When you have to write something you don’t want to write, it can feel like you’re really stuck. Getting started feels almost impossible. So you don’t. You push the thing aside and hope it will go away. Except it doesn’t….
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The gentle art of saying no
I’m getting better at saying no. I turned down two offers this week. For once, I put my own priorities and mental health first and I said two polite nos to opportunities that would have caused me heaps of stress….
How to make friends when you’re new in town
I have to start all over again next week. We’re moving from North Cornwall to a village near Falmouth. I have one friend there and one potential friend. But I’m leaving most of my mates behind and, as we’re all…
A mother’s CV
Mummy Curriculum vitae PERSONAL STATEMENT Dedicated, hard-working and supremely adaptable individual seeks more credit for doing a bloody hard job seven days a week. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Leadership: skilled in growing, educating, nurturing, managing and caring for two small human…
Swim state of mind
I swim for the sweet, timeless middle. Where I count, and breathe, and glide. Where, for a little while, I’m not a hassled mother, a stressed-out worker, a citizen of the modern world. But just a creature, travelling through the…
