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Accessorise your desk to improve productivity

After over a year of lockdown, a lot of us have had to adjust to working from home. Working from home has many advantages such as added flexibility and no commute. However, we are more likely to get distracted by our environment whilst at home due to factors such as partners also working from home, children if you're a parent, or the ever so tempting house chores amongst others.  We've been pinning again, and we would love to share some swoonworthy work spaces, that will also improve your productivity! First things first: if you want to be productive, your environment needs to motivate you. Personalise your desk by adding wall prints with positive messages to get you through the day, or images and a...

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Our Easter Inspiration Picks For You

Easter is a great excuse to go all out and decorate, bake and make this time of the year. We have put together our favourite recipes, crafts and decoration ideas below (which will for sure keep our little ones busy as well!), and hope you enjoy looking though them...

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Why you should keep a Gratitude Journal

It's hard to believe that nearly a year has passed since the start of the first lockdown in the UK, and yet we made it this far. It has been a year that brought a number of unexpected challenges, including home schooling for many, not seeing loved ones for longer than we would have ever thought possible, reinventing our homes with space for working from home, gym, home school amongst everything else.  All this has no doubt had an impact on our mental health and people are looking for ways to find a balance and keep mentally healthy in the middle of all the changes happening in front of our very eyes. 

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Five Things - Lockdown Week 7

Last week has definitely felt harder, we are missing our friends and family and I know you must be too. I had to dig deep to find my five things this time, and at the end I realised the simplest things were those I was hanging onto this week.

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Five Things - Lockdown Week 6

We can tick off Week Six of lockdown, it kind of feels like a milestone week. Who knew six weeks ago we would be where we are now?  Businesses and life are changing at a pace that is unbelievably and surprisingly fast, and maybe we are adapting, pivoting, learning and growing. Or maybe we are pausing and taking it all in. Whatever you are doing, make sure it is what's right for you. 

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