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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.

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!

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!

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…
But why it won’t last…

Success! I’m down to just 18 hours of work a week

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!

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…
But why it won’t last…

Success! I’m down to just 18 hours of work a week

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…
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