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How to find your purpose (attempt 1)

How to find your purpose (attempt 1)

So if you read my last post on passion being overrated then you'll know I have embarked on a journey of self discovery to find my why, my raison d'être and not necessarily a particular activity that I enjoy but the reason behind my motivations. The Daniel Priestley...

How to find your passion? Or Not…

There seems to be an obsessive refrain on the Internet these days that you have to find your passion, DWYL (Do What You Love), find your purpose, be in your element. With everyone apparently having the capacity to be rich, happy and fulfilled if you can just do find...

Long absence

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who reads this blog, but that aside I should explain that I am in the process of creating a language centre in France, not that it's a real excuse at to why I haven't continued my writing, I have had plenty of time to watch TV shows...

Mindfulness and Education

So I saw this article on neural studies of Monks doing meditation and it's effects on the brain: https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Stanford-studies-monks-meditation-compassion-3689748.php I'm presently reading a book on some of this, it's really quite amazing....

les sites educatif

aujourd'hui j'ai fait beaucoup. J'ai utilizé les sites-web duolingo et aussi trésbienFrench pendant 3 heures. Ils étaient un peu durs, néanmoins j'ai persévéré, et dans le processus que j'ai vu  il y a un long chemin à parcourir! En fait, c'est pas tout mauvais, j'ai...

zut alors!

OK, aujourd'hui c'était un cauchemar ou puet-être une catastrophe. Il a commencé avec une erreur de planification. Pas mon erreur, mon client trompe, cependant, il était de mon devoir pour réparer les dégâts. Il a commencé avec le problème que nous n'avions pas de...

Premier essai

Afin, j'ai peur de cet exercise, parce que je sais que mon orthographe, grammaire et structure de la phrase sont très mal. Néamoins, pour améliorer mes compétances et monte et augmenter mon confiance, je sais que j'ai besoin de practiquer. En fait, il faut que j'ai...

Upcoming test = Mad panic

So I have a test in 13 days for my French. Which has put me immediately into panic mode. I think perhaps I should have skipped this one as my level isn't to a standard where I can truly benefit from the grade I'll receive. However, it's a good exercise in desperation....

On being a teacher

I have to to say if you had asked me 3 years ago what I would be doing now the answer would not have been sitting in a office in France preparing to start an English lesson. It's  a strange life and I'm not sure now what that means I'll be doing in another 3 years. In...

Disaster ahead in Egypt?

So, Mohammed Mursi has been declared the winner of Egypt's presidential election run-off. He was a long standing member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a radical hard line Islamic group who want to apply sharia law on a national and preferably a global one I imagine. I did...