If there ever was a gif that exemplifies how many women feel during their perimenopausal years, this would be it. 👇 I’ve already blown some things up in my life to get prepared for complete transformation – saying goodbye to old thinking, old habits, toxic people and situations – but I’m not done, yet.
Social Media Is Not Going to Save You
I stumbled upon this excellent post from the Indieweb wiki page, going down rabbit warrens as I do. It was written back in April 2021 called Social Media Isn’t Going to Save You From Social Media. In particular, scroll (!) your eye down to the section titled, “Convenience for the People; Power for the Corporations” […]
Bringing a bit of Crete Home
This afternoon I went outside where the tradesmen yesterday dug out some dirt in preparation for concreting being poured on Saturday. The dirt in our area is fairly sandy and nutrient. With the rain, there’s a lot of leaves and worms in it so rather than buy it for my pots, I decided to scoop […]
Do You Need To Be Prompted All The Time?
One of the things I’m scratching my head over is, at times, people have been asking me for “prompts” at work. Prompts to help them write posts to share what they’re working on. Prompts to to help them respond to posts they’ve been mentioned in our enterprise social network. Prompts to help them remind them […]
The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2022
Jane Hart has published her annual survey for the Top 100 Learning Tools for 2022 and it’s interesting. Here’s the detailed analysis. I like looking through these lists because it gives a good snapshot of what people are using out there and what’s trending or falling by the wayside. What struck me is that Twitter […]
To The Lighthouse
I’m reading Virginia Woolf’s novel To The Lighthouse written in 1927. If you had the cast of Downton Abbey around a dining table but not talking to each other, instead thinking about each other, “a stream of consciousness”, the thoughts flowing from one person to the next, you get an idea of how this book […]
There’s No One Over 35
This evening while watching The Project, the panel was talking about the stage show Mary Poppins to a guest who was in the show. “Who’s she?” I asked Andrew. He looked up from his phone then started talking about Mrs Poppins and how she was an awful character in the book. “Don’t tell me she’s […]
What Would You Be Doing Otherwise?
Last week I went into the office. It’s been encouraged (although not mandatory), to go into the office on one day of the week when the rest of the team goes in. The intention is to meet with each other in person, socialise and a change of scenery (I guess). I don’t mind going into […]
Short Story….Submitted
Well today I finally submitted my short story (2363 words) for our local council’s My Brother Jack Creative Writing Award. It’s taken a long time to come up with the story and the character. However, I found the setting quite easily. I imagined what my street would have been like in 1942 and back then, […]
Posting Prompts For Enterprise Social Networks, Yay or Nay?
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? Mmm. 🤔 Good question. For me my daily habit that improves my quality of life is my reading habit. I need to read every day – and not on screens but I mean, physical books. The time I sit or lie down is […]
Dare to Unlead: The Art of Leadership in a Fragmented World
Celine Schillinger wrote this wonderful book recently that I have recommended to everyone I know. It’s a book about a different style of leadership needed in today’s world. When I was reading the book, there were times when I was angry and had to put it down to reflect more. It wasn’t what was written, […]
Did People Actually Work In Offices Like This?
Well yeah they did. On Wednesday morning, I meandered through city streets to go to the office. I was in no rush to get to work. You can snake your way through Melbourne’s laneways, walk through corridors of buildings and out them again, without ever having to walk on one of the city’s main roads. […]
CD Nights
One of the things Andrew and I do are spend our evenings listening to music. We have a massive vinyl and CD collection and we continue to buy CDs rather than subscribe to platforms like Spotify. Sure, we listen to playlists on there but for our own listening pleasure at home, we prefer to choose […]
Scotchman’s Hill Luncheon at Yarra Yarra Golf Course
We have just returned from an excellent long lunch at Andrew’s golf club. He’s been a member of Yarra Yarra for many years and it’s the first time in a couple of years, we have gone to a social function after lockdowns. Admittedly, attending these functions always have a bit of trepidation and anxiety knowing […]
Photos from my Park Walk
It’s Saturday afternoon but it feels like a lazy Sunday. I’ve been in my pyjamas all day just reading my novel and doing crossword puzzles and napping. At 3pm I decide to go for a slow walk to the park. Things seem to take a gargantuan effort for me to do sometimes. I decide I […]
Escaping
There are many times in recent years that I’ve wanted to simply escape from the world. To live in my own bubble and not have to deal with what’s “out there”. To hide away, go anywhere where there aren’t people to see, choices to be made or any demands put on me. Where I’m the […]
Hibernating LinkedIn & Moving My CV Here
I have written about hibernating in my recent post LinkedIn Gone to Sleep which is a way I’m managing, well, let’s just say, filtering and directing all enquiries to come through my site here. About a couple of years ago, I used a specific code to Unfollow Everyone on LinkedIn and wrote about it in […]
Weekly Rapts for Week of Sunday 14 August 2022
Welcome to Weekly Rapts Every week I come across some exceptional articles, books, videos and other stuff that captures my attention and inspires me to action which could be to write about a blog post; have a conversation about it with someone; create something from it; escape down a rabbit warren to learn more about […]
What’s My Scene?
The Hoodoo Gurus is/was a band that was huge in the 80s, my formative years and this song in particular, has stuck with me for my entire life. If someone was to ask me what song personifies ‘me’. It’s this. It struck me on the way home in the car today, that when this song […]
Au Revoir Tristesse
I’ve recently finished reading Viv Groskop’s book Au Revoir Tristess: Lessons in Happiness from French Literature and loved it. It’s got me back into my reading mojo! Here’s my review of it and below it are direct quotes from the book that made an impact on me. Marcel Proust There is something very wise, almost […]