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Energy Management Over Time Management, Every Time
Everything Else ➤ 10th May 2024

Energy Management Over Time Management, Every Time

One of the questions submitted in my ‘Ask Me Anything‘ form was this: “What are your best tips for time management given you do/achieve so much?” The simplest answer is that I don’t manage time. There...

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I'm Jayne

A word-y, blanket-loving, hot drink-guzzling, Wordle-playing, creative who has written a book or two*.

*(five, we're on book five.)

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Writing ➤ 23rd May 2023

A Glimpse Into My Tech Stack As A Writer/Author/Blogger

Over the years, I've trialled, tested, loved and hated an astonishing amount of tech, landing with a stack of really cool tools which work efficiently and cost-effectively together. I'm such a curious so-and-so and relish hearing about what tech other creatives are using. With that in mind, I'm sharing my current tech stack with you in case you're into the same geekery as me.

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Writing ➤ 15th April 2023

28 Ways A Virtual Assistant Could Help Your Writing Career

There are many writers getting bogged down by the daily recurring tasks, leaving not a lot of energy for the creative juice that's needed for a sustainable career. Here are 28 ways a virtual assistant could step-in to help.

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DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 6th December 2024

My ‘With A Little Something-Something’ Christmas Cranberry Sauce

This cranberry sauce recipe of mine has stood the test of time. Born out of a Christmas where we made hampers as gifts and had some vodka and Cointreau lying about. As I was making...

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Writing ➤ 30th May 2023

The Two Reasons I Gave Self-Publishing A Go

My first four books were traditionally published. Between them, they sold over 60,000 copies. It was a dream come true. So, why then give self-publishing a go? There were two reasons.

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Everything Else ➤ 14th June 2024

The Highlights: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

The Creative Act: A Way of Being is a book that's packed to the rafters with philosophical, thought-provoking and inspiring reflections, written in a non-linear and personable way. You feel as though you're sitting in a studio with Rick as he's sharing these personal, anecdotal and, oftentimes, profound, insights.

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Everything Else ➤ 5th April 2024

Self-Care For When Life Gives You Lemons

We’ve all had ‘those’ days which have rolled into two, maybe three, possibly a week, a month, a year – a stretch of time when it feels as though life is just pelting lemons at us, repeatedly. A chaotic patch of life which tests our resolve to the limit. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong. We’re beyond stressed. We’re at our wits’ end. Kerplunked. Problem-solving takes brainpower, courage and resilience. It’s hard to pick ourselves up again, and again, and again. The knee-jerk reaction is to keep ploughing on but it rarely all goes away without a re-steering of the ship.

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Writing ➤ 9th April 2023

How To Self-Edit Your Work As A Writer

As a writer, self-editing is an essential part of the creative process, albeit a daunting one. Spotting errors and inconsistencies in our own work can be a right ol’ challenge.

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Everything Else ➤ 17th May 2023

The Difference Between Stress And Anxiety

Many of the emotional and physical symptoms of stress and anxiety are the same and quite often they’re used interchangeably because, they’re so similar and hard to tell apart that they’re like identical twins.

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Everything Else ➤ 19th April 2024

Interesting Things I Found On The Internet This Week

Gosh, how lucky we are to live in an age where everything we want to know and learn is available on the internet at the tippity-tap of our fingertips?! When I think of all of the questions I used to ask my mum was I was younger and how difficult it must have been for her to get access to the answers she didn't know compared with how easily we just 'look things up' now... This week, I came across a few really cool and interesting things on the internet. Some of them, sososo helpful, that I couldn't help but want to share. So, here we are!

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DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 19th November 2024

Birthday Pottery Class: I made a Clay Ceiling Pendant

As I get older, the things I want to do to celebrate my birthday are getting more like a refined children’s birthday party and I not only love this for myself but for those who...

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