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Spring clean more than just your home

There is no denying that spring has definitely sprung! With it, the season brings the fervour of new beginnings and renewed energy. It's typically the time where we (well, some of us) spend hours on end cleaning the house from top to bottom to get rid of the winter cobwebs.  So why not give yourself a little extra attention too?

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Undies or socks?

Funnily enough, I was talking with a group of Dad's the other morning about what they were doing on Sunday, and the majority of them really look forward to receiving socks and undies on Father's Day … let's face it, how many blokes actually go out to the mall to buy that sort of thing?!

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Summer is just around the corner

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of melanoma in the world, with 2,324 new registrations in 2012 alone. It is important to be aware that if detected in the early stages, most melanomas are curable.

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Workout outdoors

As the temperature increases, the idea of being stuck inside my small stuffy concrete gym gets less and less appealing. If you can't get your fitness fix in until later in the day, you may want to look at an alternative (don't worry Coach, I'm not going to have a gym affair).  Here are some ideas to keep you fit this summer:

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Spring clean your finances

I stumbled on a crazy program on TV the other night (Extreme Cheapskates) about people in the States that go to extraordinary lengths to save money. There is no way I would ever be that radical in my saving habits, but I have come across some pretty handy tips to help save a little extra cash:

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How clean is clean?

It's spring clean month - we've touched on cleaning up your health and your finances but what about your home? It's a given that you will dust, vacuum and clean the light shades and window sills, right?  But just when you thought you had finished, here's a list of the little things that you really should clean, but probably don't!

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Man up!

It wasn't until I started thinking about writing this blog that I realised how many blokes I personally know that have been affected by prostate cancer. I initially thought of a couple, and then the tally kept rising. 

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Bring on spring

It would be fair to say that our office has been completely decimated this month with a multitude of illness; whether it is the team or their respective other halves and kids. The flu strains seem to be meaner than ever this year … so if you are on the verge of the dreaded man-flu (or flu, as we like to call it) what can you do?

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School holidays ..... and the working parent

School holidays are here … again! It really does feel like the kids have just gone back to school and it's time to think about what are you going to do for the next school holiday break. A quick calculation will tell you that children get approximately 12 weeks of holidays a year.  Most working parents get 8 weeks between them, leaving at least 4 weeks where the children have no one to mind them. Unless you both want to use all your annual leave to solely look after the kids and never have a break together or as a family you need to start looking at alternative childcare methods.

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Taking the plunge into Dry July

At BRAVEday we tell you to "Live boldly" at every opportunity, so this month I'm doing my bit by participating in Dry July. If someone had told me eighteen months ago that I would be voluntarily going a month without alcohol, I would have been the first to whack them over the head with my wine bottle.

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