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Don’t make any changes for three months

I once told an interview panel that if I got the job, I wouldn’t do anything for three months. Shockingly they didn’t hire me.

How I’m keeping my inbox to single figures

I currently have 19 e-mail accounts set up in my mail app. Most accounts are for various businesses that I run because when I set them up, I always create an info@ account as the general account a…

What do you do?

Years ago my partner and I were attending a college open evening with our two children because our eldest was trying to decide what he wanted to do when he finished school. As part of this, we got…

Why I stopped picking up the phone and why I probably won’t start again

The latest addition to our family was born just before Christmas last year and I haven’t answered a phone call since.

How I’m keeping my inbox to single figures

I currently have 19 e-mail accounts set up in my mail app. Most accounts are for various businesses that I run because when I set them up, I always create an info@ account as the general account and then if needed a support@ account linked to my help desk software. Just counting the info@ type ac…
The difficulty in explaining what I actually do for a living

What do you do?

Years ago my partner and I were attending a college open evening with our two children because our eldest was trying to decide what he wanted to do when he finished school. As part of this, we got chatting to one of the tutors and the topic of what I did for a living came up. Back then I had not …
I haven’t answered the phone in eight months and it’s awesome

Why I stopped picking up the phone and why I probably won’t start again

The latest addition to our family was born just before Christmas last year and I haven’t answered a phone call since.

Don’t make any changes for three months

I once told an interview panel that if I got the job, I wouldn’t do anything for three months. Shockingly they didn’t hire me.

Don’t make any changes for three months

I once told an interview panel that if I got the job, I wouldn’t do anything for three months. Shockingly they didn’t hire me.

How I’m keeping my inbox to single figures

I currently have 19 e-mail accounts set up in my mail app. Most accounts are for various businesses that I run because when I set them up, I always create an info@ account as the general account and then if needed a support@ account linked to my help desk software. Just counting the info@ type ac…
The difficulty in explaining what I actually do for a living

What do you do?

Years ago my partner and I were attending a college open evening with our two children because our eldest was trying to decide what he wanted to do when he finished school. As part of this, we got chatting to one of the tutors and the topic of what I did for a living came up. Back then I had not …
I haven’t answered the phone in eight months and it’s awesome

Why I stopped picking up the phone and why I probably won’t start again

The latest addition to our family was born just before Christmas last year and I haven’t answered a phone call since.
The difficulty in explaining what I actually do for a living

What do you do?

Years ago my partner and I were attending a college open evening with our two children because our eldest was trying to decide what he wanted to do when he finished school. As part of this, we got chatting to one of the tutors and the topic of what I did for a living came up. Back then I had not …


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How I’m keeping my inbox to single figures

I currently have 19 e-mail accounts set up in my mail app. Most accounts are for various businesses that I run because when I set them up, I always create an info@ account as the general account and then if needed a support@ account linked to my help desk software. Just counting the info@ type ac…
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When I first started my business, I had three goals. I wanted to be able to work from anywhere, I wanted to earn more money than I had in a ‘real’ job and I wanted to work as few hours as possible. Finally, after nearly 10 years, I have managed all three as I have finally lowered my working hours…

Don’t make any changes for three months

I once told an interview panel that if I got the job, I wouldn’t do anything for three months. Shockingly they didn’t hire me.

The need to pay more and slow down

I have two young children, a four-year old and a one-year old. The four-year old started primary school a few weeks ago. It’s something that I have been looking forward to for a long time!

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