Image source We have a mission statement at work which we re-examine and update about twice a year, as well as whenever we have a new staff member so that it can reflect all of our team’s personality and ideas. We are only a small business (6 people) but it has been really useful for…
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Blogging 101 for the real people
Image source There are some people I know IRL (see that? I already dropped a ‘blogging’ word) who know that I blog. There are some that don’t. And there are some who I actually have no idea about. Part of me prefers not to know, I like the freedom. But another part of me realises…
Kung Hei Fat Choy
Welcome to the year of the dragon! Image source I love Chinese New Year. And I love that Patrick is Asian for no reason other than Chinese New Year. It’s basically the only reason I’m with him. Just so I can celebrate it with his family with such authenticity. Well, maybe I like him for…
I dream of playing mums and dads
Image source As you may (or may not!) have read in my goals for 2012, I’m ready to finish working and be a mum. I thought I could do it all. But all it has brought with it is stress and what seems like bad mothering! This is the year. This year I’ll be playing…
SYL12 – Week 2: Define your values
I’ve always thought values were really quite useful in understanding what’s important to me and what is important to others. It has always helped me to accept people just as they are much more easily and helped me to see things from their point of view. Image source I remember having a conversation once with…
Hello 2012
Image source here So this is 2012, hey? This post has had to wait until January 9th because I’ve been doing other very important things. Such things include making sure holiday parks don’t go out of business, getting a tan so I don’t blind people when they look at me and testing the pool water…
Goodbye 2011
Image source here I have heard mixed reviews of 2011. Some loved it, some didn’t. Of course, I am grateful for all I have and all that happened last year. I also know that it is such a cliche (and perhaps pretty silly) to wait until the new year before making a change. But that’s…
