Category Archives: Christine’s entrepreneurial journey

How To Get Paid For Eating Chocolate Cake

I was already mulling over the idea of treating you to a more personal post for the August Bank Holiday weekend. But it was my friend Eleanor who gave me the call to action. Writing about how to earn a crust doing ...

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A Review Of A Different Kind Of Work – The #7 Links Challenge

Ben Lumley across at 6aliens drew my attention to the 7 Links Challenge that's sweeping the blog world right now, thanks to Problogger. The main aim of doing this challenge is to create a list post that ...

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The Purpose Of Doom And Gloom

I've had a curious experience this week that I wanted to share. It was all the more surprising as I'd just spent some deeply happy days unplugging and enjoying the successes of the first half of the year. And back ...

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A Month of Birthdays

Believe it or not, this blog is a year old this month. And it was my birthday yesterday. As you read this, I'm easing back for a few days, basking in my gratitude for this last amazing year. Join me in a ...

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What I Learned From My Broadband Blackout

I had the realisation this week that I'd started to see reliable high speed broadband as a basic human need. It came in the midst of a 72 hour period during which I had none. I didn't vote for Mr Cameron, but ...

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Why Pushing Through Is Not Always The Way To Get Ahead

I'd hoped this week to be able to share with you The Manifesto for New Work Pioneers as a PDF download. And I do have a document sitting here on my Mac with that title. But, I ain't going to be putting it ...

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A Different Kind of Blog Review: March 2010

Believe it or not, another month has passed since I posted my first blog review results. Which means that I recently skipped down to my local Costa again and spent a morning with a latte or two analysing things. Based on some of the ...

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The Virtual Office of Self-Selected Colleagues

Many of you know that I spent a few days in bed during the early part of this week with what was either flu, or the cold from hell. Yes, I did a little blog reading and emailing, but by and large ...

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How am I doing?

So, last week I took myself off to do a review of my blog business. Any excuse for another trip to Costa, right?! As you might remember from my Upping the ante in 2010 post, I've set myself some pretty ambitious targets and ...

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3 lessons on work and life from walking 10 miles in the snow

Even if you live outside the UK you cannot have missed us Brits Twittering on about the clobbering our little island took recently from the snow. It's been a bit of a shock to city-turned-country girl here to ...

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