It's been nearly two months since I decided to relocate back to my hometown of Birmingham and my productivity has dwindled between purple patches of productivity and days where I seem to be at home and achieve absolutely nothing. While I have a job hunt to focus on, alongside attempting to work on new projects, … Continue reading Refocusing and Finding the Productivity Bug Again
Four months? It feels as if it has been an eternity since I last put together a post on my blog about anything whether if it is Tableau, dataviz or journalism-related. Things have moved so quickly these past few months that my life has been moving around at 1000mph. I must remind myself to slow … Continue reading Always Put Yourself First, Not Last
One of the things I wanted to do in 2018 was to do a long-distance running event. Considering I was completely rubbish at sport since childhood, it dawned on me in my late-teenage years that I started to become better at playing sports. Running is my go-to exercise for destressing and it makes a huge … Continue reading Running the 2018 Great Birmingham 10k
Every week, I always think to myself "How can I strengthen the networks I currently have at the moment to secure my first graduate job?" The method to my madness is quite simple, networking is a great to get your foot in the door and get over that hurdle of applying for hundreds of jobs … Continue reading Network, Network, Network – Building networks to secure a job
It can be a very tough predicament being a recent graduate coming out with an Upper Second Class Honours degree in Media and Communication (Journalism) at Birmingham City University and not finding that first graduate job like I have in July 2017. The networks you have built throughout college and university and you are hitting … Continue reading Figuring out my own rags to riches story
One of Birmingham's most famous street food events has descended into Longbridge for its debut in the area. Digbeth Dining Club, which takes place every Friday and Saturday in Digbeth has descended onto Longbridge Town Centre for the first time on Saturday 12 August 2017. There were vendors who provided fresh, vibrant street food that brought the heart of … Continue reading Longbridge welcomes Digbeth Dining Club with plenty of street food
When I look back at my achievements, there's always one thing that I look at and that is my comfort zone (or lack of it). It's fair to say over the past few years, I have gone way outside of my comfort zone like never before and in many respects it has helped me become … Continue reading Getting outside that comfort zone
Families, car enthusiasts and photographers turned out to celebrate Ferrari's 70th Anniversary in Birmingham. 70 Ferrari cars that were worth in excess of £15 million descended onto Victoria Square as they were showcased outside the Town Hall and Council House. It's one of four events in the UK that the Italian manufacturer are holding as … Continue reading Birmingham fills with red as Ferrari celebrate 70th anniversary
A survey carried out the Sutton Trust in The Guardian has seen privately-educated schools still remain in top jobs such as law, journalism and medicine over state comprehensive secondary schools and academies. Figures from the educational charity show that only 7% of the population went to a fee-paying school. In journalism, 51% of the leading … Continue reading Chief Master of King Edward’s Edgbaston argues success of pupils in top jobs
It's fair to say when you make a massive change by abandoning all the PlayStation consoles you've amassed as a child and teenager to getting on the tennis court and hitting tennis balls at all sorts of angles, it all starts to make sense how these changes have changed my philosophy of life. I'm currently … Continue reading Back on the tennis court, kind of…..
