Yesterday I read quite a number of articles about the reality of being an entrepreneur and the rise of depression and suicide in those who are trying to make something happen in a start-up. Failure isn’t an option for many, and hours and hours of work can often amass to nothing. It’s interesting that the …
Recently, I heard a story of a man who cleared his brother’s computer history of porn after he took his own life. It wasn’t that the porn was shameful, he just knew his parents would go through the history to try and find a reason for their son’s decision, and he didn’t want their memory …
My computer had a meltdown and I lost the log-in to my blog, which is boring but I could not prove who I was to WordPress, despite me offering them a DNA sample, photo ID and a lap dance. Apparently the best way to show you’re you, (and an online bargain hunter) is to prove …
On Saturday, I went on a road trip to visit my Mum with the eighteen-year-old who didn’t stop talking all the way there and all the way back. I was hoping for a sing along type of trip but she wanted to talk about the state of the nation, and by ‘nation’, I mean, her …
What started in October 2012 through to the end of 2014, and has recently raised its head again in June? Something big was happening, yes? Or you had an idea for something and didn’t trust it? Or it wasn’t the right time to see it to fruition? Or were cracks beginning to show in something? …
I am writing. This week I have constructed 20,000 words into sentences (a good start) and as a first draft, I’m fairly happy with them. I am also obsessed with checking my lemon tree, which is only three years old and had yet to yield a crop until now. It’s delivered it’s little yellow fruit, …
In some ways I think I should never have been a mother. I am entirely too selfish in some ways, and too unreliable in others. I believe in living a creative life so absolutely, that I encourage my children to explore their creativity and remind them daily that they are unique. They have gifts unlike …