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QWAN - Quality Without A Name
The many and varied thoughts of Martyn Foster
Welcome to QWAN - Quality Without A Name. This is the blog of writer Martyn Foster who embodies the spirit of QWAN through producing high quality pieces of writing without being a household name.
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Martyn Foster
- Feb 18, 2022
- 4 min
The Age of Entitlement
The people who live permanently on “yes” street.
Martyn Foster
- Feb 11, 2022
- 5 min
You are enough vs You are more than you think
Two prominent yet competing modes of being and why ultimately one is superior to the other.
Martyn Foster
- Feb 4, 2022
- 4 min
What is waking you up at 3am? (Or keeping you awake at this time)
It’s things counting sheep aren’t going to fix.
Martyn Foster
- Jan 28, 2022
- 5 min
Good Grief!
To grieve or not to grieve, that is the question.
Martyn Foster
- Jan 21, 2022
- 5 min
Disposable Humans
Why our consumerist lifestyle has transferred over to our relationships with people.
Martyn Foster
- Jan 14, 2022
- 3 min
A theme for 2022
Last year I asked people to keep the faith, but what do I have in mind for a more tranquil ’22?
Martyn Foster
- Dec 17, 2021
- 3 min
In the Christmas spirit
It’s not just the time of miracles, but of giving thanks.
Martyn Foster
- Dec 10, 2021
- 4 min
Doing things together
For you are not alone, for I am here with you...
Martyn Foster
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
Alone vs Lonely
Why “alone doesn’t mean lonely” is just the beginning.
Martyn Foster
- Nov 26, 2021
- 3 min
How do you help someone who doesn’t want to help themselves?
It’s not a question of “how” (do you) so much as “should” you.
Martyn Foster
- Nov 19, 2021
- 4 min
I'm Afraid
Perhaps I should “take a gamble that love exists and do a loving act.”
Martyn Foster
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
A picture is worth a thousand words
That's good because I'm short of them this week!
Martyn Foster
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
A plurality of poetry
A proliferation of short poems by Martyn Foster.
Martyn Foster
- Oct 29, 2021
- 3 min
Inner Peace
Cultivating a garden of tranquillity, but I’m no warrior.
Martyn Foster
- Oct 22, 2021
- 5 min
External Validation
Just how much emphasis should we place on the responses of others?
Martyn Foster
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
It’s ok to be you
Otherwise life will be very long (or very short).
Martyn Foster
- Aug 6, 2021
- 4 min
Discipline, duty, demand…
What keeps you going when the motivation isn’t there.
Martyn Foster
- Jul 30, 2021
- 4 min
Vulnerability and the fear of being yourself
Why being authentic is an act of courage, but first we must attempt to know ourselves.
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