A conversation I had with my mum when I was fourteen has been replaying in my mind. The memory goes like this: We're sitting on a bench in the school playground. It's evening, it's cold and I'm cross. My younger sister is progressing faster on the cello than I am on the violin. She's just [...]
Increasing productivity has been on my mind lately, especially as my music tuition has picked up in the new academic year so I have less time to spend on my other creative pursuits. A recent FEU Training webinar pointed out the difference between productivity and busywork. It was not something I had consciously considered before [...]
We all have days when we just can't get motivated, when we'd rather stay in bed or do anything except our work. I've been having a whole week of those days. I just couldn't find the energy or enthusiasm to work on paperwork or my many projects, which led to stress and worry about not [...]
I'm almost a year into being full-time self-employed and in that time I've learned a lot of things through trial and error (mostly error!). Something that I think I've got the hang of now is organising all of the projects that I have going at once. I currently have six projects that I'm actively working [...]
