What is it about Christmas that encourages us to go wild at office parties and end up making complete idiots of ourselves? Year-end pressure boiling over? The company’s party budget crying out to be indulged to the max? I’m sure I don’t know. But there’s something about this time of year that allows us to…
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How Not To Work It On The Bank Holiday
As you read this, I may well be squelching my way elegantly through a soggy field. Yes, it’s the English Bank Holiday weekend, where we dream of balmy evenings and relaxed barbecues, and normally end up with torrential rain, family arguments, and re-runs of Pirates Of The Caribbean. As I write and schedule this a…
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 what you love, and picking up on a frivolous comment I’d left about…
The Last Summer Holiday You’ll Need?
Did you see the recent research that reckoned it takes only two days back at work for all of the benefits of being on holiday to disappear? How sad is that? Still, it echoes a lot of what I hear and see around me: people completely frazzled ahead of the school holidays, bouyed up by…
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…
Don’t button your lip on the most depressing day of the year
I spent most of yesterday trying unsuccessfully to fix an Apple Time Capsule that all of a sudden doesn’t want to talk to my Mac. Mid-afternoon, I came up for air and, realising I was losing a beautiful day of sunshine, persuaded Steve to come out for a walk with me. We ended up popping…
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