When Bad Holidays Happen To Good People: A Survival Guide
Holidays. We put so much expectation on them, don’t we? And it’s understandable: often, we’ve saved up and looked forward to our…
Holidays. We put so much expectation on them, don’t we? And it’s understandable: often, we’ve saved up and looked forward to our…
I can’t help getting…maudlin? sentimental?….when writing these life updates. They are a monthly reminder of how quickly time passes, of how quickly…
This post was originally going to be called ‘Lessons Learned From Being Fired By A Client After Having Ted’. (I’ve got a…
This was meant to be a ‘March top picks’ post to go out two weeks ago, but life and sickness bugs got…
This article originally appeared in my newsletter, the Only Teethin’ Monday Mail. If you’d like early access to similar articles plus recommendations…
It’s just occurred to me that I first started writing these updates when Ted was seven months old, and he’s now 21…
Before we start, I’d like to clarify that I haven’t taken to referring to myself in the third person. Fear not. (Thought…
Because I’m a nosey parker, I love reading ‘spending diaries’ on other websites and blogs (check out Refinery29’s series, for example), taking…
Life, eh? Last week was one of those weeks. The ones where you can’t do much other than surrender to life and…
I’m a self-help book cynic these days. A few years ago, I was more inclined to spend time reading ridiculously-titled tombs that…
Happy New Year! I haven’t quite managed to emerge yet, fully, from the festive bubble. It is taking some time. We took…
It’s been a while, almost two months, since I wrote one of these updates. Regular readers – hi mum – will know…
Earlier in the year, I wrote something about how I’d worked myself into a bit of a tizz regarding my writing career.…