We’re working harder - and faster - than ever, so it's no surprise - in fact, it's about damn time, that the four-day work-week movement has arrived. Countries and companies around the globe are starting to explore this approach in the new aka. post-pandemic world. The five-day work-week was created during the first Industrial Revolution for factory workers. It was a different time and a different type of work.
Read MoreGen Z, “the loneliest generation”, has found a way to process pervading depression and toxic positivity, and find solace in community: with trauma memes. When you think about what this group are dealing with; trying to find themselves, find love, build careers and lives with purpose - with the ongoing chaos around them; it’s not hard to see why there’s a mental health crisis happening amongst them right now.
Read MoreI grew up an absolute magazine junkie. As a tween in the 90’s I discovered Smash Hits, Top of the Pop’s and NME Magazines through my friend, Mary Chen. Her mother travelled regularly between Johannesburg and Taiwan, bringing her piles of music magazines and Spice Girl-inspired fashion on return trips. Yes, including an imitation pair of those infamous Union Jack platform boots. We took turns teetering around her house, we flipped through eye-opening pop music goss, we drooled and imagined this wild world out beyond the pages.
Read MoreWe’ve suddenly got more time on our hands then we ever knew what to unexpectedly do with. What are you doing with yours?
Once you’ve eaten everything in your fridge (twice), and rolled with your dog on the carpet (at least 3 times a day) and taken a selfie of yourselfie in the bath, wearing a face mask while swishing your bright purple mug in a donut of dissipating foam (please god, only once), it’s time to think of some more productive things to do with yourself.
Read MoreBefore you freak out, no, I’m not having a 33.3333333 life crisis. At least, I think I’m not, but I can’t quite be sure just yet. I’m talking about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, apparently it’s a thing and I currently have it. Well, I have it in that self-diagnosed way; when you tell a friend you have this symptom and they suggest it might be this thing and so you Google it — and now life as you’ve known it, is over. Well, it simply must be?
Read MoreDon’t mind me while I celebrate the end of the most admin-filled period of my life: changing my last name. It was a rigorous mission, but I was determined to do it in record time, or at the very least, by the time the clock struck one year of being a wifey. Because the longer you leave it, the more daunting it gets. And it is a rather daunting and uninspiring process to complete…
Welcome to the final leg of the journey; from engagement to marriage and so-called happily ever after; this is the part that nobody talks about, and the final jolt back to reality post wedded bliss: changing your last name in every place you exist.
Read MoreIt’s late and I’m supposed to be doing research on competitors for a new client launching a protein shake — that old chestnut — and I would be deep inside the pro’s of whey protein powders, but I can’t concentrate. Because I’m a little bit excited about what’s happening tomorrow: I’m one of 30 female participants who have been selected to attend the Django Girls Coding Workshop in Cape Town.
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