I’ll be honest and say I don’t want a general election. I like having the hope that a future government will actually commit to the things this country needs to get better for all of society rather than the reality of a change of colour to the tie of the bloke behind the lectern telling…
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Creativity goals
I’ve decided that I want to be more creative for 2023. And the first thing I do is check out what qualifications I can do. I have signed up for more Rockschool grades (vocals and piano) and have already checked out some masters degrees (Nordoff Robins do a Music Therapist course near my home in…
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Remember that brilliant kid?
So I’m guessing you started life pretty much the same way you did. The little girl me was brilliant. (And cute af too, look at me werking my new homemade dress for Easter!) I aced exams with ease. I read voraciously. I had musical talent. I loved to learn. Basically I excelled at this school…
Read MoreYou are more than ordinary
I had moved to London, leaving behind university and an unfinished degree. I was determined to tell a new story about my life. No longer the nerdy engineer or weird brass band musician, I was going to be a glamourous, sexy dancer. Working for a big 4 accountants in the heart of the city, I…
Read MoreEquality at Sky
I noticed a tweet from Sky corporate The comments are pretty much as you would imagine. A lot of white men saying that people should be employed on merit and positive discrimination is still discrimination. Assuming that all the white men that are in charge got there on merit is just terrifying. There certainly seeems…
Read MoreManaging relationships at work: it’s not them, it’s you.
Managing relationships at work Sorry honey, but it probably is you. Not in the sense that you’re a bad person, because I’m sure you’re not but part of the human condition is that we can only see things from our perspective, being super successful in relationships at work is going to take a lot of…
Read MoreInterview questions for a public sector project professional
Over the last few years, I have had a number of interviews for project professional roles in the health service in both the UK and in Ireland. There are a number of questions that come up fairly frequently, use this post to help you prepare for your next project professional interview. What do you know…
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Protecting my creativity
I carry my creativity as an injured fledgling found at the foot of a tree. My family is the cat batting at my hands trying to release the baby bird into their possession. I finally sit at the piano, 36 hours after I promised myself I would be there and the tug of homework help,…
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What I’m reading – Digital Minimalism
I can’t remember now what prompted it but something this week made me realise that I was struggling with how I was using social media. So out of the back of the Kindle pile I dug out Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology. Read on for my review. His central idea…
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Drop some spinning plates: thinking about priorities for work
It feels like you have six million plates in the air, all of them teetering, gently threatening to topple. You wake at 3 in the morning knowing that you’ve forgotten something but never quite sure what it is. Knowing that your to do list is already endless but knowing there’s probably at least 3 things…
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