Last week Josh Spector* shared an article by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang from Thrive Global called Work-Life Balance Is About Years, Not Days. This is basically a fresh take on the ’tilting’ theory of finding balance, something I first read on Planning with Kids years ago and was recently reminded of by Brooke at Slow Your Home. I…
Work and life and living
Ages ago I wrote a post about how having it all felt a bit like shit and it was a big one. Lots and lots and lots of mums could relate. The interesting thing about writing that, though, was that I think I missed the point. Or, at least I didn’t write the point very well….
The unbelievably simple secret to sibling harmony
After taking so much time off over summer to go to Europe, I’ve no holidays left in the kitty at work. So I’m working through these hols. Bart is taking a couple of days each week to keep the kids occupied, and they have been to friends’ places and activity camps and the like. They…
Weekend Rewind | New beginnings
So, I’ve got a full time job. Let’s just let that sink in for a minute… tick, tick, tick. I’ve got a full time job and I can’t tell you what it is yet, but it must be pretty amazing to drag me out of my happy little freelancing zone, don’t you think? Yep, it’s pretty…
10 tips for overcoming fear of change
This one is for me. I’m about to make a major change in my lovely little life and it’s rather scary, but good scary. I mean, good scary is still terrifying, but it feels right so at least there’s that. I will let you know what that change is and more very soon (and forgive…
Weekend Rewind | New old things are hard
I had a job interview this week. It was my first job interview in almost a decade. That’s right, folks, despite being gainfully employed all those years, I haven’t had a formal job interview since 2006. Networking is so important in life! A job interview! Bit out of the blue, huh? I’m very happy being…
Fitting it all in | The ultimate weapon against procrastination
Lately I’ve been reading all sorts of things about procrastinating because… I’m procrastinating. I really want to stop my pfaffing. Of course,wanting to do something about procrastination is a complete oxymoron. I’ve been getting around to it for about 27 years. Why do we do it? There are lots of reasons why we don’t do what we’re…
Teach me how to work around my family
‘Teach me how to do something I’m rubbish at’ is a series that encourages the clever clogs wearers of the world to show us less clever types how to do the things we’ve always wanted to do. These last school holidays made me more aware than ever that I cannot seem to do work and look…
Gotta fight harder to have it all
You know what really gets me fired up about the whole backlash against the ‘have it all’ promise? (Read these articles here and here if you are curious why I’m launching this grenade again). The thing that really, really fires me up is the fact that no one ever questions why it’s perfectly okay for a job…
The shoeless cobbler
I used to make jokes about the fact that I was like the cobbler’s wife who had no shoes. Married to a banker with no budget and no financial plan to speak of. Now I’m the cobbler I have a new understanding. Ever since I started my wonderful new job as the editor of Kidspot’s…