Improving your productivity at work
Ever feel like you’re treading water at work? Like you’re doing a million things, but nothing seems to actually ever get done? When you’re in the middle of this, it is SO easy to blame other people or your circumstance (trust me, I’ve done the *ahem* research…). “So-and-so is giving me too much work.” “There just aren’t enough hours in the day.” “If only so-and-so would pull their weight…” Now,…
Stepping out of my comfort zone and into what I really want with Blogtacular
If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you may have spotted that I went to Blogtacular last weekend, a conference for bloggers and creatives in London. I wasn’t actually planning on going… I joined the Facebook group and Twitter chats after discovering Blogtacular’s podcast, but thought I would attend next year, when Blue Jay of Happiness was a bit more established. Then people started saying “looking forward to seeing…
Finding your ‘why’
When it comes to our careers I think one of the most important things we have to ask ourselves is ‘why?’. Why have you chosen this path? What’s the purpose behind it? What drives you? After studying media writing at uni I wanted to be a music journalist. I reviewed gigs and interviewed bands, but after a while, I decided it was just too competitive a market and not for me.…