This year (2019) started off slightly strangely at work. I had my annual review and stated unequivocally that last year had totally put me off ever wanting to be a manager. The next day my boss called me in (this was on one of my intermittent trips to the real office) and confidentially told me … Continue reading Getting my priorities straight
Tag: work life
Mummy guilt (part 1 of many)
Today has confirmed why I said no to the suggestion of promotion and why I still refuse to apply. Husband is away so it's me and the boys doing our thing. I took them to breakfast club, worked, did my second c25k run, and set about the horror of Thursday afternoon meetings. Started at 12.30 … Continue reading Mummy guilt (part 1 of many)
Holiday 2019 D minus 1
Woo hoo holiday tomorrow. You'd think I'd be winding down at work. Tidying up and doing as little as possible. But no. I'm fixing other people's crap cos if I don't do it now I'll have forgotten about it when I come back and it's not that important but if it isn't done correctly now … Continue reading Holiday 2019 D minus 1
The temptation of the laptop
So the hardest thing about working from home is that you're always at work. Well so long as you're in the house that is. I'm having an evening where I'm re-evaluating my relationship with my laptop and my email. I've always been proud that I don't work weekends and I never ever have, in 12 … Continue reading The temptation of the laptop