#thismumcan

Today was mostly about clarifying the current unit, which is proving to be a little dry and long for most of us. Although, pretty useful when it comes to learning about malware. You should have seen the husband’s face when I asked him whether he thought he had a virus, trojan, spyware or a worm disrupting his laptop! I feel like I earned this unit after that conversation!😆 I wish my tutor could have heard me bragging about my new found knowledge in the topic!

Today we also spoke about mental health. All too important topic during these challenging times. It was upsetting to learn that it’s mostly women who suffer the anxiety and stress. Being with the children all day, homeschooling, working from home and managing a household can be daunting even for the strongest of minds.

Think positive, be kind to yourself, restart, give yourself a break, excercise, eat well and share your thoughts with likeminded people. These are just some of the very valuable tips that were shared during our session this morning. I will make these my mantras, specially in the coming busy Christmas season.

After a couple of weeks of assessments and half term activities we returned to our webinar today.

A really interesting and pretty challenging one for me personally, as I do NOT like speaking in public! It was my turn to present the Weekly Challenge in front of the group, and boy! I couldn't feel my legs! I think eventually I managed to masquerade my nerves pretty well, and the presentation went smoothly. Phew...

The session continued on to the topic of social media and more specifically Linkedin. Even though I created a profile for myself a few months ago, I have not made an effort to connect or interact with anyone so far. I felt that between Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram my social media mental capacity has been reached. But, like with anything and anyone these days, I need a reboot, restart and update.

Linkedin, here I go! 

💚Second webinar today. More ladies have joined the course. It’s refreshing to see how we are all going through similar thoughts and mindsets. A lot of my confidence building will definitely need to be around Digital Skills! 

Today we played a ten questions quiz on kahoot and I found it really fun and educational at the same time. I don’t consider myself a competitive person, however, being a runner up did make me feel good!

We also learned about how to organise ourselves for independent learning. This is very important as motivation levels will change week after week, but the deadlines will not going away. I think setting myself a disciplined routine from the start and putting away my phone will be key to achieve this.

💚 I’ve been really looking forward to this day, and it finally arrived! Yesterday, I started a Successful Mums Back to Work skills course. I have spoken to so many women in the last couple of years about this course, and not one had a negative thing to say about it. Now it’s my turn to get my mojo back!

Although I was nervous, I also had that fluttery butterfly feeling in my stomach, and that was certainly excitement rather than nerves. The induction was brilliant, perfect length, positive vibes and enough info not to be overwhelmed on a first day. It was our lovely trainer’s first day back to work after her maternity leave, so that put this course in real perspective, and thinking back, it was great role modelling for us all. 

I met a bunch of ladies with the same purpose, to get their mojo back, gain confidence and return to work. The atmosphere was of support and encouragement and I came out of the video call feeling empowered and ready to go.