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Continue reading →: Write it down!
I have a quote-a-day calendar for my desk at work and my quote for today is from Ernest Hemingway. The quote comes from a short story by Hemingway, called “Fathers and Sons”, and you can read it in full here if you wish. However, I think the following words in…
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Continue reading →: Are the Sunday Scaries taking over your life?
Look, we’re back in work now after the holiday break (if you got one!) for almost a month. Although, if you were in Ireland for the week of the 6th Jan, that might not have felt like a proper work week. Trapped as we were by snow… So, you may…
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Continue reading →: Leaving work at work
Back in December, I wrote about setting boundaries. One of the major areas where I find people struggle is leaving work at work. So, I’m going to talk about a few techniques to help with drawing a line between work and not-work lives. Some of these may seem simplistic, but…
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Continue reading →: Goals versus projects
Now, we all know that those of us in large organisations will not see the organisational goals until at least February, if not March in some cases. But that’s no reason to skip out on using the New Year energy to start outlining your own goals before they arrive. You…
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Continue reading →: Setting boundaries
I know, most of us are hanging on by the fingernails to the end of the year. The notion of setting any boundaries beyond “Just need to last til X date” can seem overwhelming. But bear with me, ok? We’re coming to the end of a year, and naturally, we…
