Three lessons from an experiment in breaking up with social media 

Wondering how to create more space for your career change or to focus on your career direction? Feeling pressured by lack of time, yet you’re still scrolling?  Here are three lessons, from my experiment in temporarily breaking up with social media, to help you create more time and energy for your career explorations.

Why what matters to you, matters in your career

You are sitting in a meeting listening to the same cyclical conversations you have this month every year since you started your job five years ago. It’s the same old drill every time. It’s seasonal work, the same conversations, the same tasks for the same people. You’re barely able to keep your eyes awake. YouContinue reading “Why what matters to you, matters in your career”

Consistency: your new best friend in sustainable change

Consistency is one of the most important and critical elements of success. You can have the very best of intentions and desires in your life, career, health, relationships and lack of consistency can be enough to derail your progress. Consistently showing up to train for a marathon will reap far greater rewards than going outContinue reading “Consistency: your new best friend in sustainable change”

Where is your thinking reducing your energy?

This morning I had a good look at one of the houses behind ours while I was doing my stretches. One of them has recently been redeveloped to add a room in the roof and I think it’s been done very tastefully. I was reminded of a conversation with a neighbour shortly after the giantContinue reading “Where is your thinking reducing your energy?”

What pain has taught me about getting rid of things I tolerate

The tap shoes were out in full force tonight for the first time in years. It was challenging, fun and frustrating all at once trying to learn steps, fit them together and hear the music (tap shoes en masse are very loud ). My feet are so SORE now!! I’d forgotten when I packed themContinue reading “What pain has taught me about getting rid of things I tolerate”