Tag Archives: Juggling
“Think of yourself as one business with multiple components”
Apparently there are limits to what one person can achieve in 24 hours – not that I really like to admit this!! Being a very positive person and having lots of ideas and being reasonably skilled in a number of areas, and not feeling that being a single parent is an excuse to stop me […]
I am a single parent, what is your super power?
When I first saw that on a poster, my first reaction was to laugh. And then I started to think why single parenthood had being likened to having super powers. The more I thought about it, the more I realised it was true. Single parents rock! Most of us don’t think about how hard it […]
Where there’s a single parent there’s a way…
But it’s not always easy. When I had my son I had several epiphanies that without becoming a mother I might never have had. The first was that no, I did not in fact wish I had had twins – for some reason I had thought it would be a nice idea and had no […]
“Out from the ashes, grow the roses of success”
It has been exactly one year since my husband and father of our two sons (8 and 11) moved out of our home. This anniversary also marks the launch of our new business ChoccyScrumptious! I am now a happy single mum with a new business and two bright and cheerful children who are excelling at […]
Do we ever get it right?
I was asked to write about how as a single parent I balance working and home life. The answer to that is that I don’t very well. I couldn’t say that I am ever at ease with anything that I am doing. There never seems to be a balance, it just feels like a constant […]
teachersarahb: 2003 BC (before children)
This post comes from Sarah B, who will be blogging as teachersarahb in future. I think back to how I was 10 years ago: a fun-loving, enthusiastic, ambitious ball of energy. Now, 10 years on and in my mid-thirties, I hardly recognise the exhausted shell of a person I have become after raising a young […]
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