Author: Claire George
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I LOVE Christmas!
I have to finish the year with one of my favourite subjects CHRISTMAS! I am so excited that it is finally nearly here. You’d think with all the things I am always complaining about juggling, that Christmas would be a nightmare zone…the place where the horrors of all my juggling come completely unraveled. But you…
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I am successful BECAUSE I work part-time…not DESPITE it
As the end of the year draws near, I’ve been reflecting on my work and pondering whether I should be considering increasing my working hours back to full time next year. I’m really excited and inspired by all the work I am doing and I would love the opportunity to step up to some more…
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I feel like I’m walking on a tightrope…
…one step wrong and I’m going to fall. This week has been one of those weeks, where all aspects of my life seem to be firing on all cylinders and requiring my attention. Part of the realities of “balance” is not a neatly packaged life with time each day to juggle all your key…
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Don’t forget to water your friends…
There’s been one part of my life where I have been seriously letting the team down. And I have known it for a while. But I hadn’t done anything about it. It’s my friends. Wind back the clock to a long time ago (a long long time ago)…I LOVED school. Yep, I loved it. I…
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OMG! I am so AWESOME!
Today, i had one of those days when everything seemed to fall into place …and I’m not afraid to say it..by geez, I am good, I am ON FIRE people. Yep, it’s true. Get up and exercise? Damn right I did, 6am and I’m running like the wind, sweat beating my brow, muscles straining, I…
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Are you really busy?
This morning I was running around like a headless chook (as usual), I’ve managed to do my exercise (tick), get the lunches ready (tick), tidy the house (tick) dropped the kids on the school walking bus (tick) and now I’m at work and my mind is buzzing. I have about 20 screens open on my…
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Stop making excuses…
This morning I stopped myself mid sentence, because I was about to break one of my golden rules. You see… when I first started working part-time, I felt really guilty when I was leaving the office before everyone else or when I couldn’t join a meeting because it was outside my agreed hours. I had…
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I have 1hr of freedom…
Oh my goodness, on Sunday I got back from my a walk and found my husband and children gone. Yep, he has taken them OUT and they are not due back for an hour. This means I have the house TO MYSELF. This is a rare occasion and I am both excited and anxious. Yep…anxious.…
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Learning to be a special Mum…
Yesterday, I was having one of those days where everything felt like it was getting the better of me. Work deadlines were looming in on me, the house needed a tidy, there was no food (you don’t want to see me hungry) and the kids were driving me….well…bonkers. My daughter has developed a habit of…
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I totally need a wife…
I was lying in bed this morning reading a magazine and drinking my tea (I know…blissful, right!), and stumbled upon an article by Annabel Crabb in Marie Claire about women needing wives. Now, I don’t get on my soap box very often about women’s issues and I really don’t want to start complaining (which incidentally…
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