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...
by caitlinw | Oct 9, 2015 | Parenting, Working life
I loved this SMH article by Jessica Irvine published last week. She talks about the idea that women have almost always assumed the role of primary carer and ponders why that still happens. She says early on in a child’s life, the parents are forced to label one...
by caitlinw | Sep 12, 2015 | Working life
I had one of those moments the other day where I doubted my decision to work part time. Why? I met another woman who was in a great senior position and then I found out she has a four-year-old daughter. For some reason, her success and apparent happiness made me doubt...
