If the dark days have stolen your get up and go try these helpful tips — Have I mentioned I hate winter? I feel like I must mention it at least once a day for anyone who isn’t yet aware. No one will ever change my mind on this — it’s cold, dark, miserable, did I mention cold? And don’t get me started on the never-ending…

The toxic relationship we all need to break free from — Who doesn’t love a good, light hearted competition between men and women. Women are apparently better at multi-tasking, men claim to be better drivers (although the jury’s out on that one). One thing women are surpassing men in is experiencing anxiety. Women are twice as likely as men to develop…

People can’t afford to be sick and it’s another reason I prefer working from home — In the UK people are being urged to avoid going into work whilst sick. Seems logical right? This is a great way to avoid people passing on colds, the flu or in the worst-case scenario Covid-19. However, this seemingly common-sense idea is never going to work. Toxic Workplaces Are the Issue Back in March 2020…

I have an issue with the latest buzzword — I usually hate a buzzword but I actually quite liked ‘Quiet Quitting’ when I first heard it. It’s the idea that if you are feeling burnt out in your job you should slow down and do the bare minimum. It makes sense right? Gone will be the feeling of having…

Quitting my freelance job was hard! — Putting yourself first shouldn’t make you feel guilty but it does. At least it does for me. I recently got an editing job and it was quite a difficult process just to get accepted to the training stage. However, not long after I got another job with the charity I…

This was meant to be my new life and now I’m back in the working world — I was once talking to a friend I’d met at my first office job, we were catching up after I’d left the job 6 years earlier and I was explaining all the jobs and things I’d been doing. She remarked that I’d done a lot of interesting things. In reality…

Publishing 3 times a day was enlightening — In December I randomly decided to do a writing challenge. In all honesty, I didn’t fully think it through. I forgot about the Christmas holidays, the fact that I have my classic last-minute present shopping to do and I also had to work. However, I am glad I made the…

The world is still unpredictable right now but there are ways to improve your life — Anyone else remember when 2020 was going to be the Best Year Ever! And 2021 was supposed to be the year when everything got back to normal. Let’s just forget we all believed that and move on. With many places in the world facing new lockdowns and extra restrictions it…

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