Holidays are about relaxation, calm and freedom. Is it possible to keep that feeling when you return to work? These four steps will help you find holiday calm in your work day.
How to keep the holiday feeling when you return to work
11 redundancy emotions I’ve been feeling
I was made redundant yesterday. Over the last two weeks I’ve been asked many times how I feel; a very confusing question. It would be very easy to feel bitter and angry, but I don’t want to as I joined the company straight after university so it feels like I’ve grown up there. However, that hasn’t stopped me feeling a mix of emotions. Sad I’m leaving people I’ve worked with for a long time I Continue Reading …
The working mum’s guilt
Thursday is my day with the children, and it is a busy day with swimming and gymnastics classes. However, at the moment I am on a train to London, in a suit on my way to an important work meeting. I’m lucky that my Mother in law is happy to change the day she looks after the children, so I spent the day with them yesterday and she is looking after them today. And I’m guilt Continue Reading …
What do you need for hotdesking?
These days hotdesking is not necessarily about moving desks within an office, it could be working between several offices, hotels or at home. It is unlikely businesses will move away from hotdesking or mobile working so it is important to make it work for your advantage. I’ve previously given tips on successful hotdesking, but thought it was worth expanding those ideas. My first comment is to develop your own method; what works for other people Continue Reading …
39 keyboard key purchases
Every month one of my most popular posts is Ask advice: how to label keyboard keys so in response to this interest I’ve put together a list of different keyboard key related items you can buy. Clothing
14 things that delay me leaving work
I hotdesk. Every morning I start with a desk and monitor, and at the end of the day I pack everything away. This means it’s easy to keep a clear desk as there is no time for items to build up; or does it? I used to work with someone who kept a perfect clear desk. Although he worked on several projects his desk usually contained his notebook, pen and mug. I loved the space, Continue Reading …
Ask advice: how to keep a project daily log
For the whole of this week I am on a Prince2 project management training course, so over the last few weeks I’ve dutifully been doing the pre course reading. I’ve just finished the first day of the course. One of the ideas that takes my fancy is the Project Manager’s Daily Log, however I’m struggling to think how I would implement it. Its purpose is described as “to record required actions or significant events not Continue Reading …
Ask Advice: working on multiple projects
Things are challenging at work at the moment and it is making me question further whether my organisation system is fit for my job. Since the beginning of April I have gone from working on two closely related projects for the same manager to four different projects for different managers. This is proving difficult, especially as they are all urgent now. My current system prioritises tasks based on deadline and priority level on a last Continue Reading …
My solution for worn keyboard keys
Over six months ago I asked for advice on how to label the key on my keyboard where the letters had worn off. It has surprised me how many other people have the same problem with their keyboard. I thought I had just bought a cheap keyboard, but maybe cheap keyboards are becoming more common, or perhaps we are using our keyboards more often. After thinking about it for some time and reading the comments Continue Reading …
13 tips to successful hot desking
There are many reasons an organisation may introduce hot desking; to increase flexibility, to reduce costs, to introduce a different culture. It can be a difficult time for staff to move to this new way of working, but it is easier and less stressful to change your working habits to work with the new system enabling you to be open to the benefits offered by hot desking. My organisation has been hot desking for five Continue Reading …
