Cunningham’s Law: “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.” A wonderful concept. I’m going to apply it this year to challenge myself to give the wrong answer to questions that will no doubt trouble me . . . maybe it… Read More Getting it wrong . . .
I’ve been on some amazing continuing professional development recently. It challenged some of my previous thinking, gave me a chance to indulge in creativity (for heaven’s sake, I even spent one morning colouring!), and grew my knowledge at a very welcome stage of my career. My fellow practitioners on my course were simply amazing, and… Read More Learning from experience . . .
I had a yearning the other day to strip things back to basics, to return to simple, to enjoy the pleasures in life that I might be taking for granted. What prompted it? A little girl sitting on her dad’s knee on the bus into town – getting excited at the prospect of being able… Read More Simple pleasures . . .
“Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” Neil Gaiman
“Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.” Jim Lovell
“Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you’re standing outside the fire.” Garth Brooks, 1993
This may be one of the hardest things I’ve had to do, but never let it be said, please, that I’m not open to change. From now on. Just to be. Clear. I’m going to. Try. To put. One space. Not two. After every. Full. Stop. I hear that two spaces are a thing of… Read More It hurts . . .
humblebrag ˈhʌmb(ə)lbrag/ informal noun 1. an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud. What a wonderful word!
“Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store.” Dr Seuss
Happy Christmas to you! And thank you for reading in 2016.
