Work life balance – as far as I’m concerned can go suck a dic-tionary. Plenty of spare words in there for unsuspecting parents to latch onto and suck marrow out of every single emotion working as a parent brings forward. In my 22 years of parenting I’m yet to find a sensible, guilt free role […]
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Fun fact. The notion of ‘work life balance’ was first proposed by a renegade called Robert Owen. Can you guess when? 1817. Owen’s famous phrase was “8 hours labour, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest” neatly dividing the day into work time, play time and rest time. While the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says
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When I started my job in 2016 the office was 100kms away from my home. Each day I’d arrive home exhausted and when you’re a working parent going from a busy working day back into the home to commence that role it’s not good for anyone. The paradigm of work – having a job that
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Is travel a requirement of your work? Living in regional Australia it has always been a component of mine. This was OK (within reason) as a twenty something, however when kids came along it was a whole different ball game. Disclaimer: I can only speak of the role of mum as interpreted by mwah here,
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In a dynamic and fast paced business environment organisations need team members who embody the qualities of flexibility, adaptability and creativity. These people are willing to bring along their existing networks, put their personal stamp on their role and take ownership of their space. They will take calculated risks for the betterment of the organisation and value a good outcome
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It’s just under five weeks to Christmas. I wonder if you’ve heard anyone recently say something like; “things used to slow down leading into Christmas, this year they are just speeding up” I hear (and say) this all the time. Somewhere in my consciousness I still recall that delicious sense of anticipation throughout the long, long
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I was recently asked if I had skills in prioritising issues of importance in a fast paced business environment. I smiled. Fact is, like anyone out there who is working and has a life those decisions start when we place our feet on the floor every day. Do I want to work today? Or do I
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Any moment now three small people are just about to bust through my front door. The school teachers are done for the day, the bus has made it’s delivery and the complaints department has opened. I’m home. I love Mondays, now I have my fancy schmancy office I no longer have to work at home.
There’s nothing quite like those first few moments as the plane builds speed down the tarmac and whooshes up into the air. There is no escape. Work trip = locked in. Anything prior to that moment COULD (in theory) be reversed. A last moment call from home with any manner of news COULD mean a
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So many mums ask me about work life balance and this is my very honest reply… Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a a working mum, particularly a business owning working mum. I’ve been wondering what it might be like to NOT try and cram work into school hours, to
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