Today on Cinnamon Sunrise we have a special treat. The very experienced Dharma of Dear Dharma fame has stopped by to provide some of her wise and time-tested advice. I thought long and hard about what I could ask her – after all, this is a woman who has provided advice on everything from time...

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10 Quick Pick-Me-Ups for when you're exhausted. Give yourself the energy to enjoy the holiday season.

December 4, 2017

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10 quick pick-me-ups for when you’re exhausted

by Suzie

I love Christmas. The decorations that transform a cold, dark, gloomy winters day into a magical frosty fairyland. The mulled wine, mince pies and hot chocolate. And the carol singers, that bring musical cheer to train stations and public squares. However, it’s also a fact that December can be an exhausting time of year. There...

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Health

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How to eat 10 portions of fruit and veg a day

November 27, 2017

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How to eat 10 portions of fruit and veg a day

by Suzie

10 a day! That’s the recommendation from a study carried out in February, which advised that eating 10 portions of fruit and veg a day could dramatically decrease the chance of disease. Unfortunately, many of us find it a struggle to eat even the previously recommended 5-a-day. If we want to eat more fruit and...

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Health

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November 13, 2017

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Passion Planner Review

by Suzie

I wrote about the Passion Planner in my post about the evolution of my planning system. Now that it’s coming up for a full year of use — I’ve just purchased my Passion Planner for 2018 — I thought I would write a review. Note that I am not an affiliate for Passion Planner. I...

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Productivity

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November 6, 2017

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How to deal with stress at work

by Suzie

Unless you are lucky, chances are high that at some point you’ll have a bad day at work. A project goes wrong. Traffic sucks and you’re late to a meeting. You send an email to someone you wanted to impress with a typo in the subject line. Your customers are particularly unpleasant and entitled. Or...

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Health Productivity

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Did I manage to save or earn an extra £500 this month?

November 1, 2017

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Did I manage to save an extra £500 this month?

by Suzie

I set myself a challenge at the start of October: to save or earn an additional £500 to throw back into my savings. I challenged myself to cut expenses, earn extra money on the side, and generally spend less than I earned. So, how did I do? Cutting back on fixed costs: I set myself...

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Money

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October 30, 2017

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Interview with Selina from Selina Budgets

by Suzie

This week we have something a bit different! As October comes to a close, so does my month of money. I’ll let you know how I did in a few days, once I total everything up. But, after that, I’ll be taking a break from writing about personal finance and writing about other things. However,...

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Money

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October 23, 2017

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Christmas Gift Guide for those on a budget

by Suzie

Christmas! Whether you embrace its flash and glitter, cherish its warmth or find it all a bit much… there’s no denying that it comes around every year. And every year lots of people spend too much money, and come January are deeply regretting the impulse purchases and last minute presents. As with all occasional but predictable...

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Money Relationships

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How to spend less than you earn (your guide to living within your means)

October 16, 2017

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How to spend less than you earn (and why you should)

by Suzie

Money is hard. There. I said it. In theory, it’s very easy. They key thing is to spend less than you earn. However. In reality, we don’t have total control over how much we earn. And we all need to spend money to survive. If we consistently spend more than we earn, we go into...

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Money

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October 12, 2017

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How to earn money on Fiverr

by Suzie

You’ve heard of Fiverr right? It’s a marketplace where you can find people selling design, writing and coding services. The name reflects the fact that most things sell for $5. People use it to commission logos, book covers, business card design and so on. I made $1,180 on Fiverr as a seller during a two...

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Money

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