{"id":1563,"date":"2018-01-01T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T15:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2018-01-01T16:38:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T15:38:50","slug":"you-sound-really-busy-how-do-you-fit-it-all-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"You sound really busy, how do you fit it all in?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working mum, full time specialist in my company, STEM ambassador, advanced motorcyclist, mentor..<\/p>\n<p>I ask for help!\u00a0 I cannot do everything, so I employ a cleaner.\u00a0 I have a good relationship with my endocrinologist, my GP and my pharmacist, who help me to keep alive.<\/p>\n<p>I do plan.\u00a0 I do prioritise.\u00a0 Sometimes, I have\u00a0 to say, not today, how about tomorrow\/next week\/next month?<\/p>\n<p>I get three days a financial year from my employer which I use to be a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) .\u00a0 I get to say which things I do, and as time is precious I do pick the big bang things.\u00a0 The sessions I&#8217;ve really enjoyed have been talking about what it is like to work as a software engineer, computer scientist or a manager in my company.<\/p>\n<p>For me, as a youngster starting out and making the choices about subjects, college versus university, A levels versus BTEC, apprenticeship versus job versus further and higher education, would have been invaluable.\u00a0 I should have left school at 16 but thought my only real choices were A levels.<\/p>\n<p>There are always choices: it is up to us what we do with our time!<\/p>\n<p>For me those priorities are my family, my work, my friends and then everything else.\u00a0 To allow me to do that, I take care of my body and my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Have a happy new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working mum, full time specialist in my company, STEM ambassador, advanced motorcyclist, mentor.. 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