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  • Turning Half a Century
    The Backstory I was born on my father’s 50th birthday and we always celebrated the day together. He died unexpectedly when I was 20. That was probably the last year I was excited about my birthday. I couldn’t wait to turn 20 and leave […]
  • Why do we do it?
    Stress Humans are strange creatures. We are the only species where many of us live in a state of heightened or perpetual stress. Surviving in a constant state of fight or flight, without imminent danger. Cortisol courses through our bodies as we […]
  • Choosing Happiness
    My Boring Life I’ve realised since writing every day, that my life is pretty boring LOL. When I started this writing quest, I thought I’d write about what I did every day. Until sitting down to write this post, I hadn’t thought […]
  • The Library
    Hi I’m Lisa and I’m an addict. I Blame My Mom I have fond memories of my mom taking me and my siblings to the local library where we were allowed to take out two books each – one English, one Afrikaans. I went from picture books to […]
  • It’s Valentines Day
    It was only 24 hours ago that I promised myself and anyone that read that blog, that I’d write a blog post every day and I’m already thinking that was a bad idea. All I want to do is go to bed. But if I do that, I’m never going to […]