Review of May 2019 : To 3 or not to 3, Travelling again and Discovery of potential career path

As promised, I am back in the swing of things and very timely for the May update – big pat on the back to me ! Now for the past month highlights…

2019 resolutions : how am I doing ?

Apparently, most resolutions that people take a New Year are abandoned come February. To try and avoid this, I have published my resolutions for the year here to hold myself accountable. At almost the 6 months mark, how well (or not) have I acted on my list.

7 morning routine tips for working mums (self-care only, not kids !)

I am not a beauty blogger but I do put some attention into my appearance, mostly for myself and partly to project a professional and high-standard image at work. At the same time, I refuse to spend hours getting ready in the morning : sleep and time with my family is much more important and so is getting to work early. Over the past 4 years, I have become quite efficient in my morning routine so I thought I would share my main tips with you. No rocket science, simply tips for regular working mums who just want to look a tiny bit good without spending 1 hour getting ready.

Review of April 2019 : “Done is good”, Peanut on the move and unexpected spanner in the works…

Since the fiasco of February, I have promised myself to not miss a monthly update. So here I am ! Eager and excited to share how my April has been ! The good bits and the bad bits… Let’s start with the bad bit.

How I recovered from my first major career setback

I want to write this post for 2 reasons. The first one is that I hope that it may provide some support and ideas to some readers who might experience a professional setback. The other reason is to keep a record for myself, as I know professional challenges don’t happen just once in a career, and it is helpful to develop one’s own way to tackle them.

Review of March 2019 : Career revival underway, messy house and blogging

I promised a March update and here it is ! 3 weeks late but after skipping the February update altogether, I thought I would still give myself a pat on the back for blogging about last month.

Long overdue update

It’s been almost 6 weeks since I last wrote. That is the longest I have ever gone since I started this blog now 1 year ago. I will try and catch you up on my life so this post might be a bit all over the place. Bear with me, normal service will indeed resume !

Review of January 2019 : flexible working, positive thinking and Apple growing up

First month of 2019 is almost over already ! Do you also feel that time goes quicker and quicker ? Anyway, January has been nice and busy… 

Bullet Journal : 30-day review and tips

Reblogging this article to give inspiration to help my readers be more organized in 2019 (good resolutions for many of you I am sure)

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About a month ago (see review of April 2018), one of my friend showed me her bullet journal. I had heard of them and had seen a few ads on Facebook but I had never seen one in real life. She told me that she started hers because she was always doing 100 things at the same time and was doing a bad job of keeping track, thus becoming notoriously unreliable.

That sounded just like me ! So I thought I’d give it a go and try it out for at least a whole month. Here is my experience after 30 days of “bullet journaling” !

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1 year post maternity leave : what I wish I had known before I came back to work

1 year ago today,  I was getting ready to come back to work after having my second daughter Peanut. 3 months before, I had finished work 3 days before my due date, I had put everything in order for projects to continue smoothly without me and I felt very confident. After all, I had done it before and it had gone smoothly. Boy, I was in for a rough ride !