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How to Realise Your Dreams

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Because Dreams Really Do Come True February was filled with dreams coming true for me and I want that for you too. So, I'm not going to tell you all the stuff you already know, I'm going to let you in on a little-known secret to your success instead: Elora Canne Keep on trying. Try something different,   or simply a different approach. Just keep on trying.   One of my successes in January was to compete in a mini-triathlon. Now to know why this is such a big deal for me, you must understand that I am the girl who spluttered and half drowned her way through the compulsory swimming competitions at school. Hated it . But I'm not going to spoil the story for you because that leads to one of my dreams come true  for this month. I've completed the first draft of a short story that takes you on my segue from drowned rat to triathlete, medal included!  Beautiful Uluru - no filter; photograph taken by me on my iPhone! My second fabulous dream come true this month involved t...

*THE* Secret to Staying Motivated

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And Successful Okay now that I have begrudgingly (but successfully) transitioned into autumn, I have something wonderful to share! Back in those balmy summer days - so very long ago now - (sigh), I had one of those life-changing, and I mean LITERALLY life-changing, epiphanies that these gorgeous hot sunshiny days were not going to last forever. Go figure, but it is something a lot of us take for granted. So I did what any sun loving creature would do - I decided to train for a triathlon! Now I was the kid in the swimming comp who would be spluttering and coming last while the coach would be walking alongside me at the edge of the pool clapping and cheering me on, bringing ALL THE ATTENTION to my drowning self. 💦 🏊‍♀️ 💦 But here we are. In an open water canal swimming lengths to train for a triathlon, sans the cheering coach thankfully because the canal is lined on both sides with rows of homes fully occupied with retirees just gazing out their windows for some entertainment. Well th...