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What we’ve learned about taking lunch breaks

What we’ve learned about taking lunch breaks

by Jess Allison | Self-improvement

If you have the luxury of choosing when to take your lunch break each day, you might sometimes find it appealing to cut it short to “get more done”, or worse… just work through. We set out to take our full lunch break every day to see what would happen. So what did happen? Read on…

Monthly(ish) favourites — July & August 2019

Monthly(ish) favourites — July & August 2019

by Jess Allison | Inspo

Life happened in July, as it does. We took the pressure off by combining our favourites for the last two months (and we’re giving Lil a break for a while, as life continues to happen!).

Monthly favourites — June 2019

Monthly favourites — June 2019

by Jess Allison | Inspo

The end of the financial year, the start of winter, and a quiet time around these parts.

Monthly favourites — May 2019

Monthly favourites — May 2019

by Jess Allison | Inspo

Game of Thrones ended, the weather got cold, Lil had a birthday, and Aimee went on holidays! Here’s what else stole our attention in May.

How we use: WordPress for this blog

How we use: WordPress for this blog

by Jess Allison | Tools and apps

Why did we choose WordPress.org for this blog and why is it different to WordPress.com? Here’s our take, along with the steps we took to set up this blog.

Monthly favourites — April 2019

Monthly favourites — April 2019

by Jess Allison | Inspo

April was filled with Easter Eggs and Anzac Cookies, among some of these other things!

What happened when I had an untouchable day

What happened when I had an untouchable day

by Jess Allison | Self-improvement

In this era of uber-connection, it’s not often that you’re completely unreachable by anyone. So I gave it a go.

Reflections on starting a side project

Reflections on starting a side project

by Jess Allison | Self-improvement

Let’s just call them projects, because “side” or otherwise, we’ve learned that to do well takes a lot of work!

How I use: Dropbox for iPhone photo storage and backup

How I use: Dropbox for iPhone photo storage and backup

by Jess Allison | Tools and apps

Or in other words: how to stop clogging up your phone storage with photos, by taking them off your phone and putting them in Dropbox (cloud file hosting).

Monthly favourites — March 2019

Monthly favourites — March 2019

by Jess Allison | Inspo

Here’s what we got stuck into in March: what we listened to, watched, read and learned. Our monthly favourites, if you will!

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