Blog
Tips, ideas and advice on all sorts.
But mainly productivity, organisation and branding.
Blog
Tips, ideas and advice on all sorts. But mainly productivity, organisation and branding.
The Importance of Mental Health for Freelancers
Freelancers: How to avoid reaching burn-out before we start looking after our mental health A recent report from Epsom UK showed that almost half of UK based freelancers admitted to finding it 'lonely' and found it 'isolating'. The absence of an office social life was...
Simplify your working day in 3 quick steps
Simplify your working day How did the summer holidays treat you? Did your kids act like angels? Did you have loads of client work and tried not to worry about it on hols? If like me, you walked a fine tight-rope of playdate swaps and late nights, this blog post is...
How to Get Un-Stuck After the Summer Break
“Summer days, drifting away” Got to love a Grease quote. Those summer days are well and truly drifting away now. It’s been 6 crazy weeks since we were in a normal routine and we’ve been busy juggling; spending time with the children, growing our business and...
5 Things I Learnt in 2018
As I'm sure most years are for most people, there have been some real highs and lows this year. For me though, it was a year of two halves, so stark in contrast that the first seems a lifetime ago. You'll find a bit of backstory in my blog post from a few months ago,...
5 Things You Should Schedule to Keep You Organised & Productive
I know how it is. You start with a great system. Perhaps you get set up on Trello. Maybe you start bullet journaling. Whatever it is, it’s going to take a little maintenance to make sure you have a working system that you can look at any time you need to know what you...
How to Keep Things Ticking Over When You’re in a Funk
You’re not exactly productive when you’re in a funk are you? Nothing seems to be able to snap you out of it. Because well it doesn’t happen like that does it? Is there anything you can snap out of? Anyway, I digress. Sometimes we have stuff going on in our lives....
31 Ideas for 5-Minute Breaks To Maximise Your Productivity
Breaks save lives OK fine, that’s over the top. BUT did you know that breaks are essential for productivity? Did you know these great reasons to take a break? A physical break to get your body moving can reduce the negative effects of sitting for long periods of time...
So what’s been going on Mands? AKA The journey to my current business.
I felt embarrassed. Because it's a bit weird isn't it. To start a new business. Sell the old one. Start another new one, then stop both to work on something different. And I felt embarrassed about it. I felt embarrassed for not getting clearer on what I wanted. I felt...