2nd November marks the beginning of #YouthWorkWeek 2020 and I’m going to start with a message to a young person: to myself. “What would you say to your younger self?” I get asked this question a lot. But I don’t often think about my answer. Actually, I don’t often...
/ Turn off notifications. / When I keep my notifications off, I have to actively open apps to check my notifications & inboxes. If they're off, I check them less and I'm not distracted by negative thoughts or pressure about the number of unreads. / Use an app...
I don’t know what your roses need but I pretend I do anyway. I hold each bud between finger and thumb and wash off greenflies. One by one. I pull off dying leaves with black spots and give up on windy days. (I always stop my friends to smell the roses.) I stroke the...