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Public speaking? I need to be a more confident talker first Proper professional photos? Nah, I need to lose at least a stone first Record a podcast or video? I hate the sound of my voice! I’ll need to work on that first These are all thoughts I’ve had in the past. I’ve waited for […] Read more…
Recently, I made a mistake. A mistake that cost me £550, an entire day I could have been working on something else and delivered a serious hit to my self-esteem and confidence. I felt deflated and a bit useless for three days after. I was a Debbie Downer to live with. This was something I […] Read more…
April has been both my favourite month of the year so far, and the most expensive. Thanks to celebrating my birthday, a weekend away up North and Peter whisking me away to Edinburgh for our first wedding anniversary, my bank account is crying out for payday. Now I’ve got a quiet couple of weeks coming […] Read more…
What are you doing on the 14th June? Fancy coming along to an event that combines talks on blogging, photography, communities with a bake off, picnic and the nicest bunch of people you could ask to meet? You’ll need to get a ticket for Blognix then. The Birmingham-based blogger event (in the trendy Custard […] Read more…
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been chatting to a couple of freelance/digital media types about social bookmarking. We all do it – pin recipes to check out later, bookmark an article in your browser or save it to Pocket. The general thought process is “Ooh that looks interesting, I’ll save it to read/watch […] Read more…
As it’s February, the month of love, I figured it would be good to throw some love stuff out there. There have been a few things I’ve been loving recently, so rather than write a few short posts, I’ve lumped them all in together. I’m efficient/lazy like that… Bloggers Keeping Healthy Getting Stylish – I’ve fallen […] Read more…
A quick personal post today, reflecting both on decisions I’ve made recently, and decisions available to you (and an explanation as to why I haven’t been updating this site as much). For nearly five years now, I’ve been mainly freelancing from home. I’ve had one part-time digital media job during that time and several in-house […] Read more…
This week got off to a shaky start. On Monday morning, I was putting together a video for a future newsletter, when my cat tipped a glass of water all over my MacBook. (Yes, I know I shouldn’t be drinking water near my laptop. Amazing the number of people who are keen to state the […] Read more…