Our Workliday – California 2013
Part of why I love unschooling and working for myself is that we can define the rules. We recently spent 5 weeks travelling California. It was awesome. I met some people, some that I’ve been in...
View ArticleAre We Setting Up Our Kids For Failure?
Well, my husband blogged about optimising for happiness, so I thought I’d keep up with him with these few words on a similar kind of subject. I’ve often thought about the high expectations that parents...
View ArticleSeeking Happiness
I enjoyed watching this video – The Happy Secret to Better Work. Watch it if you can. I’ll wait. I’ve been adapting my life over the years to help me become a better and happier person in my...
View ArticleHow Rosie Leans In
I was recently pointed towards the TedTalk and then Lean In book of Sheryl Sandberg. She’s the COO of Facebook. I had never heard of her until a few weeks ago. My first reaction was, umm,...
View ArticleUSA Part 2
Last Autumn I went to California for a workliday. It was awesome. This time I’m off to Philadelphia for BaconBiz. A small conference for peeps like me who bootstrap their business along the bumpy...
View ArticleYou Should Be Proud Of Yourself
I tend not to big myself up. I often prefer to keep my head down and just get on with stuff. (And seriously, I’m not looking for compliments here. It’s part of my story.) My husband tells me I...
View ArticleThere’s No Business Like Slow Business
Society is obsessed with ‘Quick’ We want a quick fix diet. A quick route to being fit and healthy. Fast (but good) food. A well paying job, now. With big rewards in the near future. That big house,...
View ArticleQuantity Over Quality
There’s that saying that ‘quality time’ is important. We must spend quality time with the kids, partners, husband, wife, mother, father, friends…etc. Quality is associated with being ‘important’ and of...
View ArticleWilling To Lead
I so identify with this. Watch the video. “A leader is someone who is not just willing to own the result, but the process (as well).” It’s something that time and time again I’ve experienced and seen...
View ArticleKids Change Everything And Focusing On The Feel Good Factor
Life completely changed for me once I had kids. Though I didn’t realise it straight away. You can never be fully prepared for what the reality of it means. You can read all you like. Ask all the...
View ArticleOn Being Thankful
There’s a local greengrocers and butchers that I am always thankful exists. It may seem like a strange or insignificant thing, however, as someone who aims to avoid the big supermarkets as much as...
View ArticleHow Rosie Runs
Lots of people ask how I do things, So I thought I’d write about a random day of mine from last week. This is how Rosie survives runs things. It’s 7am and it’s bit of a hard start to the day. I’ve...
View ArticleHow Do I Do It All?
My family, the Instagram version. The original had me in at the bottom, but it won’t fit with Instagram. A photo posted by Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) on Jul 18, 2015 at 9:02am PDT This is my family....
View ArticleA Nutty Kinda Year
It’s December. Things are ramping down for many people and I feel like the only one who will be kicking some butt this December. It’s been a crazy year for me. I can only describe it as nuts. Almost...
View ArticleConfessions of A Zombie Selfie-A-Holic Social Media Junkie
I’ve been thinking about selfies, zombies and mobile phones recently. And I keep meaning to write about the connection of these three things. The reason being is I keep seeing attacks on how stupid we...
View ArticleExtroverts, Introverts and Confidence
I’m a quiet kinda woman. I love doing stuff that helps others thrive. I hide away doing important bits of work that then allow me to observe the joy and successes of others. I thrive on seeing others...
View ArticleHow To Survive As A Modern Day Working Mother
This blog post was written whilst my daughter had her afternoon nap. Typical! I often get asked how I do what I do, cause god, it must be hard unschooling with 4 kids. I’m pretty sure my husband...
View ArticleMy Year In Review
A year in review is a perfect excuse to write here. It has been far too long! The thing I’m most proud of is that I ran 335 miles in 2016. My first pair of running shoes have been run to the ground....
View ArticleCreating A Life Friendly Business
All has been quiet here on Rosie Land as I try to get my life in some kind of order. Who am I kidding, right? 5 kids, what chance have I got? Yeah, it’ll probably never happen as I always seem to be...
View ArticleI have goals. I have no goals.
The world is pretty obsessed these days with goals, targets, productivity and what not. We create things to do and achieve, by specific times or restrictions. And then stress out if we can’t achieve...
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