Since having children I’ve changed my opinion on whether punctuality is a choice. Before: yes. Now: yes but really no. I read a post on LinkedIn recently that illustrates the…
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I’ve been pondering what I heard someone say on Instagram about parenting. She said you can only ever have one of these three (when your children are around, presumably): peace,…
The baby has some verbal communication skills now. He can respond to questions by shaking his head (meaning ‘no’) or reaching his hand out (meaning ‘now’). He can say ‘nanna’…
The sentencing of Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos infamy this week gave me lots to think about. I’m broadly speaking a law-and-order conservative, so my sense of justice was rewarded by…
Various close brushes with events of life-altering potential have made me reflect on cliché things like ‘what really matters’. I’m a bad one for obsessive introspection and trying to lead…
It turns out it’s not ‘happy wife, happy life’, but ‘happy baby, happy life’. The baby, who is now fully walking, has been in a brilliant mood for about a…
I read something this morning in Sarah Hart-Unger’s blog that could have come from my keyboard (emphasis mine): But for whatever reason, I felt calm and maybe the kids followed…
Unbelievably, we were hit by another round of a stomach bug on the weekend. This one was the real deal as well. I changed the sheets to the baby’s cot…
I first heard of the principle of ‘slack in the system’ on the Operations module of the MBA. The lecturer used the example of how different airports were able to…
There is a bit of a trend in orange-flavoured chocolate at the moment. I’ve been doing loads of market research. The best chocolate orange treats around, in order, are: M&S…