Following on from my recent obsession with Escape to the Chateau series which has revived my craft obsession to try out all sorts of different crafts in an effort to get off the screen, off the socials and actually DOING stuff with my hands, I asked my mother to teach me how to sew. My […]
Bring the Outside In with Creative Flair
Ah, Angel and Dick Strawbridge, what HAVE you done to me? via GIPHY You see the thing is that, I’ve been recently OBSESSED by this show called Chateau in The Country where British couple Dick and Angel Strawbridge buy a dilapidated chateau and then over the years, renovate it. I wrote it in my recent […]
Remember the Days When People Commented on Blog Posts?
I’ve been a blogger since way back. This is my second blog that I started after deciding to ‘rebrand’ myself to have a more “professional” persona online and came up with Activate Learning Solutions or @activatelearn back in 2014. (Standby, this will soon change again as I start change it from a business to a […]
Rethinking Activate Learning Solutions
For the last few years, I’ve been working as a Community Manager for a small company, a Microsoft Partner called Adopt & Embrace and I’ve been LOVING the work. I work three days a week and although my work is not only community management of a small adoption and change community; much of my work […]
Loving the Crafty Side to My Network
I’ve been watching a show on Foxtel called Chateau in the Country, where two English people, Angel and Dick buy a dilapidated chateau in France and over the years, renovate it. Dick is an engineer, a big bear of a man who has the knack and know-how to repair, fix and create things from junk […]
Time to Get Serious about the Next Phase
It’s a bit weird writing about this topic on this blog but I can’t deny it that this is something that is part of my life now – and for many women – and I may as well accept it even though it doesn’t sit well with me. Yes, the dreaded menopause. via GIPHY Every […]
Alone in My Car
I’ve been reading Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology and there was one chapter that really hit home for me on solitude. He used the term “solitude deprivation” which is a state in which you spend close to zero time alone with your own thoughts and free from input from other […]
What Did You Miss in April?
Here are my collected posts and YouTube videos for April 2020. Blog Posts What did you miss in March 2021? (Collected blog posts and videos from March) Completing the 30 Day Speak Your Target Language (French) Challenge Enjoying the Moment [on self-reflection] Enjoying My Birthday Future Fit [on importance of having a digital profile] Creating […]
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
This year, I’ve been slowly doing a slow declutter of our home and contents [no books, artworks, music or yarn has been thrown out so you can all breathe a sigh of relief] but also of all the digital detritus that was making me go slightly crazy. You see, I noticed my attention waning and […]
Dealing with the Naysayers and Nitpickers
One of the things I say to people when showing and sharing their work and learning publicly, openly and transparently is to get ready for the naysayers and nitpickers. Unfortunately, they’re just part of life if you end up sharing your work in online public spaces. They pop up every now and then but don’t […]