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I’ve been writing about ‘everyday joy’ for a while now. But I do feel like a bit of a fraud sometimes. I don’t live my life in a constantly joyful state, nor do I always notice bits of joy. I have grumpy days when I hide away and don’t think about the nice things in … Continue reading Who am I to write about joy?
In my untangling work, I ask my clients questions and I listen to what they say and then ask them more questions – and I sometimes help them choose between options. But is that coaching? Well that’s a good question, which I will try to answer below. So what is coaching? I think that coaching … Continue reading What is coaching?
I’m feeling a need for space. Mental space and physical space. We have people in our house doing our bathroom at the moment, and the bathroom is right next to my office. It’s disrupted my routine, and it’s taken away my quiet space and quiet time. So I’m having lots of thoughts and ideas I … Continue reading A need for space
Written at the end of December – and somehow a whole month has passed since then, I’m not sure what I did with that time! I find it harder to write when I’m in a phase of ‘not knowing’. When I’m in between things, or wondering how something will play out. In this strange place … Continue reading Writing while in a ‘not knowing’ phase
It can be lonely working by yourself in your business, can’t it? Especially if you’re someone who is very creative and you enjoy chatting to others about your ideas. What’s the solution? I don’t have all the answers, but the ones that spring to mind are: What have you found that helps with feeling alone … Continue reading How to feel less alone in your business
Someone shared a post in a freelance membership group I’m in, about their podcast which they do as a side thing alongside their main thing. They have a theme that weaves its way into all the content, in the same way that I have now for this blog. And that made me wonder – how … Continue reading How do you find time to work on a side project?
I don’t usually do the “word of the year” thing, it always seems like too much on top of everything else I do. But last year I started exploring everyday joy on this blog, and I plan to continue that this year. So I decided that I should embrace the “word of the year” thing … Continue reading How I plan to find joy in 2024
I wrote some blog posts last year about joy. And I shared them, or at least I sort of shared them in my own timid fashion. They were useful to write, they helped me realise what all my creative and freelance explorations over the last 10 years have been about. Which I have called “everyday … Continue reading What’s the point of talking about everyday joy?
If you’ve been around the freelancing, entrepreneurial or online business world for long enough you’ll have heard people talking about accountability. But what is it, and why is it something you might need for your own business? My definition of accountability is that it’s having someone to check in with on a regular basis to … Continue reading What is accountability and why might you need it?
A while ago, I was inspired to write a blog post about joy, which sparked ideas for 3 more blog posts on a similar subject AND made me realise that there is a theme that has run through everything I’ve written about in the last 10 years or so. The theme of finding joy in … Continue reading How I discovered and started to harness my creativity