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Redundancy gave me something I didn’t expect. Time. Not the kind you plan a holiday around. The unstructured, uncomfortable, has to be discovered kind. Time you weren’t given for a reason. Where you have to work to find the reason. I could have filled every hour with the job search. I did, most days. Some […]
The tech industry is going through it right now. Layoffs are landing across the sector, at companies of every size and vertical, at every level of seniority. People who were high performers, settled, valued, experienced are suddenly back on the market. I know, because I’m one of them. When that happens, the instinct is to […]
I have spent the last few weeks in an unexpected place: sitting with myself, asking questions I have been too busy to ask for most of my adult life. Not “what is my next role?” or “what does my CV say about me?” though both of those questions are important. The questions underneath those. The […]
Slow is a word rarely used in my vocabulary. It’s not a word I’ve ever used to describe myself, describe how I like to work, train, talk, think or eat. I’ve quite persistently and enthusiastically been; quick, impatient, efficient, productive, fast, at almost everything. ‘Slowing down’ for me was resting. (spoiler) It’s not resting. I’d […]
In 2025, I experimented with uncertainty. I traveled alone more than any other year. I tried new sports. I read new books. I made new friends. I learned new languages. I pushed myself to be comfortable with undefined paths and fluffy edges. My 20s had been defined by immense change, trial and error, failure and […]
Evolution. Modernisation. Advancement. Adaptation. Revolution. I’ve wondered why such an undeniable fact of life fills so many with dread. Why each time we turn a new page, we start contemplating all the pages that came before. Why change feels so intertwined with grief. “The only constant in life is change” Heraclitus In my own life, […]
Over the last few months, I’ve been reflecting on the theme of investing in yourself… Often, I’ve felt as though I’m someone who’s commitment to learning and self-improvement was obvious. Throughout my life I’ve always had a budget for books, enrolled in some course or programme of development, been in and out of therapy, joined […]
“If there’s one thing that’s certain in business, it’s uncertainty.” – Stephen Covey I’ve had a very busy start to 2025. I started a new role at GitHub, in a newly formed global team, on a partnership model new to the company. I lost someone very dear to me in January, someone I spoke to regularly […]
Each New Year I approach the classic period of reflection. Assessing my days like-for-like for the same date 365 days ago. When I sat down to look at 2024, there was one theme that stood out for me more than any other. This is the year where I lived outside of my comfort zone, and […]
At the end of this month, I’ll be 30. Naturally, it’s brought a period of reflection as to where this decade of my life has taken me, and where my path has taken me in new directions. While reflecting, I found an old note saved in my iCloud with a list of ‘Things to do […]