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Jan 6, 2022

December 2021

No, this is not one of *those* end of year letters...

Here are some random reflections and realisations: #100Rejections2021 In case you don’t know - and here’s a refresher if you do - I tally up the…

Dec 22, 2021 •

November 2021

I learned this key skill in the pandemic

or, how do you actually write a successful application?

Nov 4, 2021 •

September 2021

Go away from the noise of the world. Go for a coffee and actually sit and enjoy it. Don’t refresh your emails or write your to do list. Drink in your…

Sep 2, 2021 •

July 2021

I'm never working for them again

Remember that gig I wish I had turned down? Sweet relief, it’s over! Did I do the job to the best of my ability? Yes…whatever my best is when I’m…

Jul 21, 2021 •

June 2021

Unsubscribing is so cathartic

(although I'd love for you to stay with me a little while longer 😜)

Jun 30, 2021 •

I let myself down

I didn’t take my own advice. I said yes to a job that didn’t really tick my boxes. I said yes when I knew deep down (okay maybe it wasn’t actually that…

Jun 22, 2021 •

Ok, but is this meeting *actually* necessary?

Once upon a time I was in a meeting. I was part of a small team and we were preparing for another meeting with the wider team. For the meeting with the…

Jun 9, 2021 •

May 2021

You don't have to do everything right now

When I started my letters, I promised myself that I would only write when I had something to say. I haven’t had anything to say. But I have missed…

May 26, 2021 •

March 2021

Turning down work (yes, even in a pandemic)

Freelance culture (especially in the arts) = take every opportunity that comes our way. Regardless of whether the work is exploitative, if it aligns…

Mar 10, 2021 •

February 2021

The changes I want to remain the same

Everywhere you look people are discussing what they are looking forward to post lockdown life in England. Some people are looking forward to social…

Feb 24, 2021 •

We are not nouns, we are verbs.

"We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing – an actor, a writer – I am a person who does things – I write, I act – and I never know what I am…

Feb 17, 2021 •

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