I don't know if I'm on my own on this one but recently I've been suffering from poor sleep. Unfortunately the reason for that poor sleep is that I keep waking up really early (about 2am) in a blind panic about whether or not I am able to maintain enough work for my company to keep me and my employees in jobs, mortgages, clothes, food etc. In the cold (and knackered) light of day, I know that I have no real reason to fear this. I have 2 major and a number of smaller clients, all of whom keep piling on the work and none of whom seem in any hurry to take their work elsewhere.
Fundraising isn't the most morale-boosting of professions to be in at the moment but at least I can say our area of work is currently in demand! However, like many others I guess, we are currently having to work twice as hard to attempt to maintain the levels of income we've been used to securing over the past few years. Feelings of not being able to do accomplish everything / anything have started to surface. So what do I do in reaction to this? Of course, put more hours into not accomplishing that which I want. That then leaves me reducing the amount of time I am spending with my family - cue more feelings of 'not-doing-a-good-job' at home as well as at work.
Does anyone out there have the magical nay nythical answer to this age-old problem?? Or is it just true that the more we accomplish, achieve and have for ourselves, the more we fear losing it all rather than enjoying it while it lasts???
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Mystery Man Hype
Yesterday was Valentines Day. Unusually for me, my own Valentines Day experience was filled with a Mystery Man, but not in the traditional Valentines Day sense. Last week we received a call at the office from a retired gentleman wanting to make a £3k donation to the Bury Hospice Capital Appeal. However, he wanted to use his donation to solicit further donations and so told us he wanted to challenge the people of Bury to match his donation and he would therefore only actually hand over the cash once we'd found 3 other people who would match his offer!
As a result, we placed an article in the Bury Times and I was interviewed on BBC Radio Manchester about the challenge as well as discussing it on my usual spot on Tower FM. To date, two further donors have come forward and we're looking for a third to realise the full £12k potential.
The Mystery Man did make me think though! What other immediate calls to action can we come up with over the coming months that could bring in the same results? There is obviously something about this man's story that has captured people's imaginations.
Meanwhile, Valentines Day in our house was spectacularly quiet. After Monday tea at Grandad's I managed to get S in bed before 8 o'clock and enjoyed a rare evening of sole control of the TV remote while OH was out in his Gritterman outfit!! I wonder what this evening will have in store??
As a result, we placed an article in the Bury Times and I was interviewed on BBC Radio Manchester about the challenge as well as discussing it on my usual spot on Tower FM. To date, two further donors have come forward and we're looking for a third to realise the full £12k potential.
The Mystery Man did make me think though! What other immediate calls to action can we come up with over the coming months that could bring in the same results? There is obviously something about this man's story that has captured people's imaginations.
Meanwhile, Valentines Day in our house was spectacularly quiet. After Monday tea at Grandad's I managed to get S in bed before 8 o'clock and enjoyed a rare evening of sole control of the TV remote while OH was out in his Gritterman outfit!! I wonder what this evening will have in store??
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
The Joys of Curly Whirleez
Tuesday is officially 'Daddy Day' but as 'Daddy' had to work today, I took a much-deserved lieu day and we had 'Mummy Day' instead. 'Mummy Day' is usually Friday, when we leg it between swimming, ballet and tap dancing lessons all before lunchtime. Today we stayed in our pyjamas, watched Monsters vs Aliens (better than I expected), had a bath, got a grant application signed (yes, on Mummy Day), took said grant application to the post office and then ventured to Curly Whirleez, our local soft play area.
I have to admit, Curly Whirleez is a lot more palatable a) on a Tuesday rather than a Friday - less then half the usual number of people there and b) since they invested in a proper coffee machine. However, it is the etiquette at such places which amazes me.
There is nowhere else in Bolton where I would leave my purse, phone and keys hidden under a coat while I went and threw myself down a 30ft plastic slide and yet, if you are taking a child on your own, you have little other choice. It's a bit like sunbathing on your own - what do you do with your valuables while you go for a swim? You are also not able to pretend you have done anything other than left your belongings behind (though there is less space to hide anything in a bikini than in a 3yr old's coat).
We have been going to Curly Whirleez and other soft play centres now for over 2 years and I have never been aware of any issues of people having things 'disappear' while they are accompanying their child around the activities. If this were ever to happen, it could signify the demise of such places.
Anyway, after leaving my purse, keys and phone at the mercy of anyone who could be bothered to look for two and a half hours, we came home, watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (again, better than I expected) and now, just for a change this evening, I'm going to do some work (and then I assume I'll also have to make the tea)
Catch ya later!
I have to admit, Curly Whirleez is a lot more palatable a) on a Tuesday rather than a Friday - less then half the usual number of people there and b) since they invested in a proper coffee machine. However, it is the etiquette at such places which amazes me.
There is nowhere else in Bolton where I would leave my purse, phone and keys hidden under a coat while I went and threw myself down a 30ft plastic slide and yet, if you are taking a child on your own, you have little other choice. It's a bit like sunbathing on your own - what do you do with your valuables while you go for a swim? You are also not able to pretend you have done anything other than left your belongings behind (though there is less space to hide anything in a bikini than in a 3yr old's coat).
We have been going to Curly Whirleez and other soft play centres now for over 2 years and I have never been aware of any issues of people having things 'disappear' while they are accompanying their child around the activities. If this were ever to happen, it could signify the demise of such places.
Anyway, after leaving my purse, keys and phone at the mercy of anyone who could be bothered to look for two and a half hours, we came home, watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (again, better than I expected) and now, just for a change this evening, I'm going to do some work (and then I assume I'll also have to make the tea)
Catch ya later!
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