where has the fun gone?

Why is change hard?

11/03/2018 / Robin Newton / Leave a comment

One of the hardest decisions I have made was to change careers. The hard part wasn’t working out what other option I might take; the hard part was no longer pursuing the career I had set myself. It had been on my mind off and on for a couple of years but I hadn’t ever … Continue reading Why is change hard?

Why is failure good?

06/03/2018 / Robin Newton / 2 Comments

Fail hard and fail often is written so much in self-help literature that it has become a cliché. It is also one of the most debunked self-improvement strategies that I have come across. Having read a LOT about failure and spent a great deal of time feeling failure myself, I think that the most valuable … Continue reading Why is failure good?

Returning to old ground

27/02/201827/02/2018 / Robin Newton / 2 Comments

Two years ago, I had just about organised myself into a state in which I felt things could be OK. I was a few months into teacher training, having taken the momentous-feeling step of completely changing my career and the direction and purpose of my life. I was a few months away from the lowest … Continue reading Returning to old ground

5 Steps to Rebuilding

14/11/201719/11/2017 / Robin Newton / Leave a comment

1. Recognise that something needs fixing This is the hardest but the most important part of rebuilding yourself and your life. I spent a long time – I mean years – absolutely convinced that it was everyone else’s fault. Whatever went wrong, I never had any control over it. I became obsessively focused on events … Continue reading 5 Steps to Rebuilding

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