This isn’t the post I thought I’d publish today. That was something about the Zen of the 9-5, and keeping your head when all around are losing theirs. Driving back from my morning coffee ritual, I was hatching the story line, stopping from time to time to take happy eyefuls of verges lined with golden…
Tag Archive: giving thanks
What No One Tells You About Being Off Work Sick
So, I’d started a series on recession proofing your career in 2011, planning to hit January with a blast of upbeat thought pieces for those of you determined that work be a rich and meaningful part of your life, no matter what the economy throws in our direction this year. But then something unplanned hit…
How To Use Gratitude To Make Your Christmas Rock
What is it about Christmas that can leave us all feeling so wrung out? The stress of making sure we have presents for everyone; that no-one is forgotten from our card list; that we’ve got all the ingredients in the fridge and cupboard to delight our houseful of guests; that we’ve enough money in our…
Revealed: Why New Work Pioneers REALLY Bother
I was pretty excited as I sat down at the Mac to write this, the second in an emerging series, creating The Manifesto For New Work Pioneers. Why? Because I’d decided to start by talking about what’s at the heart of my companion journeyfolks’ decision to break through old career rules. Yes, they want more…
How To Use The Turning Of The Seasons To Support Your Development
I don’t know about you, but for me the last three months have been pretty full-on. It has been a long and hard winter here in the UK, and I’ve felt as if I’ve been in a dark, if fun and productive, little cocoon. It’s still biting cold. But driving back from the farmers’ market…
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 I didn’t work and was away from social media. In fact, I set…
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 wake up to the fact that outside of London snow is not some slushy thing that lasts…
An attitude of gratitude
As you read this, I’ll be in the midst of putting my life in a removal van and heading out of London. The last weeks have been an excited blur of continuing to develop my different kind of work in between planning the move. I’ve been enjoying making some new online connections and in cementing…
How a staycation can enrich your life
I hadn’t really wanted to take time off work this week and not go anywhere. But Steve needed to work, and I needed a break and, not wanting to go without him, I decided to join the ranks of those in the UK who haven’t gone away this summer. Initially I felt resentful that I…
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Christine Livingston is a coach and writer, who helps professional people wanting to work and live on their own terms. With a successful career both inside and beyond the corporation to draw from, Christine gives the support, challenge, tools and inspiration that enable people to thrive.
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