Author: Skills Repeat

  • Being a Chicken mum

    We have had a busy morning doing our usual park games, sandwiches in the park and back home by 13:00. I was flat out tired as I had spent the previous evening de-cluttering wardrobes after the girls had one to bed. My eldest asked me to run up the stairs to close her top button…

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  • Celebration or Appreciation

    One of the major aspects at work and in life is recognising achievements to make people feel appreciated. The question how far do you go from recognition to celebration in order to engage your teams or your children? Watching the children grow up, they achieve so much such as first tooth, sitting up, first steps,…

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  • #Diversity of Thought

    So one of the words we are hearing these days from the industry is Diversity of Thought! In a family, with two children who are polar opposites, this is really true! Both my girls are absolutely different! My youngest woke me up this morning saying that she was worried as she had left her little…

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  • I did it: I communicated about my blog

    I did it! I communicated about my blog on LinkedIn! My first ever post was about taking this career break and the views and feedback was MASSIVE! I was even trending on the #Covid19! However, it’s interesting how much you start to doubt yourself when you haven’t got others to affirm your skills! A recruiter…

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  • Climbing the Rope Ladder

    I was worried during the Covid19 lockdown stages about the following three things; How would my little one cope with her development despite not going to nursery and missing all of her friends? How would we get the eldest to do her school work as she is one who loves the outdoors but dislikes studying?…

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  • Sunday Morning Dreaming

    I was woken up at 04:00 AM by my little 3 year old and managed to get her back to sleep. I soon followed… and I had a very strange dream! I dreamt that I was back at university studying and doing this very stylish internship that required us to write up business analysis documents…

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  • Asda – Wearing a Face-mask

    Today was the first day that face masks were mandatory in the supermarkets in England. I wore one but my children didn’t. It was a strange feeling and I think I shouted at the Customer Services colleague as I thought he couldn’t hear me through the mask… queue grandma’s ensuring the other person on an…

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  • Getting into a Routine: Chore or Necessary?

    It’s been a very short amount of time of me being off of work, but my children have quickly adapted to a new routine. We have been visiting one park almost every day (except for the STOP day!) to play tennis, head to the pond to feed the ducks, and then go for a walk…

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  • That Guilty Feeling: Take a Stop day

    That Guilty Feeling: Take a Stop Day As a working mum, you feel the guilt of not being around your children. Certainly, when I had my eldest and returned to work after 5 months, I got the guilt mum thrown at me from colleagues; both male and female. ‘How can you leave your baby at…

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  • Taking the Plunge- A Career Driven Moment

    I’ve always been ambitious. Not in the ruthless way that you see in Hollywood’s depiction of corporate life! Career driven and ambitious, nonetheless! I have decided to take a career break to spend time with my two lovely daughters. Covid-19 working from home meant that I was torn between many things, and primarily my children.…

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