One of the advantages of not having a full-time job is being able to make the most of the opportunities when they come along. So when the opportunity arose to help a friend out by playing chauffeur last week, I jumped at the chance. The guest was Kamal Malik, the Head Sommelier…
Taking a redundancy and leaving the public service with no clear direction, and only a sense of how I thought work should look, was a huge leap. I didn’t really know anyone who had made such a drastic career change which is why I am so excited to share this career change…
This is a guest post I wrote this week for the Spence Club – South Australia’s new networking group for young women. From a young age I was always a bit of a stickler for rules and was probably seen as a bit of a scardey cat. At school, you would have…
Life has been pretty busy lately as I launch my consulting business, family visiting, school holidays and the Barossa Vintage Festival. I heard about the festival soon after moving here and decided it would be a good way to learn more about the Barossa and to meet people. I also figured I…
I’m really excited to be able to share the following inspiring career change with you as it’s my first from someone here in the Barossa. Lisa first got in touch with me via Facebook after I had made a comment on a post about Vietnamese street food. Lisa had also commented on…
Last weekend we attended our first Tanunda Show at the local oval, which is about 5 minutes drive from our place. The show has been going since 1910, and I had heard a lot of discussion from many people about the competitions especially cakes and preserves. Given the near obsession with food…
I have been meaning to write this blog post for ages, and it is a month (eek, how did that happen?) since my last post, so when this quote posted by Leaders in Heels popped up in my Facebook feed yesterday, I thought it was a sign I should get on and…
I’m really excited to be sharing another inspiring career change with you today after the great response to my interview with State of Green’s Jenny Tranter last week. One of the things I have found in my own search for a new career, is that so many of the career change stories…
It’s a very hot day here in the Barossa and I can’t help but wish the warm weather had appeared this time last month when we headed off to Victor Harbor for our “beach” holiday! Not long after arriving in Tanunda, it suddenly seemed like people around me were booking summer holidays….
During the process of deciding to leave the public service and do something different, I was lucky enough to have some good friends to chat with about their career changes. I found it really useful to talk with someone I knew about what they had done and the challenges they had faced….