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Excuse me if I’m getting a bit philosophical at the moment. My studying is throwing up a lot of interesting thoughts and ideas.
Last week I posted about the best job I ever had, I lightly touched on the things I believe that made that job so enjoyable, most aspects were connected to the ‘culture’ at the office. That post got me to thinking about the other jobs I’ve had, and I realised that I’ve had jobs which others may be perceived by others as far better than the …

I’ve had lots of jobs, for 26, perhaps too many. Some have have been good, some have been bad, and yes, some have been downright ugly. I’ve been promoted, made redundant, worked temporary, and recently I’ve even gone a little freelance.
The best job I ever had…and you probably think I’m about to go mummy blogger mushy and say parenting, no, maybe another day. The best job I ever had was a temporary job working in an all male team. I was an administrator of sorts but …

So it’s been a strange year, and post miscarriages I finally decided to rejoin the workforce. I set about finding myself a job about six weeks ago, and what can I say, I’ve never found it hard to get work but it’s tough out there. Very few jobs, poor wages and a zillion applicants, it’s all very depressing. In a eureka moment I suddenly thought that I may be able to apply for jobseekers allowance to make life a little easier until I found something, it’s only …

Raisngkids has identified a new kind of family unit, the ‘relay parents’.
Relay parents take turns of working and looking after the kids, working in ‘shifts’. They report that research shows that parents are spending more time with their kids but less time together or as a family unit.
How it works for us…
Over the past six months what was a part time job for me sometimes exceeded twenty-five or thirty hours. My husband works shifts and I slotted my shifts around his, we took turns of looking after our daughter. …