Out-of-office
I’ve done enough work for one year, so I’m taking the rest of December off.
It’s been a brilliant year professionally. I’ve been doing the work I’m passionate about:
- creating a new brand voice for Samaritans as part of its brand refresh
- designing training for Samaritans to help its volunteers deliver an innovative web chat pilot
- carrying out a content audit for the Attenborough Centre for The Creative Arts
- working with Change Grow Live to create its first content strategy and overhaul its website
- helping Rickshaw Travel shape their content strategy
- writing new website content for The Clock Tower Sanctuary as a pro bono project
- curating and running the second Curio Conference.
I’ve also been white knuckling it all year. Testing my nerve and turning down work for organisations whose values don’t match my own, even when I needed the money. Experiencing just how much working for yourself accelerates your growth as a person. Working too much, resting too little.
So I’m taking the rest of December to redress the balance. I can’t really afford to do it, but also, I can’t afford not to.
I’m going to do some admin and planning so I can start 2020 (2020! We’re living in the future) ready for action. I’m going to do my tax return. I’m going to door knock for my local Labour MP. I’m going to read. I’m going to spend time with my husband, friends and family. I’m going to swim in the sea. I’m going to watch the starlings murmur over the pier. I’m going to take photos. I’m going to sleep.
I’ll see you in January. (I have some availability if you have a project for me.)
I hope you have a great Christmas and New Year.
