I guess there’s a point in everyone’s life when they do a major decluttering of the things in their life to mark transition points. I realised that my home office study will need an overhaul with all the text books and reference books that I have collected over the years. As I try and figure […]
My Peaceful Place at Rippon Lea
Sometimes when I want a bit of an escape from the boredom of home, I go for a short drive to my “other house”. 
Of course, it’s not my “real” home but it’s an escape from the busyness outside on the streets to smack bang into the middle of Edwardian times. Simpler times. The […]
Writing in the Dark
What do you do when you have an idea and it comes to you in the middle of the night? Too easy. Switch on the light and write it down on a piece of paper on your bed stand or tap it out onto your phone. Well back in Lewis Carroll’s time, you can imagine […]
Notification Literacy
In the post, “Some Thoughts on ‘Home’ Pages for Individuals Within Communities and Social Networks” by Doug Belshaw, explains he’s “thinking out loud” in his post on a solution that allows him not to feel overwhelmed when returning to community or social network sites and having to face an onslaught of notifications that cause him […]
Book Review on The Bookseller’s Tale
A new book review is now on on my YouTube channel if you’re interested. This one was fabulous because it was written by a bookseller who collated and curated all sorts of different stories and facts about books, book collectors and book stores. A great read.
Writing My CV
One of the things I’ve slowly been doing is updating my resume (or CV) as I hadn’t touched it since 2016. Really, there’s no rhyme or reason for it as I am thinking of my future at the moment and considering when would be the best time to ‘retire’. Part of me thinks I have […]
Yammer & Viva Engage: Same? Same?
Yes. Okay you can stop reading now. Seriously, it didn’t take long for the new announcement by Microsoft for people to start pinging me at work and on the phone (thankfully, I’m off social media or else my notifications would have been out of control). “Helen, you’re a Yammer fan, what do you make of […]
LinkedIn Gone to Sleep
Yesterday I was chatting with a friend through texts (I’m doing a lot of that now) and it was mentioned about ‘hibernating LinkedIn’. I hadn’t investigated this feature so this morning, I did that too. It’s not exactly permanently deleting but it just hides your profile until such a time that you need to use […]
I Wore My Pyjamas All Day
Now I have to clarify this. It was Monday. A work day. I worked all day in my pyjamas. I ran meetings, in my pyjamas. It’s a first. I’ve never done this before. What level of “not caring about personal appearance” have I reached? My usual habit is to get dressed appropriately complete with hair […]
The National Wool & Sheep Show is ON, Baby! Yeah!
Sitting here at 0615 on a Friday morning. Ahead of me a 2 hour drive to Bendigo to attend the National Wool and Sheep Show, the biggest in Australia. It’s a chance of anyone who is a lover of sheep and wool to come along and see the different industries. My favourite? The yarn stalls […]
I Googled Myself and This is What I Found
So I googled myself recently and found that someone had reblogged one of my posts onto his site and I had COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN I HAD WRITTEN THIS POST. It’s a gem of a personal post written in 2019 when I was going through the same angst about the lack of value that social media was […]
I Wasn’t On the Org Chart
Last week we had our monthly Team Sync. That’s an opportunity for our CEO of our Australian team to share news and updates of our company. I look forward to this meeting because it’s a snapshot of what’s happening in the company and also learning about what other teams are up to as most of […]
Changes I’ve Experienced Without Social Media in My Life
Here are some things I’ve been noticing now that I’ve permanently deleted social media from my life. It’s nearing 30 days now which means at the 30 day mark without re-entering my accounts, they are wiped of everything I’ve ever written and shared is permanently deleted. Years of work, photos, videos, followers and followings, ramblings. […]
Sunday Sunday
This morning Andrew arrives home fifteen minutes after he left for the golf course. I thought he has forgotten something which doesn’t set up the day ahead because he becomes cranky for the rest of it. However, the course was closed due to fog. That was my signal to get up from bed, get dressed […]
Gnats Gnats Everywhere
One of the disconcerting things that Andrew tells me about our home, is the ever increasing numbers of pot plants. “Where did that pot plant come from?” He asks as I look away suddenly seeing something else that I must attend to. With the amount of plants in the house, it means there are little […]
Curated Tidbits for the Week
There’s been some real gems this week in Stephen Downe’s shares or found through constant cross linking within articles he shared. Check out Stephen’s Vision statement – now THAT’s a vision. It’s what I want too! Can we have that please? I beg of you. My head hurts the way the internet is going. It’s […]
Vivid Dreams
One of the things I’ve noticed happening a lot more often are my vivid dreams. They’re quite spectacular at times with a story line, with characters, wonderful scenes and beautiful colours (I have no idea why some say we dream in black and white. I dream in colours). At times, I look forward to going […]
Jouer Au Golf et Apprendre Le Francais Ensemble
What do you do if you feel you lack time when it comes to learning all the things you want to learn? Do it all in the one go. Find things that build upon each other. For example, I’m new to golf. And I’m a left handed golfer at that. Golf is a backwards sport. […]
Morning Jaunt Around Swinburne University
During the covid lockdowns (all 263 days of them ?), we were under certain restrictions. One of which we could only travel 5km of our home. This started a new habit of mine to take excursions in my local area and in so doing, I discovered new parks, places of interest, history, shops, artworks and […]
From Training to Learning to Knowledge to What?
(This is a collection of rambled thoughts – I’m still formulating what the question is in my mind so please humour me and go with the flow. I will find my way soon). I’ve been working on some interesting projects at Adopt & Embrace, a Microsoft Partner and where I work three days a week […]