“I don’t suppose I’ll ever get my career back,” she told me. “I’ve been out of the game for ten years. Nobody will want to employ me now.” Sounds familiar? Up and down the country, too many mothers are…
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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….
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…
Happy New Year already!
Happy 2018! I know I’m a couple of days early but, truly, we’re done with 2017. Really done. So much so that it already feels like 2018 in our house. So I’m saying it now, while I’m still feeling the…
I’m crap at multitasking and so are you
Women are crap at multitasking. Whatever you think you know about the superiority of the female race and our innate ability to perform more than one task at once is, quite frankly, a debilitating myth. Don’t get me wrong, men…
Is it possible to be a good mother and be creative?
This is a rare moment. I have the house to myself. I have no overdue work nagging at me. Sure there’s housework to do, but when isn’t there? I have some time. I feel like writing. And I have about…
How to stop procrastinating and get on with the important thing you’re supposed to be doing
Procrastination is the enemy of happiness. Like an evil Henry hoover it sucks away at your time and gets itself jammed around every doorway in your soul.