Happiness is a question

Happiness comes in different forms. Like a question from a boy. A boy, tall like a man but still a boy. A question that shows he’s thinking about his future and that he wants something.

Leap

For all of you who are thinking about it. You know, that thing you want to do that is different from what you do today. Do it! For God’s sake do it! Just do it. You might fail, probably not. You will have tough times, but you will have times of ridiculous joy. And no matter how…

Coming home

I went to a CSR meeting yesterday. CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility. It was like I found a word for what I, as a communicator always have been about. Transparency and balance. But what hasn’t been the focus of the corporate forces. For me it was like coming home.

Love ’em words

The other day a friend asked me “When were you truly happy in doing your job?” As the positive (here she goes again the self-righteousness woman) individual I am, find happiness any- and everywhere. I see stuff from the bright side, that is just who I am. No, all jobs or parts of work are not…

So that’s settled then

It’s clear that our youngest will not work within the medical field. At the slightest chance of seeing blood on TV (or anywhere else) , he has something better to do elswhere. Just like his grandmother then… ;). It is also clear that I am eating up my day in bed yesterday. I am now…

WRONG!

Something is totally wrong here. Totally messed up. Week-end over?! WTF. It was so much better to be employed working part time – NOT! Let’s sing it!    

Applause

I am proud over myself. Not so much for the fact that I today left a 12.5 year long (really ridiculous when I think about it) employment at one of the most well known brands in the world, IKEA. But I am proud over the fact that when I told my kids that today was…

So what do I do

So, what do I do when my diligent colleagues stay with the big company and work hard. I wake up a little later than usual (this is an exception as the kids haven’t started school yet), I drink my morning coffee without any stress (and today the Mr joined, which is a bonus). I edit…

Out of office assistant

“Hej! I am living my life here and now and am therefore unfortunately not available for IKEA questions until Monday. Best regards, Louise Dock” This is my auto reply, when I, every Friday and every second Thursday, choose to do something different in my life. It use to be hang with my kids. Before Fabian…

That ol’ saying

In Sweden we have this saying “One shall hear a lot, before the ears fall off.”, meaning that sometime you cannot believe what people are telling you. Today was one of those days. I will tell you as much that it has to do with what tricks people are willing to take just to secure their…

I choose to call it “stuck in a development step”

Some might call it crisis. I think I might have done that to. But to stay prosperous and cheerful I choose this more forward looking terminology. I thought I had mine 40-year crisis some years ago. And therefore convinced that this would mean I wouldn’t get one closing in on 40… All of a sudden…