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Posted on4 October 20204 October 2020Academic Life, Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Working from home, pandemic style: Six months down, countless to go!

by Just FrancesLeave a comment on Working from home, pandemic style: Six months down, countless to go!

It’s been a little over six months since I began working from home full-time, and I am trying to prepare myself for another four months…

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Posted on5 January 20209 December 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Stronger holidays

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My primary goal for 2020 is to be a stronger and more confident me. But if I’m honest, it’s a goal that I have been heading…

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Posted on1 January 20209 December 2020Everyday Life, Fitness & Exercise, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

A stronger, more confident 2020

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I don’t know about you, but I find annual resolution-setting to be a challenge in itself. I love the idea of a strong resolution to…

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Posted on31 December 20199 December 2020Academic Life, Everyday Life, Fitness & Exercise, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings, Travel & Adventure, Widow Life

A look back at 2019

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And with that, it’s time for another annual re-cap post. Although quite how we’ve got to 31 December 2019, I couldn’t tell you! Yet, here…

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Posted on30 December 20199 December 2020Everyday Life

Sharing my New Year’s traditions

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I am allowing someone to enter into my little holiday bubble this year. She’s an American PhD student who is “fresh off the boat”, so I extended…

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Posted on7 December 201914 October 2020Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

Disassembling Christmas cards

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I dug out my Christmas decorations yesterday in anticipation of decorating the cottage in a couple of weeks. And when I dug them out, I…

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Posted on23 November 201923 September 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Organising 2020

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At the end of 2018, I had a last-minute idea to use an A5 notebook as a weekly to-do book. The notebook was just a…

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Posted on13 October 201926 September 2020Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Saying goodbye to obligatory friends

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Last year, I conducted a massive “friend cull” on Facebook. It took about a week to complete the process that, ultimately, led to severing Facebook…

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Posted on7 September 201924 September 2020Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Thoughts on crumbling stones

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On my way to the Death Café a couple of weeks ago, I wandered through a couple of old kirkyards at the base of the Edinburgh Castle.…

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Posted on19 June 201927 September 2020Fitness & Exercise, Musings & Ramblings, Travel & Adventure

With love from Ljubljana

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I am in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the moment for an academic conference, and I am falling in love! Why? Because much like my visit to (and subsequent love affair with)…

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Posted on26 April 201923 September 2020Musings & Ramblings, Travel & Adventure, Widow Life

Ten years a widow

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Today marks ten years of widowhood; ten years since my darling husband died so unexpectedly in the middle of the night. These past ten years have…

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Posted on1 January 20199 December 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

A mindful 2019

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As is tradition, a new year means a new resolution. Generally, my resolutions are set as a way to focus on self-improvement in realistic terms.…

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Posted on18 December 201829 September 2020Fitness & Exercise, Health & Wellness

Half a Marcothon

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And with that, my Marcothon days are over. Yes, I have failed in my attempt to run every day throughout December. But at least my attempt means…

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Posted on17 July 201829 September 2020Chronic Illness, Musings & Ramblings

Frustrations of the chronically ill

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I have been thinking about illness a lot lately. Especially about the frustrations of being chronically ill. Even more about the frustrations of being chronically…

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Posted on1 July 201824 September 2020Academic Life, Musings & Ramblings

Thesis season

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Wow! It is the 1st of July already. And that means that my PhD thesis is due in just four months’ time. Yikes! Of course, that means…

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Posted on12 March 201827 September 2020Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness

My PKD liver (or PKD-associated PLD)

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March is PKD Awareness month, so I thought I would take the time to talk about how PKD affects my liver. (Oh, yes, polycystic kidney…

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Posted on31 December 20179 December 2020Academic Life, Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

2017: Undone, indeed

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2017 is over. It was meant to be my “year of doing” but, alas, it would seem that it was a year undone. Undone, indeed*.…

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Posted on7 December 201729 September 2020Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Holiday favourites

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Today’s post* is brought to you by a writing prompt. The prompt is to “write a list of your favourite holiday activities”. I wanted to…

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Posted on15 October 20176 October 2020Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Grief and the art of “moving forward”

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I am a widow. I was widowed when I was a young woman of 35 and my life has never been the same since. In the…

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Posted on1 October 201721 September 2020Academic Life, Musings & Ramblings

An ambitious October

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After returning from my Homeland Holidays at the end of August, I had great hopes for a spectacular September for my PhD. Only I got sick that first…

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Just Frances is a silly and pointless website maintained by me, Frances Ryan. I am a quirky runner, writer, thinker, drinker, and researcher. I am also a daughter, sister, aunty, friend, and widow. But mostly, I am just Frances.

I blog about my life, including my travels and adventures, my experiences with PKD and ITP, my life as a young(ish) widow, and my life in general, really. Learn more about the topics I write about here.

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