The clash of cultures

I work in a big corporate and mostly I try and keep my blogging life and my work life separate.  Of course, my work life affords me the opportunity to travel a lot, to keep a very flexible schedule and to keep learning new things.   

I've been thinking a lot about blogging and how to step up my game recently (more on that later).  I was also stuck on a problem at work and someone recommended Unstuck to me.  I've worked professionally with a few of the people at the company who make it and though it sometimes kills me to say it, they are hands down some of the smartest and creative (and pleasant) people I've met.  It's a really neat little app (unfortunately only an app on the iPad but you can use the web version if you don't have an iPad) and I have loved playing around with it.  More importantly, it's helped me be conscious about what gets me stuck and hints and tips on getting unstuck.

I'm trying to be more disciplined at work.  One of the challenges of working at home is that the days can become super long.  I don't even mean the calls which can start at 6am and might include some at midnight.  The fact that I don't have to leave the house means that I can still be at my desk at 8pm with no enforced "it's time to leave the office" deadline.  I'm experimenting with a tips on chunking effort. 

In other news, the kids are hitting that winter slough so we need to find some things to pep us all up.  The youngest has her first set of uni exams today and is feeling anxious but the good news is she'll be home on Sunday for a month.  The oldest has been working a lot of shifts and although she has a bit trip to look forward to in September is feeling the days hang heavy.  There is a limit to how cheerful you can be when you've made your thousandth flat white for the week.  The fridge is full of sad left overs and I am missing the chickens who could always be counted on to deal with culinary mistakes.  The still non-functioning central heating doesn't help so tonight needs clean sheets, a good dinner, plumped cushions and some comfort telly.

 

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Looking forward to hearing what you intend doing with the blog. I'm feeing a little uninspired by mine at the moment.