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WORK-LIFE BALANCE: DIARY | Psychic Abilities RequiredENTRY 007 | WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2026 | 07:30“It’s not quite what I...
21/10/2026

WORK-LIFE BALANCE: DIARY | Psychic Abilities Required

ENTRY 007 | WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2026 | 07:30

“It’s not quite what I had in mind.”

Six words capable of destroying an otherwise perfectly respectable Wednesday. 🤣

You ask what somebody wants.

They say they’re easy.

You ask for details.

They say to use your initiative.

You deliver exactly what you THINK they meant.

And discover that apparently you were supposed to know something nobody actually told you.

At work. At home. Everywhere.

Here’s the thing:

Clear communication isn’t being demanding. It’s being considerate.

Because guessing takes time.

Misunderstandings create unnecessary work.

And nobody should need supernatural abilities to get something right.

✨ Need it doing? I’ll sort it.

Although a brief would be lovely. 🤣

Michelle x 🩷

Work-Life Balance: Dear Diary. Have been invited to an exclusive photoshoot. Unfortunately, it’s an inside job. 😳🤣Monday...
19/10/2026

Work-Life Balance: Dear Diary. Have been invited to an exclusive photoshoot. Unfortunately, it’s an inside job. 😳🤣

Monday’s work-life balance challenge is a CT colonography, some deeply questionable refreshments and a handsome husband who’s been promoted to Head of Transportation and Emotional Support. ❤️

After 25+ years of being the person who organises, reassures and sorts things out, I’m practising something rather revolutionary.

Letting someone else look after me.

Because sometimes the most productive thing you can do is put your health first.

Even when you’d rather be doing literally ANYTHING else.

Wish me luck. And possibly a nice cup of tea afterwards. 🤣🩷

Michelle x | Work-Life PA

WORK-LIFE BALANCE | When Monday turns up uninvited on Sunday. 🫣🤣Have decided to enjoy a relaxing Sunday.Unfortunately, M...
18/10/2026

WORK-LIFE BALANCE | When Monday turns up uninvited on Sunday. 🫣🤣

Have decided to enjoy a relaxing Sunday.
Unfortunately, Monday has arrived approximately 16 hours early.
In my head.
Carrying a laptop.
And a list of things requiring immediate attention.

The Sunday Scaries are a funny old thing.

You’re physically sitting on your sofa, but mentally you’re already in tomorrow’s meetings, conversations and to-do lists.
And sometimes, the mental load of anticipating everything is more exhausting than actually doing it.

Monday is allowed to have Monday. It does NOT need Sunday as well.

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For capable people carrying too much. 💖

WORK-LIFE BALANCE | An unexpected Saturday plot twist. 🍂🌊Have accidentally had a rather lovely day.A bit of gardening.A ...
17/10/2026

WORK-LIFE BALANCE | An unexpected Saturday plot twist. 🍂🌊

Have accidentally had a rather lovely day.

A bit of gardening.

A fence FINALLY finished. Well, one side. Let’s not get carried away. 🤣

Dinner with my handsome husband.

And hopefully a beautiful Cornish sunset.

Sometimes work-life balance isn’t about doing less.

It’s about having the space to enjoy what you’re doing.

Not every day has to be productive to be worthwhile.

And sometimes the little things are actually the big things.

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WORK-LIFE BALANCE | When your weekend becomes your second job. 🫣Have decided to relax this Saturday.Unfortunately, my br...
17/10/2026

WORK-LIFE BALANCE | When your weekend becomes your second job. 🫣

Have decided to relax this Saturday.

Unfortunately, my brain has produced a 47-point action plan. 🤣

Apparently, the mental load doesn’t clock off at weekends.

And being capable doesn’t mean having unlimited capacity.

Just because you CAN do everything doesn’t mean you HAVE to.

Some things can wait. Some things can be shared.

And some things don’t need doing by you at all.

Follow Michelle | Work-Life PA if you’re the capable one carrying too much. 🩷

WORKPLACE PRESSURE | The unforeseen consequences of being competent.Have made a serious professional error.Demonstrated ...
16/10/2026

WORKPLACE PRESSURE | The unforeseen consequences of being competent.

Have made a serious professional error.

Demonstrated competence. Again. 🫣

Now apparently I’m the go-to person for absolutely bloody everything.

Sound familiar? 🤣

Being good at your job shouldn’t mean becoming everybody else’s spare capacity.

If you’re the capable one, the problem-solver, the person everyone relies on because “she’ll sort it”…

Follow Michelle | Work-Life PA. We have MUCH to discuss. 🤣🩷

07/10/2026

Work-Life Balance: why does bedtime activate the Department of Things I’ve Been Meaning To Do? 😩

Remembering something doesn’t mean you have to do it now.

Write it down. Let your brain stop holding it.

Tomorrow you can decide what actually needs YOU. ⚓️

07/10/2026

Work-Life Balance: You can leave work at 5:30 and still give it your entire evening. 😩

If it can’t be dealt with tonight, it doesn’t get tonight.

Your time after work counts too. ⚓️

Save this for the next time your brain clocks back in without permission.





07/10/2026

Workplace Pressure: The unforeseen consequences of being competent. 😩

If you’re usually the person everybody comes to because “she’ll know” or “she’ll sort it”…

I suspect you’ve made the same professional error. 🤣

Follow if you’re usually the capable one carrying too much. ⚓️

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