My last article was about consulting and evaluating your own situation. There’s no doubt that my thoughts around evaluation and personal development are particularly heightened due to my mid-year review that took place last week. View full article »
Category: Personal development
Consulting is an interesting profession. I feel very lucky that I work for a consulting firm because it has made me even keener to explore attitudes towards improvement and development. As consulting firms work to solve problems faced by businesses everyday there is a distinct air of evaluation. View full article »
Today marks the end of 4 weeks or one month of my New Year’s Resolution. I decided that after realising that my personal finances were in order and that I was keeping good oral hygiene that I needed to focus on something more challenging. Physical Exercise. So have I fallen off the bandwagon and gone back to my sedentary ways? Here’s my progress report from January 1st to January 31st:
Week 1: Using Wii fitness coach I found out just how out of shape I was. I’ve always been a keen tennis player but have found it difficult to implement a good routine again as I get home from work when it’s dark. As a part of my Wii health assessment I discovered just how difficult it is to do Jumping Jacks for 2 minutes straight! My breathing capacity was appalling (I’m asthmatic so it’s even more important that I try to improve this) and that my resting beats per minute was abysmal for my age. I set a goal with my Wii fitness coach (get in shape) and she suggested a schedule. As I work full-time I decided to walk for half an hour from the train station to my office in Central London. I got to work quite sweaty but a quick trip to the bathroom helped me dab away the sweat. I found myself getting hungrier earlier in the morning and snacked on a banana, cereal bar or rice crackers. View full article »
As a promoter of self-development I enjoy this time of year because many people are setting their new year’s resolutions. Even though I try to set goals throughout the year there’s nothing like the start of a year to encourage positive changes in my lifestyle and habits. I often approach resolutions with the determination to conquer everything from my personal finances to my health. A few posts ago I wrote about advice to an upcoming graduate that I encountered in my final year. After reflecting on this advice I realised that although I was leading a financially sound lifestyle in my 20s I had not being doing much to keep in shape. View full article »
The Thrift Diaries has officially been live for six months. It’s been a period of experimentation and change but one that I’ve enjoyed every step of the way. Today I’d like to share with you the first ever post followed by all the most-viewed posts to give you a flavour of the direction that The Thrift Diaries is going in. View full article »
Most of the posts on this website are biased. This is because I chose a particular route after I graduated which was a full-time graduate job. When I was in my last year of university I knew that I wanted a guaranteed income after university. It was early on that I knew this (around September) and so I started applying for jobs.
I may be stating the obvious but this isn’t necessarily the right route for you. As a graduate I would advise that you should think carefully about the choices you make in your final year. If you know 100% what you want to do then there’s no stopping you making things happen. View full article »
One thing that has stuck with me throughout my job applications (including for part-time jobs) is the amount of times I’ve mentioned tennis.
I started playing tennis competitively at the age of six and competed until I was 14. After this I continued to play the sport but played on a more friendly basis. It formed a large part of my childhood and character. More than anything it has formed the basis of my graduate job applications. View full article »
Interviews are essential to the application process. You’ve proven yourself on paper and now you’ve been given the chance to speak to someone directly. This is a great opportunity and not one that should be taken lightly. View full article »
