Kiesha Meikle

I’m currently trying to hack my productivity and I have found power in the stopwatch. The thing about the change in my schedule – caused by lockdown 3.0 – is that although there is far less pressure to deliver, the… Read More »Power in the stopwatch

I am currently having discussions with my 5 year old daughter around identity. It is such a loaded subject and I am treading very carefully – problem is, there is so much coming in and her sponge like brain is… Read More »Discussions around Femininity

I don’t talk on the phone – actually, that’s a lie… There are 2-3 people I talk with on the phone, the majority of my immediate circle I communicate with via WhatsApp or DMs (email for the outer circle). I… Read More »See you in my DMs

All of my fitness equipment looks like this. New and glossy…totally untouched. I realise my lockdown binge eating habits have got to stop – did you see my post about baking cakes? Anyway. I have started exercising again and this… Read More »Workout equipment that you don’t need

I am currently trying to write some copy and this picture is a representation of how my mind feels today – I’m doing my best. I posted on Insta (on one of my many accounts) that I was feeling a… Read More »Perfection is so 2019 hun.

Cake…that’s what I have been doing for the past few weeks. Baking cake, after cake, after cake… Instead of getting on with actual work, I have been focusing the majority of my time on home and recreational stuff – I… Read More »Working from home and all the cake…

Last week I was asked to create a gift guide with a theme. I did one for the office colleagues that some of you are missing – after all, most of us are now working from home. I listed every… Read More »Thanks, but no thanks.

Creativity looks so different to me now. I used to think it was creating content, painting or writing features. Creativity now? It’s day to day life. I have to be creative with my time, with how I manage my workload,… Read More »Creativity

Freelance life is crazy. Every freelancer I speak to has a love hate relationship with it. Complaining on our WhatsApp groups every.single.day. yet each one swearing they’ll never go back to the office. Another WhatsApp hot topic? The heirachy between… Read More »Freelance life is crazy.

It’s a thing you know…the work fro. It’s such a hard fro to pull off. So hard, that those of us with afro hair really do not get enough credit for rocking our fros at work. All of the weirdness… Read More »The Work Fro

I started listening to podcasts a while ago when I fell out of love with BBC Radio 4…that’s another story, for another post. I am yet to find one I can stick to, any recommendations for podcasts…I’m all ears. I… Read More »I don’t recommend listening in…

Cute pic, right? Sun streaming in, puppy with tail wagging, a serene smile over a quiet coffee. Yeah…my Sundays look NOTHING like this. ‘Traditional ideas of what a Sunday should be do not exist around here.’ Most of my work… Read More »When Sundays are not really Sundays.

I recently had a chat and a think about the concept of ‘becoming a brand’. I made some comments to a friend (the chat) that I now totally take back (the think) because they were…short sighted. My friend felt as… Read More »Becoming a brand

I have spent my entire career telling other people’s stories… As a Journalist I have interviewed business people, celebrities and artists, telling their stories on the pages of magazines and websites. Then, when I worked in communications I spent years… Read More »Stories inspire people, which is why you need to tell yours…

I’ve been trying to cut down on my caffeine intake. The aim was to limit the amount of coffee I have in a day in a bid to become less dependent on it. It seemed to be going quite well… Read More »Coffee for the win