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Make a Connection with a Sidebar About Me

Make a Connection with a Sidebar About Me

by Laura | Jan 20, 2020 | WordPress

Including an About Me in your blog sidebar can help you make an instant connection with your reader, and potentially convert them into a lifetime visitor!

How to Use Gutenberg in WordPress

How to Use Gutenberg in WordPress

by Laura | Jun 10, 2019 | WordPress

A simple guide to Gutenberg, the new block editor from WordPress. Make sense of the new editor and create beautiful pages without a single line of code.

Choosing and Installing a WordPress Theme

Choosing and Installing a WordPress Theme

by Laura | Apr 10, 2019 | General Business, WordPress

When it comes to choosing a WordPress theme for your website, the process can seem overwhelming. I break down what to look for when choosing a new theme!

How do I Link a Page to a Menu in WordPress

How do I Link a Page to a Menu in WordPress

by Laura | Mar 26, 2019 | WordPress

If you’ve ever wondered how to link a page to your menu, wonder no longer! This easy guide will tell you all you need to know about WordPress menus.

8 Things To Do Before Launching your Site with WordPress

8 Things To Do Before Launching your Site with WordPress

by Laura | Dec 10, 2018 | WordPress

5 Steps to Go Live With Your WordPress Site

5 Steps to Go Live With Your WordPress Site

by Laura | Dec 4, 2018 | WordPress

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Instagram post 17916475168403864 It's Peaks and Troughs Friday!  A safe space to vent about the bad shit that happened this week and celebrate the good shit. There's no shit too big or too small to complain about or feel proud about. Tell me your peaks or troughs here, or share it using the hashtag #peaksandtroughsfriday. I've also made a Story template which you can find in my Stories or Highlights.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I know this has been an extra rough week for a lot of people, so I've added in a few extra peaks... now more than ever we need to be searching for that silver lining.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ This week's trough: the Aus government continues to put out conflicting and confusing messages, backflipping on decisions and refusing to take strong, clear and decisive action to help combat the spread of the virus.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This week's peak: 1) today, we received our first produce box from @suncoast_fresh 😍 the process was so easy and convenient and you can tell they're taking the distancing stuff seriously.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 2) I've only missed one exercise day this week, which is better than before the gyms closed 😂 Clearly I just need the government to tell me I can't workout and I'm like "screw this, I'm working out (while adhering to social distancing rules)" 🤷🏼⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 3) I made chocolate banana bread last night using @twopeasandpod recipe; it's an absolute banger.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Tell me yours!
Instagram post 17866699096710387 As the bad news continues to trickle in, I've found myself wanting to be busy all the time, which means I've been ignoring the need to be quiet, calm and still. Seeing as my business requires me to be online most of the time, I've been finding it really hard to switch off from everything; I've even been dreaming about it all! ⁣ ⁣ I'm trying to find more moments like these; no technology, no bad news... just me and the birds flitting amongst the trees. I know the moments of peace and calm I can find, come from the moments where I've stepped away completely.⁣ ⁣ I took this photo today in response to @_helengriffiths #findingfocusdaily photo challenge. Today's prompt is "calm", and I knew I had to include my balcony views. This is what made us fall in love with our house and this spot is where I stand when I need a few moments to breath and to think and to be calm for a moment.⁣ ⁣ I still have heaps of photos to share with you from the Tasmania trip, and they're coming! But I felt I wanted to participate in something that required creativity for the sake of creativity. And you know what... thinking of this photo and taking and editing it all in one go, was exactly what I needed to switch my brain off from the news, even if just for a small while ❤️
Instagram post 17856648742851021 Sunsets + beaches 🌃 From the Before times. Our first camping night in Tasmania, enjoying a free campsite in Freycinet National Park. The toilets were clean, the views were stunning and I even got to witness a wombat foraging for his dinner. By campervan is arguably the best way to see Tassie (once we're in the After times of course)!⁣ ⁣ I've been thinking recently about follower counts. Specifically about how tracking my follower count was destroying my soul and maybe I should not do that? 🤔 It takes me back to when I actually had an app that told me when someone unfollowed me... hooboy, I do not recommend doing that to yourself. More than the soul destroying though, it really wasn't telling me anything about how and if my content strategy was working.⁣ ⁣ People gonna follow / unfollow until the cows come home, and by monitoring that number, that's all you're gonna learn. If you want to know if you're actually making a connection with your audience, you have to look deeper. And I'm all about real, deep connections.⁣ ⁣ So to save my own soul, and maybe yours too, I came up with 5 stats I'm now tracking on Instagram, instead of my follower count, which I've decided to share with you on the blog this week. You can catch that via the link in bio 🌸
Instagram post 17858875855826719 "Is there anything I can do about that, right now?" 🤷🏼‍♀️ ⁣ Something I've been working on with my therapist is learning to let go of things that I have no control over. I have a tendency towards catastrophising, in which a small problem pretty quickly becomes a major one happening only in my mind. And for others like me, I imagine the current climate isn't helping, at all!⁣ ⁣ So this is what I have to ask myself when I start to fixate on a problem and feel myself starting to catastrophise; "is there anything I can do about that, right now?". If it's a quick and easy "yes", then I do it right now. If it's a "yes" but it's maybe not so easy and quick, I add it to my to do list and make sure I address it later that day. If it's a "no", then I write it down on a piece of paper and put that piece of paper in a box, or a drawer or another room.⁣ ⁣ It's purely just a ritual to remind myself that I'm allowed to worry about things, but those things don't have to take over my day. By writing it down and then putting it in another room, I'm acknowledging them and then giving myself space from them. Some people find visualising this process is enough for them, but for me, I need the physical act of it.⁣ ⁣ As I've said before, what works for me, may not work for you but I hope by sharing my experience, it might help manage some of the stress of the time we live in! I'd also love to hear of any rituals you may have that have worked for you! Let me know 👇
Instagram post 17877772822566736 It's Peaks and Troughs Friday! A safe space to vent about the bad shit that happened this week and celebrate the good shit. There's no shit too big or too small to complain about or feel proud about. Tell me your peaks or troughs here, or share it using the hashtag #peaksandtroughsfriday. I've also made a Story template which you can find in my Stories or Highlights!⁣ ⁣ This week's trough: I'm no longer on holiday and the world is losing it's collective mind over coronavirus. The news cycle and social media has been very overwhelming this week and I'm trying to find distance from it emotionally so as not to get lost in it.⁣ ⁣ This week's peak: being in close (virtual) contact with my loved ones around the world has made me feel less alone! I also ate approx 4 sweet potatoes this week, and I have 3 bottles of wine I brought back from Tassie which will serve me well if I have to isolate. So if that's not a peak, I don't know what is. Also, my Instagram planner app is looking really great with all my upcoming photos 😂⁣ ⁣ What are your peaks and troughs this week?
Instagram post 18053646073220640 📍 Scenes from the stunning Freycinet National Park in Tasmania. I don't normally put activewear on the grid, but it's part of who I am now apparently so I'm just leaning into it. (honestly, 90% of my washing is activewear, so yeah you've really been getting the highlights of my wardrobe up until now).⁣ ⁣ So, a lot of you are now encountering work from home conditions for maybe the first time as a result of the virus. I however, have been working from home full time for a year and a half, so I figured it was my duty to impart some sage wisdom about what works for me:⁣ ⁣ 🌱 basically, the opposite of what everyone told me to do⁣ ⁣ When I started freelancing, I read post after post about how to be productive at home and as hard as I tried to replicate them, it never worked out for me. Not being able to follow everyone else's strategy for productivity made me feel like I wasn't doing enough and maybe I was just lazy. But I soon realised that my productivity and creativity levels fluctuate in a way that's obviously different to theirs, and probably different to yours. And that's OK! You don't suck! I promise! You've just gotta figure out what's going to work best for you!⁣ ⁣ All the things I apparently do wrong:⁣ 🌱 I'm pretty content to stay in jammies all day, and I definitely don't put makeup on.⁣ 🌱 I don't have a morning exercise or meditation routine (I prefer to go to the gym at lunchtime 🤷‍♀️).⁣ 🌱 I distract myself with menial household tasks like tidying up the bedroom or doing the washing.⁣ 🌱 Sometimes working in front of the TV is when I'm the most productive.⁣ ⁣ All I really can advise is to experiment, cut yourself some slack, remember that even at work you were rarely productive for a full 8 hrs, and make time for movement! You don't have to get it right the first time, or even the second, third etc.⁣ ⁣ Any other work from home people doing it wrong? What works for you?
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