Day in the life of a WAHM
It’s Tuesday morning, 6:50am. The kids have just asked me if it’s morning yet and can we get up, and I send them back to…
Work archive
From the early days as an IT Technician to my first web developer role, going self-employed for the first time, managing a team of developers and going back and forth to office work before ultimately realising I'm "unemployable" and returning to running my own business as a WordPress freelancer. The entire history of my work roles and all the pros and cons of working for myself can be found in here.
Taking it Personally
I had a couple of clients (rightly) tell me off this week because schedules had slipped and this wasn’t communicated as well as it could…
First Week
So, it’s been just over a week since I returned working from home. A week of exercising self-control, willpower and planning. A week of trying…
Laptop Limbo (and some news)
As I count down the days til I’m back at my desk at home, I feel like I’m in sort of “work limbo” right now.…
Flippity Flop
Keeping with the “posts I didn’t think I’d write” theme, I have some slightly less traumatic but otherwise Important Life Stuff news. Having earlier this…
What’s your process?
One of the things I am really keen on doing this year is to improve my workflow / development process. I have a very “make…
No Regrets
I’ve waxed lyrical on and off social media recently about the benefits of going back to work on my mood (and sanity) and I think,…
Tumbleweeeeed
So apparently working 9-5 and then 7-10 each and every day kills all desire or inclination to blog. Boo. :[
All change (again)
This time last week I made a cryptic reference to stuff that might be happening here in chez Jem – because I know how much…
I hate thinking up titles
If you’re a super duper smartypants you may remember that I recently alluded to some things happening here that would hopefully be the catalyst for…
Self-employment 6 months on: the good, the bad & the ugly
It’s roughly 6 months since I registered as self-employed and told my mostly-fantastic (he’d kick me for the mostly part) boss of 6 years that…
Time Management
One of my big worries about working from home is the discipline required to achieve everything I need to do with the numerous distractions at…
