There isn’t a person I’ve spoken with in the past six months who hasn’t made some comment about being busy. Busy at work, at home, in the garden, in the community, running around after family and sometimes busy doing all of the above (and more). Busy does not discriminate by age, occupation nor postcode. It […]
The Human Condition: Busy Read More
Today has been a rather challenging event. A frustrating early meeting followed by a little too much comfort swearing, rude waitstaff, gridlocked traffic and wind. The wind surely didn’t help. I’m in Sydney, I’m craving my country paradise. Is it a sign of getting older? Is it how life is at the moment? Or has
Escaping the big smoke Read More
Some weeks start upside down. In fact, it was only last week I spent my first working hour on the phone with the Parents Helpline (1300 1300 52 just in case you are interested). It had been one of those mornings that you would easily be excused for thinking only exist in movies. Keep in mind
It’s always OK to ask for help Read More
Don’t know about you, but as I reach Christmas time thoughts of the year that was tap me on the shoulder and whisper sweet (and not so sweet) nothings in my ear. I think about what I did well, where I failed miserably, where I picked myself up again and what I’ll enhance next year. But
Just this morning I spent yet another 25 minutes coaxing a daughter out from under the doona as the bus arrival time drew closer, and closer. Morning times are stressful enough, I had no idea what the problem was – the wrong uniform? The wrong sandwich? I just knew that if she didn’t move soon
Ladies put your claws back in Read More
So many mums ask me about work life balance and this is my very honest reply… Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a a working mum, particularly a business owning working mum. I’ve been wondering what it might be like to NOT try and cram work into school hours, to
Improve your work life balance Read More
It’s almost a month now that my three have been on holidays. The weird thing is we are so used to being together we’ve fallen completely into a rhythm of sorts. Everyone is enjoying pottering about in their own space doing little things and I’ve rarely heard the ‘bored’ word. Weird but wonderful. Well, so
knowing when you need time out Read More
January is a tricky month. It’s the month of juggling work and kids not to mention coping with fluctuating levels of energy. Not to mention days when you’d much rather be sleeping than getting back to reality. And then there’s mum guilt. Last big holidays I declared myself the ‘worst mum in the world’ without
What makes you happy? Do that Read More
A sense of being enormously grateful is very much on my mind this week. It’s a feeling that I often connect with, but even more so in this week as our country mourns the death of a young hero, Phillip Hughes. Like many people in my community of Macksville, NSW I know of his family
The luxury of niggling problems Read More
How often do you plan to work in the evening only to be seduced by sleep as you put a kid to bed? I had my first 2 kids in my 20s and it seemed easy to negotiate those witching hours, then return to my desk and punch out a uni. assignment, business plan, delegate
Are you doing the night shift? Read More