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Life without a blackberry: Jumping Ship

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Life without a blackberry. Monday, 14 February 2011. An ex colleague recently got in touch to ask me about jumping ship. The pleasant exchange of Facebook messages and other such correspondences made me realise I should probably at some point share here some of the tips and mistakes which I learned from my own experiences in moving to another field. It would be great to explore questions such as these:. 1 How does one decide to really go for it? 2 Once the decision has been made, what next? I've also tak...

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Life without a blackberry: For the Love of Cupcakes

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Life without a blackberry. Wednesday, 8 September 2010. For the Love of Cupcakes. Have you ever thought of how cupcakes could help victims of sexual trafficking? No, I'm not talking about cupcakes sold in a booth in some market somewhere to raise funds for a charity that works to combat the problem of sexual trafficking - though that's awesome in itself. Two weeks ago, Rob and I visited several projects in Phnom Penh, the capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia. One of these projects is called. We couldn't ta...

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Life without a blackberry: August 2010

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Life without a blackberry. Monday, 23 August 2010. Last week I read another interesting. In the International Herald Tribune. This time on consumer spending. Which I'd like to share with my readers! Stephanie Rosenbloom wrote about how consumers in the US are beginning to rethink about their spending. The crux of it is that research (plus some people's own experiences) has shown that buying things. Will not bring as much happiness / fulfillment as spending money on experiences. If you are into learning g...

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Life without a blackberry: November 2012

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Life without a blackberry. Thursday, 29 November 2012. Can't believe I haven't posted anything for more than a year! Here's a recent blog I wrote for Viva. Maybe this is a good place to restart again. 8220; Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Whilst training as a lawyer I had my first brief encounter with poverty. Back to the UK to raise funds and awareness for Viva) I learned abou...

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Life without a blackberry: February 2013

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Life without a blackberry. Tuesday, 26 February 2013. Sweaty, stinking but happy. 2 days ago I ran in the Standard Chartered 10k race. I can still feel the stiffness in my legs (which apparently can last the whole week), but it’s all worth it. Just thinking about the 1 hour 3 minutes and 11 seconds on Sunday makes me smile. Like many others, I’m not a natural runner. I’m not a runner, period. But perhaps I can be, after this? 8216;My best’, however, is not an easy concept for me. You can’t do it. Though ...

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Life without a blackberry: March 2011

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Life without a blackberry. Monday, 14 March 2011. Can you work with your spouse? A common question I get asked these days goes something like this: How do you manage to work with Rob (my husband) all the time? Or if the person asking is being a bit less subtle: How can you possibly work with your spouse. Rob and I both work for the children's charity Viva. With me devoting 90% of my time, and Rob 50%. The other 50% Rob works on his writing and speaking business. I'm naturally risk averse. That your way o...

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Life without a blackberry: Escape The City

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Life without a blackberry. Monday, 28 February 2011. If you are or know someone who's considering a career change. You might find www.escapethecity.org helpful - largely based in the UK, this site seeks to provide a forum for people who are thinking of escaping the city (ie the City in London, but it can also apply to other cities! I'm featured as a " Hero. On the site (ha! 2) What did you do before this? Well, I did quite a few things! 3) What was your moment of truth? It's hard to pinpoint to a particu...

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Life without a blackberry: The Lover

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Life without a blackberry. Monday, 21 February 2011. Recently I read a thought provoking, captivating book The Lover. By A B Yehoshua. Originally written in Hebrew, it tells of a story set in the 70s in Israel. And evolves around a Jewish man, his wife, their teenage daughter, a young Jewish man who had returned from France and a teenage Arab boy. To the different characters in first person, it is a beautifully book with depth, and much nuanced insight. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). After a four-mo...

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Life without a blackberry: So what do you do?

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Life without a blackberry. Wednesday, 6 October 2010. So what do you do? This article was pitched as part of a series for a paper in Singapore but it was dropped (sob! As the paper didn't want to encourage a trend for corporate exodus (! Thought I should post it here nonetheless for those who haven't got bored of reading about escaping the corporate life :). So what do you do? I dreaded that question 3 years ago but it was impossible to avoid being asked precisely that at dinner parties. Neither was I aw...