Jul 23rd, 2010
by andrea.
I have been doing an internet marketing course over the last year while taking some time out from corporate law. I decided to take a break from the course as I wasn’t achieving the results I wanted and I thought that a break would give me a fresh approach when I started again. That decision [...]
Jul 22nd, 2010
by andrea.
The best laid schemes o’mice and men often go astray ~ Robert Burns
“Who Moved My Cheese?“, by Dr Spencer Johnson, is a book that I’ve been meaning to read for awhile and when I spotted it in the bookshelf of my current housesit I knew now was the time.
The book only took an hour to read and, [...]
Jul 21st, 2010
by andrea.
It turns out I’m not as disciplined as I thought; in fact I have a lazy person inside simply dying to take over. While I was working as a lawyer I was ultra organised (scarily so, I’ve been told), worked well to deadlines, for the most part worked well under pressure and could always be [...]
Jul 15th, 2010
by andrea.
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ~ William Morris
For those who are regular readers you will know that I live a little differently these days. I essentially live with what will fit into the boot of my car and I am house sitting [...]
Jul 12th, 2010
by andrea.
Wwoofing?? Has my spell check given up for the day or is this some weird cult involving a lot of barking and scratching? Neither thank goodness!
So what exactly is Wwoofing? Well for starters it stands for World Wide Opportunties On Organic Farms; althought that is no longer the only work on offer. The description on the [...]
I bring to you my first ever non legal article that has been published! This article is included in the July edition of Professionelle’s newletter. Professionelle is an online network for professional women in New Zealand (although I’m sure that Sarah and Galia would be more than happy to have more overseas members!)
Perfection – is it [...]
I’ve been trying a different way of living for the last 6 months and have been housesitting my way around New Zealand. A couple of days ago I wrote an article on how to get a housesit and I thought you might like to know what the good, the bad and the ugly was when [...]