Category: What maketh the man
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It’s my last day here. That means some proper work in the morning, pub at lunch and that’s pretty much it. I’ve a healthy dose of nerves at what’s waiting for me in Manchester, but change is good.Time to do new things, learn new stuff, find out how talentless I really am. But it was…
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This week I did my last two significant creative briefings. One was especially fun, since the biggest chunk of stimulus was the funniest interview I’ve ever seen. I’m sort of pleased with both, it seems like there’s lots of potential and they’ll totally lock out the rest of the market. Probably wind them up too. …
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So it’s a matter of weeks until I move jobs. I’m in that funny limbo period when I’m mentally half out the door. But there’s still work to be done. Some of the stuff I’m working on will be finished by another person, but I’m glad I’ll get to see one or two things through.…
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Late night, early mornings, other people (clients) in charge of your career, no stratospheric pay, childish trade press. Why would anyone in their right mind want to join agency? Here’s why I have, and will stick around for a little while longer. The passion that bleeds from every pore. I’ve shared the agony, the ecstasy,…
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One of my many shortcomings is a chronic sense of direction (Which didn’t really help back in the days of working on a supermarket – desperately searching for the new store sites that were not even on the map). But it’s turned into a funny kind of strength. Everybody gets lost from time to time,…
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I usually try and avoid telling people I did my degree in politics. Not only do they think I must be a bit wierd (and they’re right of course) it gets a bit difficult when they start to vent spleen on whatever issue is bothering them that day. The other thing is that people find…
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On the subject of looking for positives, I’m loving my swimming again. I used to swim competitively, but by the time I hung up the Speedo’s I was heartily sick of it. I’m very glad fate forced me back in the pool. Not least since I’m pretty useless at most things so it’s nice do…
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As I hinted here, I’m not very good at sulking. The dark period ended a while back, but a wise head gently mocked me for it on Thursday – enough to do something about it. As Rob pointed out, I’m hopelessly rubbish at being angry (good at grumpy though), so it’s time to make up…
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This morning was tough. Slight hangover, the fact it’s Monday and a particularly hard little problem to crack made it so. Sometimes all the information’s there, you know it should add up to something, but the connections just will not present themselves. I got frustrated with it on Friday afternoon and it kept popping up…
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Rob’s posted a couple of related things today. The first is about Lauren’s frustration with not fitting into a pre-judged opinion of what she should like. The second one is about knowing when to give up. Rejection is a fact of life, I hurts, it’s not fair, but it happens. This week I got some…
NORTHERN PLANNER 