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Five year journal

The closest I have to a resolution this year is this

I’m a sucker for new beginnings and had planned to kick off this year with healthier habits etc. etc. but the only muscles I’ve been exercising are the ones involved with coughing, and handwriting. When the girls were little I thought I’d always, and easily, remember their firsts. The date

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Baby girl sleeping in my lap whilst I work on the book

A moment in time

3 years ago this was me. Our baby girl was just over a week old and after an equally long break, I was back working through production comments on my book Storytelling in Design.  After years of working on it, it was n e a r l y finished. Yet

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Embracing and creating ordered chaos

Back in February 2011 I left Dare and began freelancing. At the same time we started building a loft conversion in our flat, and doing a head to toe renovation of it. Terrible timing in hindsight as there were so many decision to be made on a daily basis, most

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Daily notes

Daily notes

It’s 6am and I’ve just fed our two month old daughter, gone up, made myself a cup of coffee and opened my computer. It’s still dark outside and everything is peaceful.

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Sunset

My one thing for this year

There is a saying that goes something along the lines of that you have to take care of yourself first in order to take care of others. This year I have but one thing on my “resolutions list” and that is to look after myself.

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Screenshot of the breath app from Apple.co.uk

The power of a breath

I remember the exact time I stopped feeling “get me out of here” and started feeling “please can I stay” when it came to public speaking. It was during my talk at Dublin Web Summit (as it was called then) back in 2013 and for the first time, I found

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Day 179 | What a month

Just over a month ago I gave a workshop at UX London which kicked off a series of events and one heck of a month. Since the 20th of May I’ve re-thought what I want to do with my life, let my team go, lost a loved one and then

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EU flag

Day 175 | UK, what have you done

I went to bed last night as the markets were optimistic and fell asleep thinking it would all be ok. When I woke up shortly after 4.40am (funny that) and checked BBC news, I shot out of bed terrified. It couldn’t be. But it is.

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Star

On hygge

Hygge was never meant to be translated – it was meant to be felt BBC News, Hygge: A heart-warming lesson from Denmark

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Path

On everyday beauty

People are always worried about getting from Point A to Point B, and in the process, they often miss the beauty right under their noses -From How Location Scouts Find The Places That Look Like Somewhere Else Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/lovestruck94/6128453854

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Girl holding on to baloon

On first times

Maybe we should all go around the world pondering the amazing wonders that surround us and the science that makes them happen. Because it’s all freaking amazing, really. – Sploid Watching these two old women fly for the first time is pure gold Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/fiddleoak/7391245532/in/photostream

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Just do it

This morning I woke up, as you do, put on my running clothes and then took them off again. I really wasn’t in the mood and felt low on water and energy after a hot night in the bedroom. Temperatures hit 33 degrees outside yesterday.

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Prästkrage

Sommarlov

Last year I wrote about how I wanted to have a summer where I was in control of my time. Where I was able to mix holiday with working on byflock and my consulting business. As of today I’m doing just that.

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Why you should write every day

You probably think you have nothing to write about but once you start it gets hard to stop. Honestly. Writing is an incredibly important skill at all levels. By writing every day you reflect on things in a different and clearer way and you become better at expressing yourself. If you haven’t tried writing every day, give it a try for 30 days to begin with. I did it every day of 2012. Seth Godin has done it for years and swears by it.