So here we are. Another year has been and gone.Although reflections and resolutions can be made at any time – why not the 1st July for example? – there is something about January. The excess and gluttony of December can leave us feeling full and content, in many ways, and so the opportunity to start...Read More
As we creep into February with the New Year now in full swing, I’ve been interested, not only in the progress of my own, but other people’s 2017 resolutions and whether they’ve been sticking to them as vehemently as they’d hoped. Amidst the healthy eating, drinking more water and daily yoga promises, every year I...Read More
Finding worthy content amongst the slew of drivel that dominates our online sphere can be a daily struggle. While dancing cats and babies with Sharpie eyebrows have their place and offer comedic relief, sometimes you want or even need something that impacts your day or maybe even your life. We spend our lives wading through...Read More
As we begin to embark on a new year many of us will take some time to recenter ourselves and think about what it is we want to achieve in 2017. For some that might be the inevitable weight loss or financial security that follows us all into each new year. But for some, there...Read More
Adrian, a friend of Semple’s, recently posted some bold views on our company LinkedIn page on a truism about women and interviews. He commented: “With an uneven gender balance in senior positions, many more aspiring female managers and directors are interviewed by men than vice versa. Subconsciously or not, colour, length, style of dress (did she dare to...Read More
During our first meeting of 2016 I proposed to the team that this would be a year of consolidation. I promised not to come up with too many new ideas and I think I saw a few eyes flicker in disbelief. The Semple team had some great achievements in 2015. One example, our magazine Semple...Read More
Sometimes we make big elaborate resolutions and stick to them. Sometimes we don’t. A New Year’s resolution is usually always only a positive thing: we want to give up a bad habit, get fit and healthy, save money, for example. Resolutions come in all shapes and sizes and last from anywhere between a day and...Read More
So christmas is over and the new year has begun. It’s hard to know whether it’ll bring you copious amounts of joy but that’s what we are all hoping for. But sometimes it is hard to be positive when you aren’t necessarily feeling so great about yourself. Speaking from personal experience, I can say that...Read More
The New Year is a wonderful time. Fresh hope and new beginnings linger like the smell of freshly baked bread. We are positively drunk with the promise of new possibilities, buoyant against the tide of all that awaits us in the year ahead. But, we are hardly going to change overnight and that’s why that...Read More
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