I am 45 years old. In fact, I’m nearer to 50 then 40. It’s never been an issue for me personally, but I’m telling you this because it’s really relevant to something interesting that happened this week. (Also, how scary is that photo of me above?!) Some of you may know that […]
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Freelancing During Summer
The summer holidays have always struck a sense of fear in me … predominantly a financial one because I’ve always had to auction off a liver to pay for 7 weeks of full time childcare. However, this year I am officially A FREELANCER and so I (naïvely) thought this would be the year where […]
Flexible Working – Does It Work?
I have now been at my new job as a Content & Community Strategist for two whole weeks and, although a challenge to learn so much so quickly, I am loving it. Nothing quite like a new job to get your teeth into! One of the things I asked for when I […]
Stare Down
I’m in my fourth week of redundancy and I continue to work in ‘my’ café every morning – writing blog posts, looking for work, networking, eating scones … all highly essential stuff. I’ve been writing here for approximately seven years, ever since I began my degree – and I’ve long since realised I […]
Redundancy, Siri & Iced Buns
It’s week 2 of my gardening leave/redundancy and I think the news has finally sunk in. I’m back in my favourite café, writing every day, tweeting about the amazing (weird/boring) things I see happen around me. This was my favourite tweet from last week: Yes, I think it’s definitely about time to […]
Kent Messenger – Having It All
I was featured in the Business section of last week’s local paper, the Kent Messenger. The interview was about how I have a full time job, a blog AND I’m a single parent – the whole ‘having it all’ debate – but seeing as I was promptly made redundant the day before it […]
Being Made Redundant
As the title of this blog post subtly suggests, I was made redundant last week. Re-dun-dant. ‘No longer needed or useful.’ ‘Superflous.’ It’s never a nice feeling. It hurts … and it’s the third time I’ve been made redundant – certainly doesn’t get easier as you get older. I spent 14 […]
A New Chapter
Yesterday was a big deal for me insofar as the day job goes. My boss had asked me to attend a meeting in London with the CEO of our biggest client to be the Social Media ‘expert.’ Ah, that’ll be me then. (Stop laughing at the back.) So, we set […]
Like Father Like Daughter
It’s finally happened. I’ve turned into my Dad. You see, I’ve been a part of a couple for a really long time. Most of my twenties devoted to one relationship and my thirties to another, and sharing the cost of the bills meant that I didn’t fully appreciate the meaning of how much […]
Idiot
I love my job. Granted, I’ve only been there three months, but I’m thoroughly enjoying it. We work hard, all get on and as it’s a small, integrated marketing agency, it’s often all hands to the pump. Metaphorically speaking you dirty lot. Today, I was tasked with resourcing freelance designers. We’d been sent CVs […]