I used to joke that I didn’t have a work Christmas party because the boss wouldn’t let me. I’m self-employed. A few thoughts on permission, rest and the rules we carry about work.
self-compassion
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You know what you need to do, and yet you’re still putting it off. What if “I can’t get on with it” isn’t really about the thing you need to do?
Part of a series about the secret questions we ask ourselves, often without saying them out loud. Why didn’t I trust my gut? Perhaps you’ve asked yourself this afterwards. You look back and think you knew. There was something you noticed. A feeling you had. Something that didn’t quite sit […]
I recently took a family member to a hospital appointment. It was one of the first appointments of the day and, because the traffic had been light, we arrived earlier than expected. The computerised check-in wouldn’t let us check in, so I assumed we’d simply got there too early. Off […]
It’s a question that can turn up in all sorts of places. Someone else seems to have more confidence, more energy, more freedom. Their business looks like it’s flowing, their relationships look happy, their life somehow seems to require less effort than yours. And before you know it, you’re looking […]
Yesterday I found myself wondering whether momentum might be gentler than I’d always imagined. It felt like an interesting thought, so I decided to play with it for a while. Not by trying to prove anything. Just by noticing what happened. Then something unexpected happened. An idea arrived. I let […]
After a few weeks away from LinkedIn while I was limiting screen time because of my eye, I found myself wondering how to begin again. It wasn’t that I’d forgotten how to write. I’d simply lost the rhythm I’d fallen into. As I was thinking about it, I noticed the […]