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The Fantastic Peter Pan’s Musical Adventure at Blackpool Winter Gardens

By AntonyFriends & Family, Gigs & Shows, Life, Shopping8 Comments

Some days are special. Some days are when memories are made. Today was one of those days.

Blackpool Tower

My mum, my brother, his girlfriend and my nephew went to to see Peter Pan’s Musical Adventure at Winter Gardens in Blackpool. We got into town early and headed to the amusements.

My mum and nephew took to the 2p machines with eagerness. They took their tubes of 2ps to the machines, started to feed them and collect tickets (that would be later exchanged for toy prizes).

Mum quickly got hooked and was like a crack addict getting their fix (joke!). At one point mum and I were looking for the others, she saw a 2p machine and made a be-line for it. Mum’s face, full of concentration and determination (to get more tickets), made me smile and chuckle no end.

The 2p Machines.

Mum feeding the 2p machines and feeding her habit at the same time.

Peter Pan was fantastic! Modern music, enthusiastic cast, lots of adult humour and plenty of flying. Children and adults alike throughly enjoyed the show from start to finish.

Peter Pan Poster at Winter Gardens, Blackpool.	Peter Pan the set (1).
Peter Pan the set (2).

Next year’s performance will be The Wizard of Oz. Are you a friend of Dorothy’s?

Spending the quality time with family today made me feel really blessed. I am greatful to have such close relationships with my wonderful, awesome and fabulous family.

Blog soon,

Antony

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Saturday 6 January 2018

Horned God Statues

By AntonyPaganism, Shopping, The Web2 Comments

For me paganism is about balance: light and dark, night and day, summer and winter, masculine and feminine and the Goddess and the God. Paganism is neither matriarchal or patriarchal, but both at the same time.

When it comes to statues of the Goddess and God, it seems that most pagan creators view paganism as matriarchal. You can find many statues of the Goddess in all of her forms (maiden, mother and crone). But finding statues of the God in any of his forms (youth, father and sage) is all but impossible.

Earlier in the year, I managed to buy these two horned God statues from The Goddess & The Green Man:

Here are two Horned God Statues that I bought from The Goddess & The Green Man.

Then about a month ago, I stumbled on a listing of lunamoodchild’s on ebay. I instantly fell in love with the statues she creates. Here’s a photo of the gorgeous, stunning and handmade God statues:

Gorgeous Horned God Statues by lunamoodchild on Ebay.

Lunamoodchild also creates beautiful, exquisite, and handmade Goddess statues and sets containing one statue of each or two of the same.

I’ve already bought several, which have filled up my altar. I will be buying more for presents for pagan people.

Blog soon,

Antony

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Sunday 24 December 2017

Productivity Journal Review: Inspire Now Journal by Inspire Now Daily

By AntonyAmazon, Inspiration, Life, Reviews, Shopping, The Web, Thinking2 Comments

The Inspire Now Journal by Inspire Now Daily is the best goal-focused journal aimed at increasing productivity and helping you to achieve your goals on the market.

Here are some images of the Inspire Now Journal:

The Inspire Now Journal Cover	Inspire Now Journal contents.
Monthly Planner.	Birthdays and Glossy Quote pages.
Long and short term goals.	Short term goals and glossy quote pages.
Weekly and Daily Planning pages.	Weekly Reflection page.
Savings Chart.	Debt Management pages.
Payment Checklist pages.	Project pages.
Fitness Planning pages.	Travel pages.
Books, Films and Contacts.

Like any productivity journal the Inspire Now Journal has Pros and Cons. Here they are:

Pros

Cons

Its design is appealing – brown leather cover and ever every page has colour.
It’s dateless, meaning you can start using it at any time.
It has a 7 day week.
It prioritises tasks into: One task must be completed today, top three tasks and other tasks and actions.
It has inspirational quotes throughout. Including one for every day.
Daily pages also include the following sections: Reminders/Shopping Lists/Appointments, Reward for achieving goals, health & well-being actions, self-development actions and things I am grateful for today.
Weekly pages include the following sections: goals – split into categories (Career & Finance, Personal Development & Learning, Health & Wellness, Family & Social, Physical Environment and Spiritual), habit tracker and reward for achieving my goals this week.
Past Week Reflection pages include: big achievements this week were, how I was able to achieve these, next week I will take the following steps to avoid distractions, I learnt, I will use lessons I learnt last week to improve next week by and a Achievements Score (1-10) for the week.
It has Calendars for 2016-2019.
It has Month At a Glance pages.
It has a Birthday List page.
It has Long Term & Short Term Goal pages, along with Ideas & Notes pages to go with these.
It has a Savings Chart page, Debt Management pages, Payment Checklist pages, Project pages, Fitness Plan pages, Travel Checklist pages, Books to Read & Movies to See page, Contacts pages and Notes pages.
It has a bookmark ribbon and an elasticated closure.

The tasks & actions on the daily pages are too small to write in. I usually have to write over two lines.
No daily rating for achievements.
No specific section on daily pages for General Notes & Ideas.
There are undoubtably pages/sections that you wont use. For example, I will never use the Debt Management pages, Payment Checklist pages and Fitness Plan pages.
The planner only has 6 months worth of pages in it. However it would be impossible to make the journal any bigger.

The Inspire Now Journal is brilliant and a journal that I love. Once you get in the routine of using it, you will wonder how you have ever managed without it.

I’d highly recommend the Inspire Now Journal, which is available to buy on Amazon.

Write soon,

Antony

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Monday 2 October 2017

Productivity Journal Review: The Productivity Planner by Intelligent Change

By AntonyAmazon, Inspiration, Life, Reviews, Shopping, The Web, ThinkingNo Comments

The Productivity Planner by Intelligent Change is a journal aimed at boosting your productivity.

It focuses on single-tasking rather than multi-tasking and doing the most important task of the day first. It also uses The Pomodoro Technique. The Pomodoro Technique is working on a task for 25 minutes without distraction or procrastination and then taking a 5 minute break.

Here are some images of the Productivity Planner:

The Productivity Planner cover.	Weekly Task Planning.
Daily Planning.	Weekly Notes.

Like any productivity journal the Productivity Planner has Pros and Cons. Here they are:

Pros

Cons

Its design is smart and business-like.
It’s compact and light to carry.
It’s dateless, meaning you can start using it at any time.
It prioritises tasks into: Most Important, Secondary and Additional.
It has Weekly Planning/Review sections.
It has a place for Notes on each day and a full Weekly Notes page.
Every daily page has an Inspirational Quote and a Productivity Score (1-10).
It has circles next to tasks to measure time. You set a Target and then record the Actual, helping you to allocate a more realistic amount of time for tasks.
It has a bookmark ribbon and an elasticated closure.

It is really designed for business use. It only has a 5 day week.
There’s no Done boxes to tick tasks off on the daily pages.
The planner only has 6 months worth of pages in it. Meaning you would need to buy two for 1 year.
It is expensive for a journal, being priced at £20+.
There’s no short term, medium term or long term goal setting pages.
There’s no monthly or yearly view pages.
It is black and white throughout.
There isn’t anywhere to record rewards for completing tasks. I find rewards really motivating.
There’s no way to organise tasks into groups, e.g. Personal, Business, Health, Family/Friends, etc.

The Productivity Planner is available to buy on Amazon.

In my next Productivity Journal Review I will be reviewing the far superior Inspire Now Journal by Inspire Now Daily, which I absolutely love.

Write soon,

Antony

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Thursday 21 September 2017

The Fantastic Peter Pan’s Musical Adventure at Blackpool Winter Gardens

Horned God Statues

Productivity Journal Review: The Productivity Planner by Intelligent Change

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I wanted to maintain our friendship, to continue to support Roy, to make him laugh and to entertain him. So I came up with the idea of sending him a weekly email on random topics.

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