JustPickOneUK

Here at Just Pick One we often have difficulties making decisions. As per a previous post on the subject, adulting is just a constant stream of decision making and it can be exhausting and difficult to do, especially when the whole look and feel of a new channel and blog are at stake.  I've been wanting to make my blog look and feel right for a while and I have been tweaking things constantly to make it sit right. I still don't think I am there yet and I shall be tweaking again tonight when I have eaten my dinner.  My YouTube channel is no different and I just quickly mocked up something that would do for now. But not I've got quite a few views and I will be making more and more content going forward, I wanted a new logo to make it look more professional and something I can be proud of when I see it.  I have very limited artistic skills and less when it comes to designing something like this on a computer which only just has paint.net on it. I was fiddling around online a...

 Following on from my previous blog I have come to a decision about my work.  Being a teaching assistant is a very rewarding experience. You get to be part of many young children's lives. You get to influence them, teach them, be another adult in their life they can trust and be confident with. You get to laugh with them, play with them in many ways in a different way than their families. You do get school holidays off which is excellent and so convenient when you have children of your own.  However, there are also downsides. On a basic level the amount of work involved and emotional investment does not get paid for properly in money. The average wage is between £18K and £23K according to gov.uk but I have never seen that much. I receive just over £16k. I cannot take annual leave during school time and so my family are fully restricted to holidays in term time. I know children should not be taken out of school, but it is not even an option for us with myself and my son lo...

 My friend and I were sitting down after work for a coffee and a natter and we both had the same look on our faces. We are both tired. Not just tired but emotionally, physically and mentally tired. We had nothing left to give. Well nothing to give until one of her kids needed something and then suddenly more energy was required to sort out that thing.  Adulting is one of those things that your parents never tell you about. At least not properly. I suppose a child's brain is more filled with its own tunnel visioned ideas about what will happen in the next 10 minutes and cannot comprehend the next 10 years, let alone the possible next 100! But the bit that got my friend and I was the reality that it is relentless. When something is relentless it feels like it is going to get you in the end regardless of how much effort you do or do not put in. Much like the Sea. You can enjoy it but also feel terrified in equal measure. It is not all bad. You can earn money, spend it as you like...