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Awesome day at #drusillaspark. I am in love with lorikeets 🥰 🦜 . . . #sunday #birdsofinstagram #birds #parrots #parrotsofinstagram #lorikeet #lorikeets #drusillaspark #drusillasparkandzoo (at Drusillas Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSmr0KnI4bh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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New arrival! The garden centre is the only place that gives me joy at the moment! 🪴 . . . #calathea #calatheamedallion #houseplant #houseplantsofinstagram #houseplants #plants #green #weekend #saturdayafternoon (at Telscombe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK9T_kvF9zm/?igshid=xhb7yelzkxnu

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Happy NYE! 🎆 . . . #nye #2020nye #byebye2020 #lockdownnye #celebrate #stayathome #party #lockdownparty #newyearseve #fuck2020 (at Telscombe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJelfFiFGJW/?igshid=d0g9t31nb29i

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Happy Christmas! 🦌 . . . #christmas #christmas2020 #festive #christmasgames #xmas #goth #gothxmas https://www.instagram.com/p/CJOMrRSlcft/?igshid=1c17dngv7rjdx

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Happy 30th Birthday Craig! 10.12.2020 🎂 . . . #birthday #30thbirthday #birthdayboy #beardman #couple #couples #celebrating #celebrate (at The Coal Shed Restaurant) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqv1p2FXPm/?igshid=1c9clreufwyp9

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Lovely walk in Eastbourne today. ⚓️ . . . #eastbourne #southcoast #pier #eastbournepier #beach #sea #seainautumn #autumn #fall #seaside #walk #weekend #saturday (at Eastbourne Seafront) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH2_HQ8lzlD/?igshid=1czob7i2y2ilj

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Ok, e-scooters are the best thing ever and that is a FACT. 🛴 . . . #scooter #escooter #fun #sicily #sicilianholiday #holiday #vacation #break #summer #trip #travelling #explore #beach #sea (at San Vito, Sicilia, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFMddd5lYek/?igshid=m37yh9bl6wjb

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#Erice is not a bad place to be. ⛪️ . . . #italy #sicily #sicilianholiday #southofitaly #southernitaly #church #churches #tower #architecture #gothic #art #holiday #travel #trip (at Erice) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLKV6qFcBC/?igshid=u0zzpqdjks96

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this is a rare pride staryu

reblog for 10000000 years of all inclusive LGBTQ equality

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The Door to Moria is in Stow-on-the-Wold! 🧚‍♀️ . . . #cotswolds #stowonthewold #lordoftherings #doortomoria #fantasy #lotr #jrrtolkien #tolkien #hobbits #weekendaway #trip #explore #geek #gothic #goths (at Stow On the Wold, Cotswolds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEheoBFlBzJ/?igshid=194brd8wiiexx

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We visited Gloucester Cathedral today. It was just amazing. It’s so great to go see places that I have only ever seen on art history text books ⛪️ . . . #Gloucester #gloucestercathedral #art #arthistory #history #church #england #staycation #weekendaway #explore #trip #gothic (at Gloucester Cathedral) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEe4W_NFWcE/?igshid=2i4v2fxlpm10

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Pretty gals 🥰 . . . #plants #ivy #snakeplant #sanseveria #sanseveriasnakeplant #indoorplants #gardening #witch #earthwitch #hobby #plantsofinstagram #nature #weekend (at Telscombe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDXDSQVlkf1/?igshid=k85f01utokr7

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Today’s shopping *might* have gotten a bit out of hand! 🌷 . . . #flowers #flower #plants #gardening #gardenersofinstagram #plantsofinstagram #flowerstagram #dahlia #japonica #bushes (at Telscombe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDWzF_Flwv0/?igshid=stjjkl2bs206

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reblog if you dont have a bra on

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This past weekend has been amazing as far as plants and flowers are concerned! On Saturday I received this super cool looking Bromelia from my dear friend @lord_ford_ and on Sunday I was gifted this amazing bunch by the super talented @Gemma Nash! Extremely happy with both! 🌱 . . . #plants #indoorplants #plantsofinstagram #plantsofinsta #plantsofinstagram🌱 #botany #green #gift #weekend #saturday #sunday (at Telscombe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCmAkiiFVv0/?igshid=qecexclnqo7n

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Hi, I read that you've dealt with with impostor syndrome in the past, and I'm really struggling with that right now. I'm in a good place and my friends are going through a lot, and I'm struggling to justify my success to myself when such amazing people are unhappy. I was wondering if you have any tips to feel less like this and maybe be kinder to myself, but without hurting anyone around me. It's a big ask, I know, but any help would make my life a lot less stressful

The best help I can offer is to point you to Amy Cuddy’s book, Presence. She talks about Imposter Syndrome (and interviews me in it) and offers helpful insight.

The second best help might be in the form of an anecdote. Some years ago, I was lucky enough invited to a gathering of great and good people: artists and scientists, writers and discoverers of things. And I felt that at any moment they would realise that I didn’t qualify to be there, among these people who had really done things.

On my second or third night there, I was standing at the back of the hall, while a musical entertainment happened, and I started talking to a very nice, polite, elderly gentleman about several things, including our shared first name. And then he pointed to the hall of people, and said words to the effect of, “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.”

And I said, “Yes. But you were the first man on the moon. I think that counts for something.”

And I felt a bit better. Because if Neil Armstrong felt like an imposter, maybe everyone did. Maybe there weren’t any grown-ups, only people who had worked hard and also got lucky and were slightly out of their depth, all of us doing the best job we could, which is all we can really hope for.

(There’s a wonderful photograph of the Three Neils even if one of us was a Neal at http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/08/neil-armstrong.html)

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Latest update on Lockdown Orchid! All the flowers (apart from 3) have opened up, and they look even better than the ones she had when I bought her! A couple of them are starting to wilt and they will be falling off soon... I don’t think I am gonna get another flowering after this, as no more buds or keikis are on the horizon. Turns out I was wrong about the white flowers, she is still producing pink ones. I am now wondering if this was her natural colour all along. Ps- I am not using Facebook anymore, I have moved to Instagram permanently, so find me there! 🌷 . . . #flowers #flower #orchid #orchids #orchidofinstagram #phalaenopsis #phalaenopsisorchid #mothorchid #quarantinelife #plants #botany (at Telscombe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCB3rY-lKLS/?igshid=1ex6nxx33pkqn