Tag: busy
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School holidays…the struggle is real
I have a kind of love hate relationship with school holidays. Any working parent will tell you about the additional angst that comes with the juggle of school holidays; vacation care, holiday programs, day swapping with friends, taking time off work, the boredom, the complaining and the lack of structure. The lead up to holidays…
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Making eating lunch special…
Earlier this week I had such a lovely lunchbreak at work… Hmm…doesn’t seem like something worthy of writing a blog post about does it. But it really struck me today, how important that little mini break in the middle of my day was. It reminded me, that back in the good old days…BC (before children)……
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The power of boundaries…
Today I found myself trying to discuss a complex work situation with a senior leader, at the same time as picking my kids up from school. As I jumped in alarm when the school bell went off above my head, and the cacophony of children released from the prison of school descended upon me…I gravely…
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Top tips for a smooth morning…or not…
You’ll all be pleased to know that my morning routine is now back in action. If you recall, daylight savings reeked havoc with my usual peaceful morning routine and it was driving me mad…literally (you can read about it here) But thankfully, things have fallen back into place. So I thought you might be wondering…
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Headspace…you will not defeat me…
If you haven’t already seen it, there is this great little app called “headspace” which has step by step guided meditations (or as they say…”a gym membership for your mind”). It has little videos to help explain things and is a great app for getting started…plus you can download the first 10 session for free,…
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Run away stress…
It’s early (very early) Saturday morning, I can feel the sun heating my back and there is a cool breeze lightly touching my skin. My ipod is softly playing my favourite tunes…I’m sucking in big beautiful deep breaths of fresh of air…and I feel….exhilarated… Wind back the clock 6 hrs…here’s me…lying in the dark…WIDE AWAKE, …
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Roadtrip…woohoo
Well…not a roadtrip exactly…but a work trip…on a plane! Here’s a little post I wrote last week , stay tuned for the rest of the story next week! I’m writing this post on a plane on the way to India. I’m traveling to India for work to meet up with some of my team and…
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Need a sea change? Bah…humbug!
Welcome back everyone! I’m pumped to be back in your inboxes and on your screens. Woot woot, the New Year and so much new excitement ahead of us. Was great to have a break, spend less time looking at the clock and more time doing some of the things I love (like cleaning out the…
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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…
claire george 