It's Monday and I'm starting a new coaching series on my socials. Here's the first Mandy's #MondayShift: mandycollinscoaching.com/peacemaker-o...

I'm having one of those days: adulting and the hustle feel unrelenting. So I'm rowdsourcing inspiration. Tell me what you do to inject a little more joy, adventure or whimsy into your life. I'm not talking expensive overseas holidays – what are the small, everyday rituals that add some sparkle?

Timeline cleanse: my Staffie two years ago, when she was still brand new.

My to-do list is so long, it's making me nauseous. *stuffs around on social media*

Why do velociraptors make bad pets? Because they're all dead

How not to illustrate the similarity of bone structures between humans & horses.

I did not plan to work today, since it's a public holiday, but am comforting myself after a quick book chapter edit that my Calvinist work ethic is part of my heritage.

*snort*

In Spanish, the snack or bite you have between meals is tentempié. It literally means 'keeps you standing'. Isn't language diversity beautiful.

Oof.

I am constantly amused by Google estimates of train journeys from my home, considering there are no railways near me. The restaurant 400m away, for instance, will apparently take 22 minutes by train. 😂

I had to triplecheck this because I didn't believe it... All of the world's discovered reserves of fossil fuels = the same energy as just 5 days of sunlight hitting the Earth🤯 Solar power is basically unlimited🤷‍♂️

Queen

The problem with painting parts of the outside of your house that have needed it for a while, is that it makes the window frames and gutters and roofing beams look grubby and then you have to do those too.

So tempted to run a 'This is what news is; this is what it ain't' workshop for marketing managers. Liewe fok.

To catch a hint of autumn in the air, you must think like a hint of autumn in the air. Wear brown and fall out of a tree.

Reason #47251 I could never work in Pee Arr: Just sent off an article on spec to a publication. It was 35 minutes ago and I'm already impatient about their lack of response. 😂😂😂

New episode of What the Menopause! Sexual wellness expert Karen Bester explains: • Why UTIs suddenly become a thing in perimenopause • The soap mistake most of us are making • How to have "the conversation" with your partner • Listen: podbean.com/ew/pb-6m4zy-...

Medieval parents trying to make their kid get up and go to school on the first day back after the summer holiday.

I really just need one very wealthy relative I've never heard of to die and leave me all their money. I don't think this is a lot to ask.

😂😂😂😂😂

What's for dinner? I'm uninspired.

it was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the omg does anyone have a plan for how to deal with all this of times

I'm not going to rest until this absolute banger of a skeet gets the love it deserves.

: )

This is so cool.

Having one of those days where motivating myself is like trying to walk through waist-high peanut butter.

It's the menopause series you've been waiting for: episode one of talking about sex is out on our podcast, What the Menopause. Out now on podbean, Spotify and Apple podcasts. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-x6fgb-...

The second best phrase about being broke that I’ve heard in English is “I go to the park and the ducks throw bread at me.” The best phrase is “a burglar broke into my house and all he got was practice.”

As it was in the early days of Twitter, when I'm not on here, posting, people seem to like to follow me. No, I am not taking the hint. I will not be quiet. 😂

Nietzsche abhors a vacuum www.worldofmoose.com/products/nie...

Just released a podcast episode where sleep specialist Dr Alison Bentley casually mentions: * 8 hours of sleep is just an AVERAGE, not a rule * Some people genuinely only need 4-5 hours * Your Fitbit data is actually useful for diagnosis * Most doctors get ZERO sleep training

😂😂😂

Henlo. I would like one attenshuns pliz.

I've noticed that parents who go into "Baby Changing Facilities" invariably come out with the same one. Very suspicious.

I changed the bedtime routine to quickly make the sourdough rusks, as they need to rise for six to 10 hours. This has woken the Labrador. Send thoughts and prayers.

Classic tweet from a more innocent time

Inventor of the GIF, hearing about Notre Dame burning: oh no the jarjoyles

😂 Sounds about right

Oh, yum.

According to theologians, St Francis was “excellent at copying people in on e-mails”.

ME: I saw a hedgehog on the way to work yesterday MY FRIEND: How do you know it was on its way to work?

Menopausal? Not sleeping? DO I HAVE THE PODCAST FOR YOU! The first part of the What the Menopause series on sleep is now live. whatthemenopause.podbean.com

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INVENTOR OF GAUZE: Actually it's pronounced jaws

Three types of oestrogen, synthetic vs. bio-identical... Our third and final episode in the HRT series is now live on What the Menopause podcast. Here's the link to Podbean, but you'll also find us on Spotify and Apple podcasts. whatthemenopause.podbean.com

Paris is transforming its landscape and climate by planting a large number of trees (native species) in the city to lower temperatures and improve rainwater runoff to reduce flooding and improve air quality in the city. This is the way intelligent humans change the cities they live in.

Hey neighbour, I have a right to defend myself, and I suspect you might one day try to throw a brick through my window, despite lacking any evidence, so I'm burning your house down as a precaution, but please be reassured that I'm the most moral arsonist in the world.

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? That the fence is electric.

What's with that weird genocidal ethnostate that keeps mass-murdering civilians and expanding its borders into all its neighbouring states and if you talk about it you lose your job (or, in the US, end up disappeared into a concentration camp)? Free Palestine. Melbourne