A couple of years ago I wrote about how I felt the workplace had badly let me down, and International Women’s Day brought grief rather than celebration.
I didn’t feel powerful as a woman as I felt that becoming a mum killed my career, the career I had spent my twenties exclusively building… for what?! I hadn’t planned to experience that or feel that way, and it took some time to readjust and work out how to move myself forward.
I don’t need to repeat those frustrations and everything I felt at the time, you can read it here.
Watford florist Jean Page Floral Boutique have kindly sent me a beautiful bouquet of Valentine’s flowers* for me to review.
Valentine’s day is fast approaching and now more than ever, we need to be thankful for the people in our lives and celebrate love. I know it’s not for everyone, but even a small gesture of some Valentine’s flowers can be enough to let those important to you, know that you care.
Happy New Year everyone, I am sure I am not alone in saying that I am glad 2020 is in the past and we have a fresh set of 12 months to look forward to. While things haven’t regained any kind of normal and we still spend most of the day confined by the walls of our homes, a new year still brings optimism.
It seems to me that it wasn’t that long ago I was writing my 2019 reflections, I was looking ahead at a year of adjusting to going back to work after having my son, and organising my home life accordingly among other things.
I went back to work as planned and quickly realised how much I enjoyed (and needed) having it back in my life, only for Covid-19 to take hold. I was furloughed, went back, then got made redundant in September. I now work freelance partly because I know I can make a success of it, but also because my experience in workplaces over the last few years has completely put me off working in-house in marketing again.
Two further losses took place towards the end of 2020, firstly I lost my rabbit, Wini suddenly. Big or small, animals are a large part of our lives and become members of the family, so her loss was upsetting.
And most recently, and tragically, I lost my dad at the beginning of December following several months of sudden illness and watching him deteriorate.
I found myself needing an afternoon on the sofa so I ended up binging all 10 episodes of Netflix’s American comedy-drama, Emily in Paris and I have no regrets.
