It's now been four weeks week since I returned to work from maternity leave and the thing that I've been dreading most has finally happened. I knew it would, after all it's inevitable with small children, but I'd been hoping and wishing that it wouldn't. And today it did. Yep, I'm talking about the dreaded call from the childcare …
Category: Work
Burning the candles at both ends
Friday is my day off. I work a full time week over four days so that I can enjoy my Fridays off with the girls, being present in the moment and keeping in touch with my mummy-life. But not today. Today I have been working like a mad thing in between playdates and helping a …
Where do the days go?
It's been a week and a half since I returned to work from maternity leave. Yes, I know! Already! I have to admit though, it's been a busy, frustrating, confusing and exciting return with a whole stack of changes and a tonne of work to be done. At times I've felt as though I'd drowning, …
It’s started already
I was hoping that I wouldn't arrive at this position this soon, but alas here I am about to put in a couple of hours of work this evening. I had made a promise to myself before I went back to work (having worked 18 hour days prior to the start of my last maternity leave), that …
Over the overwhelm
overwhelm əʊvəˈwɛlm/ verb 1. bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something synonyms: swamp, submerge, engulf, bury, deluge, flood, inundate That's me tonight. There are some things going on at work and although I won't bother you with the details, suffice to say that I'm feeling somewhat …
Headspins and ticklefests
Well I said that I would have to hit the ground running and I’m pretty sure I ran a marathon today! My head is spinning already and it's only day one! I am bleary eyed, brain dead and definitely knackered but I suspect like any muscle, it's going to take some training to get up …
Thoughtful leadership
Tonight I was inspired! As in brimming with excitement, can't wait to get back into the thick of things kind of inspired! One of the downsides to maternity leave is that the organisation that you work for moves forward without you and you lose any momentum that you before you left. And whilst situations often change (although in …
A LIFE LIKE OURS 