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Decision making with a coin

Decision making stressing you out? Here’s some tips for making that difficult decision

March 15, 2021 Martin Midlife Health & Fitness, Midlife Issues

If you are struggling with decision making, the answer may be a lot simpler than you think And making a decision will make you happier than not making one at all.

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promotion at work

I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?

March 8, 2021 Aunt Marvin Ask Marvin

I have been offered a promotion at work, but it will mean spending more hours tied to the desk and less time focusing on my friends. How do I make the decision to take the promotion or not?

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Feature: Hip Replacement

hip replacement story starting with arthritis
A hip replacement story, from initial twinge to running around post op.

Working lives

  • Redundant when dotcom bubble bursts Devastatingly made redundant and left with just a biro and a book. How?
  • Work meetings need a good room Are your work meetings a disaster? 6 things you can do to stop wasting your life.
  • Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It's a lonely place. 1 Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.

Most Liked Posts

  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks...
  • 18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits...
  • Redundant midlife. It's more than not working...

Health, Fitness and Hips

  • hip replacement story starting with arthritis Scarily close to middle age hip replacement. What was I thinking pre-op? (Part 3)
  • Lost sense of smell. Can surgery save it? 2 Lost sense of smell. Can surgery save it?
  • Working from home is bad for you Working from home is no laughing matter…don’t let it be the death of you
  • Keep the man happy in your head Frustrated with a boring middle age existence. You need to be more Don…

Most Liked Posts

  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks...
  • 18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits...
  • Redundant midlife. It's more than not working...

Ask Marvin Answered…

  • Father Christmas is fat, grey and old. I’m exactly the same, and yet no one wants me in their house at Christmas. What can I do?
    Aunt Marvin
  • My work suit no longer fits, and my birthday suit isn’t what it was. What can I do before I return to the office?
    Aunt Marvin
  • I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?
    Aunt Marvin

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