Finally, the now 2 year-old is sleeping all night rather than waking at three, and I am getting back to the work routine that suits me best. 5.30 – 7.15 a.m. Work 7.15-9.30 a.m. Breakfast with children, get everyone dressed, hunt for nursery bag, book bags and shoes that have unaccountably vanished since the night… Continue reading New routine
Category: Work-life balance
Summer in Scandinavia
I’m back from four weeks driving from the West of England to Eastern Finland and back again via Dover-Calais, Amsterdam, campsites in Germany and Sweden, stops with various Finnish in-laws, a weekend in a Swedish cottage in the Stockholm archipelago, 2 days with my non-Swedish-speaking cousin whose husband has suddenly been relocated from Grimsby to… Continue reading Summer in Scandinavia
ITI Conference
I managed to attend the second day of the ITI conference last weekend, they having appositely timed a conference on sustainability and work-life balance to coincide with my husband’s 40th birthday. So in keeping with the work-life balance theme, I attended half of it. The day started with Philippa Hammond and Sarah Dillon’s joint presentation… Continue reading ITI Conference
And never the twain shall meet – incompatible holidays
If you live in the UK and work for clients in Sweden and Finland, from the end of April you are constantly missing each other. This Friday is May Day. For my clients, this is a public holiday and you won’t hear much from them from lunchtime on Thursday, i.e. about 11 am., and as… Continue reading And never the twain shall meet – incompatible holidays