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Working with your wiring

Last week, a friend and I were exchanging WhatsApps about my recent long weekend holiday away. I had sent 10 or 11 shots of one of the most beautiful parts of the country: trails through virgin New Zealand bush, the jewel-like clarity and sparkle of the water in a natural spring, a vast expanse of dune and sea at a picturesque beach. And all of that was stunning.Then I sent a picture taken on the deck on a sunny morning, with my green tea on a table in front of me, and a view of the sea in the d...

It's the little things

Do you have little things you do as part of your work day that help it to go more smoothly? Or at least feel better? Things that inject a little bit of who you are, what you like, that help you to be your best self? You could call them rituals. When I hear the word ritual, the first thing that comes to mind is someone lighting a candle before they do yoga. Or the ‘Ding!’ of a bell at the end of a meditation.I’m sure those things are rituals, but they’re not really the type of ritual...

Being overwhelmed at work, and what to do about it

I had a job a while back that stretched my understanding of what ‘busy’ could look like. I led an important piece of work, which, when it landed on my desk was already behind schedule, in a newly set-up team in a chaotic organisation. But I had recently started in the role and wanted to prove my mettle. I had a couple of colleagues who were feeding several hours each into the project each week, for which I was incredibly grateful, but which also added a ‘coordination overhead’. The ...

Got time anxiety? Chris Guillebeau can help

Have you heard the term ‘time anxiety’? You might have. I might just be late to the party – it was new for me! A book written by Chris Guillebeau, published last year, Time Anxiety discusses that not-at-all-new feeling many of us have from time to time that there isn’t enough time to do all we need.  It also refers to the feeling we might have, that while we’ve already done quite a bit of living, time’s running out to be and do and achieve all we dreamed of....