I have had three retail jobs in my career.  A Saturday job as a teenager, with a manager who seemed to despise me; I was also an Assistant Manager in 2011 and my new current position.  The main bulk of my career has been largely office based.  Most people pick a lane and stay in it but my career path …

‘You will be too much for some people.  Those aren’t your people.’ Great quote.  I can totally relate.  I am currently evaluating this very issue. When I’m chasing and getting nothing in return.  When I’m always the first to text or call.  When I will go, to whatever lengths, to catch up and receive some tepid “Can I let you …

Parenting books are a real treat at times.  At the end of a typical day, I’m tired, frazzled and my hygiene is not exactly couth.  I make peace, with the status quo, of my situation and try to appreciate the small pleasures. Recently my husband decided, that we would benefit, from a parenting book.  He acknowledged we were good parents but …

I do love a good wedding.  Having had two of my own, I feel I know what I’m talking about. Wedding planning, is the period of crazy, that occurs between the romantic proposal and the vows.  Where romance is second to logistics and passion is second to politics.  It’s such a magical time. As the bride, you may or may …

Don’t forget you’re human.  It’s okay to have a meltdown, just don’t unpack and live there.  Cry it out and then refocus on where you are headed. Beautiful…but I did unpack and move in.  I’ve been here for some time.  People come but mostly go.  I’ve cried, so many tears.  Not sure where I am headed.  There is no focus.  …

I find myself saying that out loud, several times a day at the moment.  Full on Wayne’s World style! The film, Pretty Woman, is 28 years old!  The original Care Bears Movie, is 33 years old.  It’s been 31 years, since Lethal Weapon, graced our cinema screens.  21 years ago, we were watching, Liar Liar and being introduced to Buffy …

A situation in which it is impossible to say, which of two things existed first and which caused the other one. I have had to take a few days off due to illness recently.  Completely off.  There was no Hero here…I was fit for nothing.  Literally zero.  It was days of bed, hydration and medicine…that and Google. In my late …

There is nothing quite like an injury, sustained at the hands of my daughter. I have been kicked, punched, scratched, bitten and poked.  Then there is the epic and rather brutal headbutt.  As a proud wearer of spectacles, there is the added bonus, of my face furniture being embedded in my head. I am covered top to toe in little …

After a great deal of thought and a massive amount of denial, I decided to bite the bullet and arrange life insurance. Most people my age, already have this in place, alongside their mortgage.  I’m still effectively, one step up from a student, living in rented accommodation with zero savings.  I have some random pensions, from previous jobs, that are …

Overthinking is bad.  Overthinking is the biggest cause of unhappiness. 10 ways to stop overthinking and start living.. Ok, we all get the picture.  Overthinking is the latest action, to be thrown under a bus, as a bad idea.  A nifty buzzword used to lump everyone together and give them generic and impersonal advice, to fix non specific problems or …