Focus time

Ever find it difficult to manage your own calendar because of the events and meetings that other people fill it with? A simple tip I’ve […]

Comments

Following on from Sheila MacNeill’s post ‘A slow decline, or a sign of something else? Where have all the bloggers gone?‘, I’ve wondered about blogging […]

Toxic habits

Do you have a ‘toxic habit’? Do you know what one even is let alone being able to identify it within yourself? Calling a habit […]

Imposter Syndrome

Imposter syndrome is the “belief that you’re an inadequate and incompetent failure despite evidence that indicates you’re skilled and quite successful.” (The Muse) Nearly everyone […]

Go for a walk

Before Covid and lockdown, I’d have a 15-minute walk from the car park to the office and my desk. At the end of the day, […]

Where do my materials writing opportunities come from?

Here are some true stories behind how I’ve been offered /ended up getting involved in certain ELT writing projects. Not all of these have resulted […]

Game changer

As a blogger, I’ve been struggling. Historically it has been a rewarding pastime for me – both personally and career wise – but it has […]

Rookie mistake

Well, it had to happen at some stage. After two years of working fully remotely or what is now being called a ‘hybrid working pattern’ […]

52 things I learned in 2021

Inspired by Tom Whitwell’s annual collection of things learned, here are my ’52 things I learned in 2021′. The list is usually presented under the […]

Violets are blue

When I pressed the Publish button on Roses are red, it capstoned a year of semantics for me which spilled over into this year. In […]

Brain fog

“Welcome to Monday morning and another bout of brain fog.” says my brain. Gee, thanks! It doesn’t matter when it arrives (or hits you) it […]

It’s here

Try as we might, we’ve not been able to avoid the Covid thing any longer. Despite all our best efforts for the last 19-or-so months […]

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