Category Archives: Work

Apron

By Naomi | Published: 15/07/2011
Remember letting go of your mother’s apron strings? No, neither do I. But I guess at some point we all did. Unless we’re still living at home at 30 or 40 or (gulp) 50 of course…… As we go through life there seem to be lots of moments where we have the option of letting [...]
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Happiness

By Naomi | Published: 08/07/2011
If you ask people what they want in life, for themselves and for their children, most would answer “happiness”. If this is true, why are so many people unhappy? Particularly those who appear, on the surface, to have everything. And why, if my friends are any example, is the root of their unhappiness so often [...]
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Freedom

By Naomi | Published: 12/05/2011
I don’t seem to meet many people who work for themselves. This always strikes me as odd because I imagine it to be something people would really want to do. Conversations with friends usually bring up all kinds of complaints about working for employers and I can’t help but wonder why they do it? I [...]
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Plans

By Naomi | Published: 10/12/2010
What could be just about the best birthday present money could never buy? How about time? Sounds impossible, but that’s just what i was given for my birthday. Simon made the decision that he would work for four days a week and I would have Fridays. He has the girls and I have a whole [...]
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Identity

By Naomi | Published: 10/11/2009
It’s been a week or so since I wrote anything on The Minimal List but I’ve been a bit distracted sorting my identity out. Now this post may seem like one for the ladies, and only those with children too, but actually I imagine lots of people reach a point in their life when a [...]
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