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Goodbye to Everest

Anita Mathias — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:34:46 +0000

When I was six years old, I wanted to be the first woman to climb Everest. Well, I won’t be. That was Junko Tabei, a Japanese woman–a record which will forever be hers. And neither will be I be the oldest person to climb Everest. That’s Yuichiro Muira, who climbed Everest aged 80. Nope, not […]

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The Good Things of January

Anita Mathias — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:08:32 +0000

I’ve adopted Martin Seligman’s recommended habit of recording 3 good things about my day. Apparently, people who do this report being 25% happier within 3 weeks. I think it is true. I’ve often needed to scan my day carefully to see what was golden about it rather than nondescript. After a while looking for gold […]

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Anita’s Belated 2014 Christmas Letter and Early New Year Letter

Anita Mathias — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:59:44 +0000

Friends, Happy New Year!! May it be a year of blessing and happiness for all of us My Christmas letter has morphed into a New Year’s letter–which is kind of how my year went! 2014! What a year! Here it is: January—I win an all-expense paid competition to go to … Cambodia with Tearfund. Zoe gets […]

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Learning French

Anita Mathias — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:24:00 +0000

When I was younger, I used to read about all the things one should do to prevent a middle-aged brain degenerating into an old and useless brain. Learning languages was on every list. That’s always been a passion of mine. So, one day, you wake up, and discover: YOU are middle-aged. Time to learn those […]

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