What Sophie Said

Amazing as being away last week was, you have to return to reality. On the most part things are good but life has a way of sometimes throwing the not-so-good in your face just to remind you you're back! Last Saturday was one of those days... I got home with a full food shop to find I apparently no longer have a freezer shelf. The cleaner was doing her usual trick of slamming every door and crashing the hoover into everything while talking on her phone at full volume. I had to chase O2 for the FIFTH time about an ongoing issue. I had a frustrating email about an incident from a few weeks ago which I won't go into. I realised I'd spent slightly more than expected this month - not to the extreme, but enough to be annoying as I like to stick to my budget and plans. Things like this kept popping up all day, as if reminding me that my week away was over. I guess it's all a case of perspective, isn't it? Things that would normally be a bit annoying are hugel...

I had a conversation recently about solving problems. My aunt and uncle were visiting London and we met in my lunchbreak, then somehow ended up on the topic of problem-solving. I can’t remember how it came up, but we were talking about how important it can be to just change one element of your approach or thinking and amazing things can happen. It’s so easy to get frustrated and stuck in a rut, especially when the problems you’re trying to sort out are big ones, or you feel like you’re in someone else’s hands. I’ve got two examples connected to pretty big life changes. Getting a new job In early 2015, I made the decision my next step would be moving to London. I left the job I was in, because I knew interviews in London would mean taking whole days off work, so wanted to give myself the time to job hunt properly and avoid the awkward questions of requesting whole days of work with little explanation. I was looking and applying, but role after role wasn’t quit...