Moving house

Not the writer, just the blog. This blog has moved to https://sheilacrosby.com, and joined with http://lapalma-island.com. The new blog looks much prettier, and I’ve just posted photos of the 60s wedding in Los Sauces. Carlos looked great in his costume! A particularly elegant wedding guest.

February 25, 2015
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“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 9: Making Habits.

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean.  Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. ==================================================================== Successful famous people often have a regular routine. Working steadily on your main goal is clearly an important part…

February 21, 2015
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Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean, Chaper 8: Online all the time

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean.  Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. ====================================================================Facebook can get out of hand. Not just late-to-cook-dinner out of hand, but 5-hours-a-day,-sneaking-off-work-to-check-it-until-you’re-fired,-then-sneaking-peeks-at-it-during-your-session-with-a-psychologist out of hand. Some people set…

February 15, 2015
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The new website’s up

Well the new website’s up, although I’m sure there are broken links and missing images. I’ll be addingmroe later, but meanwhile, feel free to go have a nosy around https://sheilacrosby.com

February 13, 2015
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“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 7: When habits kill

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean.  Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. ==================================================================== Habits can be lethal, but no, he doesn’t mean smoking. Pilots have to go through a long check-list before…

February 9, 2015
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Do I dare?

Only three weeks ago I managed a quick and perfect installation of WordPress to get ready for my blog upgrades. Today I tried to do it for real, and it all went splat. Perhaps because this was on top of the old site instead of a nice new one. I have a backup of the site. Maybe I just need to take a very deep breath, clean it all out,…

February 8, 2015
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