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The ‘Dirty Thirty’
It’s not unusual for each of us to have a moment of panic, or simply an eye-opening realisation, when nearing a milestone birthday. For my generation, 30 is the first of these milestone’s. I’m sure it’s not unique to Gen Y for this to be a significant moment but what is unique is the landscape in which we’re working and living now. In a time where social media rules news, pop culture and even (unfortunately) our relationships, we are exposed to everyone else’s successes, which in turn brings another level of expectation and pressure to our lives. It took me about two years to work through the significant ‘30th birthday’…
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Singledom
Previously, I’ve discussed the impact that other people can have on our lives and our growth journey… in this post however, I wanted to touch on what I’ve learnt from the empowering, and at times difficult landscape of singledom. I’m a born and bred country girl and many of the people I grew up with partnered up and started their own families quite early on in their lives. Everyone knows the Facebook posts I’m talking about; the never-ending engagements, weddings and baby bumps. I too, assumed my life would follow a similar path, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. To provide context, I haven’t been in a significant…
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When criticism is no longer constructive
Constructive criticism or for the ultra-sensitive; ‘feedback’ is both the devil and angel on our shoulders. Feedback from our leaders, colleagues, staff and friends all serve a very important purpose in our soul growth. However, there does come a time when feedback is not constructive, and we need to decipher when it’s a time to listen or when to say ‘thanks, but no thanks’. Firstly, there’s the form of feedback which is overwhelmingly positive and supportive. It usually comes from our close friends and family; those who love us unconditionally. This blog experiment for me, has provided me this type of feedback in droves. Although on a side note; when…
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