by caitlinw | Sep 12, 2018 | Working life
I’ve been working as a freelance writer for a few years now. It was a long-held dream to work for myself – I loved the idea of flexibility and being able to work my own hours. It seemed like an ideal working life for a parent of small children. Now that...
by caitlinw | Jul 5, 2018 | Working life
I recently went to my first business mums conference, the MPowered conference run by Mums & Co. Going to one of these conferences was a bit of a revelation for me. I’ve been a freelancer for a few years but it’s only recently that I’ve considered that I’ve been...
by caitlinw | Apr 30, 2018 | SEO, Working life
The last few months have been pretty busy for me. I’ve been doing Kate Toon’s recipe for SEO Success e-course. It’s a comprehensive online SEO course that teaches you how to optimise your site for search engines. Basically – how you get to the first page in...
by caitlinw | Mar 16, 2018 | Working life
I’ve been thinking a lot about what constitutes success recently and how we define our own personal success. Last week, I saw a talk by former Olympic swimmer Elka Graham. One thing she mentioned was that for many of us, we believe being busy means being...
by caitlinw | Feb 12, 2018 | Professional Writing, Working life
This month marks a year since I took the plunge and started my first year of freelancing I had done a little bit of freelancing before – some corporate blog posts here and there, a few parenting pieces for Mamamia and a fab gig where I reviewed Sydney’s best...
by caitlinw | Dec 19, 2015 | Parenting, Working life
I saw this post earlier in the week on Mamamia about Editor in Chief Jamila Rivzi’s decision to ‘lean back’ after having her first child. As an occasional reader of Mamamia, I had noticed that Jamila seemed to be back at work relatively soon after...
