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  • Midlife Musings

    No More Room to Grow

    September 22, 2021 /No Comments

    Objective observations, when ignored, will not help anyone to get ahead, leaving them no more room to grow.

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    It’s Swimsuitphobia Season!

    June 20, 2021 /No Comments

    A floss bikini in a celebrity style column sent me straight back to the mustard yellow pageant humiliation of 1983. My relationship with swimsuits has always been complicated.

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    Women in the Workplace Pt 1

    June 17, 2021 /No Comments

    A colleague sulked her way out of a leadership role by hoarding information and skipping mandatory meetings. On work pettiness, and why reliability beats everything.

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    With Friends Like These

    June 17, 2021 /No Comments

    A coworker drops information bombs to bait people into asking what's wrong. How do I know this tactic? Because my mother does the same shit.

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    I Hate You More – Meeting the Female Mr Horrible

    June 16, 2021 /No Comments

    She's controlling, isolating, threatened by everyone, needs alcohol to socialise, and has no friends of her own. Sound familiar? Meet the female mr horrible.

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Writing about the random ass shit going on in my life since 2007. I pull no punches and use salty language. Read at your own risk.

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