Uncharted Worlds

Swimming pool practicalities

22 January 2017 by Jennifer

Description of my swimming routine, offered in the spirit of “sharing ideas for other people to copy”. A.k.a. “life hacks” if you want a swanky term for it.

Dark blue or grey goggles rest as if on the bottom of a swimming pool, with a turquoise blue background. Squiggly white cursive writing says "swimming pool practicalities".

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New habits of movement (whatever your size)

5 January 2017 by Jennifer

Seven steps for building a new habit of more movement/exercise – or indeed a different new habit. All-size-friendly.

Diagram: A small orange triangle on the left, slightly uneven, is labelled "tiny motivation". An even smaller blue triangle, on the right, is not labelled - but, by comparison with the related similar diagram, means "obstacles". Three pink arrows are pointing downwards and inwards towards the blue triangle, as if they've pushed it down. A pink label, the same colour as the arrows, says "shrink the obstacles!"

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A tip for writing down tasks

3 January 2017 by Jennifer

A tip from the Getting Things Done book, about helping your brain get started on a task.

A piece of paper is headed "To Do List". The top tasks are "Fiddly bothersome thing", "Looming obligation", "Task I really ought to do", "Vague suggestion". A glow surrounds the next task, which is "I know how to do this one". The list continues "And another thing", "And another thing". A pen lies next to the paper.

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Bi erasure in a nutshell

21 December 2016 by Jennifer

A new design of button badge, with a micro-summary of the three levels of bi erasure.

Nine button badges each have the text "Bi Erasure / 1 No such thing / 2 Not bi enough / 3 Put-downs / Stop that! / We exist!" Each badge has a different colour of lettering, on a black background. They're resting on purple velour cloth. At the side of the pic is one more badge, flipped over to show the back and the pin, but half this badge is off the edge of the photo.

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An outside view on the Labour Party

15 October 2016 by Jennifer

Reflections on the UK Labour Party in the summer of 2016. Not claiming to have answers – just wanting to put into words some of what I’ve been thinking, and share it.

Quote from Jeremy Corbyn, plus semi-faded pic of him. The quote is: "Real pressure... is when you don't have enough money to feed your kids, when you don't have a roof over your head... When you're wondering if you're gonna be cared for, when you're wondering how you can survive."

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Stop Erasing Bi People Day

24 September 2016 by Jennifer

Recognising the work of making ourselves “visible” in the face of bi erasure.

The words "stop erasing bi people" appear in white, against a background of a bi flag coloured pink, purple and blue. In the corner in much smaller lettering is the Twitter name @unchartedworlds.

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