So, I'm not going to lie: apart from the physical books, sunburn is the only evidence of my reading this month. But sunburn aside (it's turning into tan now anyway), it's been a bumper book month, mostly because of my newly free Fridays. It's also a month that I've just realised is also dedicated to [...]
No, this is not a Jack Black movie. I am stealing the title though, as it seems pretty apt for the "unprecedented times" we are living through. Since the lockdown started, about a million years ago, the word kindness has taken on a whole new meaning. But the meaning has not, in many cases, translated [...]
Like many people, my lockdown started with a list of things I wanted to achieve. With so much extra time to kill, now that commuting, leaving the house, etc, etc is no longer a thing, the last couple of months have provided us all with a perfect opportunity to do stuff we wouldn't normally do. [...]
Who would have thought that when our offices closed in March, we would be working from home for this long? The reality is, we in the UK have been on lockdown for just under 2 months now, and for other countries it's been significantly longer. When I was told my office was closing I was [...]
Sometimes, if you think what you're going through sucks, reading can help. It can pick you up, remind you of happier times and take you to a better world. Or, it can remind you that really, your problems are literally miniscule. In the grand scheme of things, your problems don't matter and you're going to [...]
I meant to write this on Friday, but better late than never, right? I think if there's one thing we can take away from the lockdown, it's the fact that the small things are not only more important, they're also more noticeable right now. The fact that we're confined to our houses, apart from for [...]
It's official. We have been in lockdown for over a month, and there's still no real indication of when this is going to end. It's safe to say I've learnt a lot about myself; I actually miss my daily commute, I can work from home much more effectively than I thought, and I have become [...]
Since we can't go anywhere right now, you'd have thought I'd have been all over my reading list in the last few weeks. Safe to say, I haven't been. I can be a terrible procrastinator, and with so much time on my hands, it's so easy to just "do it tomorrow". The fact that the [...]
I have officially lost track of time. As much as I've been trying to stick to a routine, dates kind of don't really matter anymore. Since my work plans and strategies have naturally been changed and moved about as we all figure out how best to respond to this whole situation, the normal deadlines have [...]
I haven't written one of these in a while, but since there's so much doom and gloom going round, I thought I'd revive "The Small Things" blogs. Obviously, we are all on lockdown. Which means there is a lot more time to appreciate the little things in life. And since it helps to put things [...]
