Jane Chelliah -this blog helps readers feel informed, empowered and excited about midlife.
When I joined the world of work in the 1980s as an adult it was a domain dominated by sacrificial attitudes. You were required to be an unquestioning employee of the organisation you worked for. Your unquestioning nature translated into being a loyal and productive worker. Your productivity was measured by long hours and endless …
‘Midlife Monday’ is a concept which I started on my Instagram account in 2020. During lockdown, from 2019 onwards, it struck me that Mondays had a vastly changed dynamic to it. No longer was it a day to dread. It didn’t mark the start of a hectic schedule and tiring travel to and from work. …
Scarcity was fun when I was growing up in Asia many moons ago. Power cuts meant candles, no homework and neighbours congregating in streets to share food, drink and what snippets of information they had about the power cut. The gossip mill went into overdrive about the reasons for the cut and when it would …