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50 Things
http://karen50things.wordpress.com/
What’s it all about?
I’m Karen Macmillan. I run Fresh Air.
As I approached my 50th birthday, once the impending sense of doom had passed, I realised it was a great time to embrace new things. So I asked friends, family and random strangers for suggestions of things to do in my year of being 50 to stretch, challenge and entertain me.
It was an interesting process. I’m still looking for more suggestions. And I will do 50 of them this year.
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Fresh Air
http://www.freshairbtn.co.uk/
Fresh Air is for people interested in living a fulfilling life and asking the big and little questions about what that means to each of us. If you are getting a bit fed up of the treadmill and want to start looking at doing things differently, this may be for you.
What is fulfilling work? How do we get to do it?
How can we be creative?
How can we make a contribution?
How can we get along better with people?
How can we be still?No dogma, no *magic* solutions, just engaging and intelligent exploration of ideas and ways of working/being that are practical and useful.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 27 )
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Unfinished (Book) Business
A few years ago I decided not to keep all my books. They were taking up space and, really, was I going to read them all again or were they just for show? Read more
Posted on 10 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
6. Change the Hand You Use in the Toilet
I hadn’t considered this one as a particular challenge, but life conspired to put me to the test. I’ve damaged my right shoulder. It’s a rotator cuff injury... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
5. Conversation Dinner
Last night I ran my first conversation meal. I think it went ok. I’ve wanted to do it since I first heard of the idea via The School of Life and waited until... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
4. Life Drawing
I went to see Sue MacLaine‘s show Still Life. She performs as Henrietta Moraes in a life drawing class set up. The audience had boards, paper and pencils and... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
3. The Whispering Gallery at St.Paul’s
A glorious sunny day. One of the warm blue sky days of September. Up all those stairs to the Whispering Gallery and on up two more sets of steps for the wrap... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
2. Running
OK so the actual suggestion was to run a half marathon but I thought I’d start with a smaller mountain. I’m not a runner. I like to hike and sing and dance. Read more
Posted on 06 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
1. Prison Visit
I was having a quick cuppa and catch up with my cousin Phil, who runs Enterprise for Change. He came up instantly with a great suggestion. Read more
Posted on 21 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION