The Opinionated Woman
Where I lay my inner thoughts out into the world. These posts are inspired by my personal journal entries; the thoughts and ideas I want to share with you and get your views on.
In my first three years in business, I made a loss.Each of my tax returns took me further and further into the red, and I felt it. I was stressed, weighed down, wondering how I make it work, why it’s so effortless for others.Why it was so hard for me?What was I missing?What was I …
There’s a thing that’s been holding me back… I wrote about it in this post last year: How to be more successful than most people will ever be The thing is, people expect you to only be successful when they see proof.In the case of the last post, it was because I had nothing to …
I write gratitude lists, not regularly, and not enough, but I write them, and I aim to do them daily as part of my morning ritual (it’s so much more than just brushing your teeth!) Here’s what I notice…. The things I’m grateful for change all the time.The list gets easier to write the more …
It’s who I am.Who I’ve always been. I’m the person who people come to when they want an opinion, advice, an outside perspective on something. I’m the one who has something to say. I’m the one who has been hiding, holding back and keeping my mouth shut. I’m sorry. I’m sorry to me, I’m sorry …
It’s loud and clear, right? We’re told “good things come to those who wait,” but let’s be honest, that’s not true. Not in the strictest sense of the meaning. Those who wait stand still.Nothing happens, they do nothing.What are they waiting for?To be ready?To be allowed?For a result? None of those things happen while you …
There’s a realisation that so many people will probably never have. Boredom and depression can feel much the same when you read into depression and how it feels, and if you allow yourself to be bored long enough, you’ll probably start to believe that you’re depressed too. Like it’s something you can’t fix, can’t handle, …
Back in High School, there was a sign that sat on my desk.My science teacher, Mr Hannaford, toward the end of the lesson would ask me if I was going to entertain the extra questions in the textbooks. He told me they were optional but reinforced what we’d learned. The conversation always went a similar …
That pent up rage, which you ignore from one day to the next… that discomfort, unease, not wanting to accept what’s all around you, and yet… you deal, you handle, you shut it down, put up with it a little more. Hell, it’s the story of your life… just deal, keep going, keeping “making do” …
Well… first comes the conversation… actually, no… first comes the idea. The thought. The realisation, followed by the acceptance that something isn’t right. It’s taking a break amidst the chaos, looking at what’s going on around, and rather than frantically saving your own ass, taking a minute to see how you could positively impact those …
Why is it so vital for children go back into schools right now?Why was it so important for the youngest children to go back first? Take away all the reasoning like “It’s the right thing for children, they can be educated in a safe COVID-secure way. We should be getting them back to school.” COVID-secure?? …