Buying secondhand books: a small guide

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Second-hand is trendy. And for a very good reason: it’s a great way to add something new to your wardrobe or home without doing any additional damage to the environment. 

One of the better second-hand investments are books. Books, especially rare and antiquarian ones, can gain value over time without it being too much of a hassle to get your hands on them. Even if you would just like to add some more reading material to your existing book piles or some extra eye candy to your bookcase, second-hand bookshops are the place to be. You can find hidden gems and rare reading material. Maybe you will even find the next book you just cannot put down.

Boost Your Confidence With Challenges

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There is a sense under the senses there is a hidden world beneath the phenomenal ever changing reality. Finding keys to unlock the door of this hidden dimension is priceless. Because it gives meaning to our fragmented perception and validates intuitive thinking, it sustains the spirit, therefore the eternal truth. Such were the teachings of tantra opening my mind to infinite possibilities and ways to tread the world. Because the meaning of the term tantra is “extension”, referring to the expansion of mind that overrides the fragments of polarity.

Finding Serendipity and the Spacetime of Inner Knowing

There is a sense under the senses there is a hidden world beneath the phenomenal ever changing reality. Finding keys to unlock the door of this hidden dimension is priceless. Because it gives meaning to our fragmented perception and validates intuitive thinking, it sustains the spirit, therefore the eternal truth. Such were the teachings of tantra opening my mind to infinite possibilities and ways to tread the world. Because the meaning of the term tantra is “extension”, referring to the expansion of mind that overrides the fragments of polarity.

Learn How To Keep Faith

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When I think of faith, I see someone with their hands clasped tightly together and eyes closed in desperation. It’s an image of someone who cannot bear to have anymore loss; it is a last resort to clutch onto the will to keep going. Calling in an energy that seeps into them like honey, melting into their cells and inspiring something that is patient and grounding. Gentle drops dampening a fire of fear that slowly stops burning and hurting them. Even if it’s just for the moment, it’s the ability to trust.

How To Fight Doomscrolling

It is 3 a.m. You have been scrolling through Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok since 9 p.m. It feels like you have spent maybe 5 minutes on social media, but in reality it has been hours. Hours you will never get back. And did you learn something new during those hours, or develop a new skill? No. You are now depressed and stressed. You have been consumed by doomscrolling.

The Journey Matters, Not The Destination

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The importance of setting and reaching goals is drilled into us almost from birth. From the minute we’re old enough to talk, we’re told how important it is to achieve, to reach the next milestone, and to do it quicker and better than everyone else.

We have those big, all-important goals, such as finishing school, graduating university, and finding the right job. Then we have goals that we set for ourselves – whether that’s writing a novel, crocheting a blanket or getting in shape, we’re constantly working towards something that we believe will make us feel happier and more fulfilled.

All of these goals, whether big or small, fall under that big, all-encompassing question – who am I, and what do I want to do with my life?

Productivity: A Beginner’s Guide

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Productivity does not always mean meeting deadlines, revising for exams, or cleaning your entire house. When we think of productivity, we immediately think to ourselves, ‘I’m not doing enough’. This is usually because our idea of productivity involves working consistently, without breaks, until we mentally and physically burn out. This does not create a positive or healthy relationship with the word ‘productivity’. To be productive, does not mean to complete a long list of jobs or tasks that we know will overwhelm and tire us out. There are a few ways we can feel productive at the start of the day, without pushing ourselves to the limit.

The Best Video Game Releases Of The Year

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2023 is already panning out to be a huge year for games! My Sims empire is thriving, thank you for asking. With gaming technology advancing faster than we can imagine, the gaming world has never been so vibrant and imaginative. The perfect escapism to our altogether broken world is waiting just behind the screen! Here are my top picks for some amazing new game releases this year! So get your controllers ready and your snack stores restocked. Let’s do this!

The Importance Of A Slower Pace Of Life

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In a rare quiet moment in mid-October, we joked that we should block out our calendars to just catch up on sleep for a month. But having named our exhaustion, we realized we needed to do something to slow down our pace of life. And so #noplansnovember was born.
For the month of November, aside from work and other regular commitments, we would intentionally make no plans. We didn’t have to do anything special with them, but we would deliberately design our weekends and evenings with ‘quiet’ as our top priority.