Fi Phillips

Need a new way to organise your year, diary and thoughts? A bullet journal could be just the thing. A couple of weeks into 2017, I came across a magazine article about an organisational tool that I hadn’t heard of before – a bullet journal. It sounded ideal so I turned to my best friend online, Google to find out more. Whoa! The internet was teeming with entries on bullet journals – how to start one, how to organise one, where to buy one, and how to make your bullet journal look adorably stylish. How had I not come across this before? If you’re a bullet journal virgin like I was, then let me explain. A bullet journal is an organisational tool that captures your to-do-list, diary, thoughts and really anything else you need to capture, in a written format, i.e. a notebook, not a computer file. How to Bullet Journal from bulletjournal.com “A notebook?” I hear you say. “Isn’t that, well, old-fashioned and time-consuming? I can keep all that information on my ...

September always a marks a new start to the year for me as my offspring return to school after the long summer break and I get my days back. Launching my new business This year is an especially fresh start as I begin to develop my copywriting business. Back in February, I started down the freelance copywriter path, writing in-house material, sales emails and other goodies for a local business. Over the summer break, I delved into the world of copywriting a little further by seeking out relevant training and joining a number of online business groups. There is so much brilliant advice out there already from existing copywriters and business owners, that it's been easy, and fun, to put together a support network of helpful mentors. After all, who better to ask then the individuals who have already done it? Now, with my domain purchased, I'm ready to set up my copywriting business proper, website and all. 'Watch this space' as they say, for future news of the...