Seems like my days are running away from me. Last week flew by and I haven’t posted for #blogjune in six days. Whoopsie daisy. In my defence, here’s how last week went down…. Wednesday 22 June QUT project role – 8.30am to 4pm – catch ups, meetings, providing project updates,...
Since graduating from the LIS Masters program in 2013 I’ve embarked on re-discovering interests outside of my work and professional involvement activities. Some I let go to make way for study and some that faded away during a not so great part of my life in my mid-teens and I really...
Completing a LIS qualification (or other discipline) to enhance your career prospects is a massive undertaking that requires time, energy and support from those around you. Study, in itself is a professional development activity. This simple realisation didn’t come to me until perhaps my final year of the LIS Masters...
I have 15 minutes before dinner is ready. Fiance is cooking tonight. I’ve just arrived home from work and barre class. I’ll be feeling it in the glutes tomorrow morning. But right now, I have 15 minutes and a glass of wine. I had so many ideas running through my head...
You may have time for something. You can make or find time for something. But do you have capacity? The way I now look at ‘work/life balance’ (which doesn’t exist as a constant, stable state) has evolved from mainly two things. 1. An exercise I found in the book ‘Do More Great...
Thanks to Rachel for providing an idea for today’s #blogjune post. This is my response to keeping organised. You may also like to check out a recent post about keeping brilliant ideas in sight and creating a visual way to see all ‘the balls’ in the air (projects and commitments). There...
Sometimes I need some clarity around where I need to put my time and energy. I have a number of projects and commitments, but not all them require urgent attention. Nor are they of equal importance. After a crazy, busy month with everything either falling due or booked in, I...
The problem with not writing (and publishing) for some time is the enormous backlog of ideas to sort through, create some order and work out a way to start again. This post is for those who would like to start blogging, and those who like me, haven’t blogged for a while....
In the few weeks leading up to a holiday, and now a couple of weeks after, I’ve been a bit pre-occupied and noticeably absent here. I learnt a lot while away on holiday, much more than I had expected. I trekked to a remote, private island in the Solomons –...
I have a deadline. A self-imposed deadline, but a deadline nonetheless. I need to have drafted my reporting for my research project by tomorrow evening. It is during these times I can struggle to find and maintain the calm. Finding the calm is about having (and maintaining) a clear mind...
