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ON SENTIENCE

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

25.08.2022.

We are reaching the end of this Philosopher-in-Residence’s Summer of Pseud and lo and behold, what better way to culminate an impromptu series than to reflect upon how we all feel? Sentience is usually thought of as the characteristic that differentiates we...

THE NEXT GENERATION

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Pen Le Kelly

24.08.2022.

Hello there, Fans of Plans! Today is my niece’s third birthday; no doubt she’ll be celebrating by wearing her favourite Mini Mouse top and eating cake. But my favourite niece turning three got me thinking about her generation as they grow up and...

KEEPING HYDRATED

The Being Yourself Series, from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Jane Studd

16.08.2022.

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but it’s been quite hot for the past few weeks. I know we all know that it’s important to stay hydrated in the heat, but do we really know what our body is using all that lovely water for? This...

ON HEURISTICS

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

11.08.2022.

So in this summer of Pseud, this Philosopher-in-Residence is opting for blog topics that help us make sense of the ordinary by stepping outside of our day-to-day lexicon. Just what are heuristics? A dictionary or internet search, or even asking a group of people, will...

TAKING TIME OUT

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Pen Le Kelly

10.08.2022.

Hello there Fans of Plans! Summer holidays are in full swing and this week we are looking at taking time out from work. Regular readers of my blog will remember that last fortnight, I wrote about business continuity during seasonal demands and annual leave. Well, this...

LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. WHEN THAT FAILS, LISTEN TO YOUR FRIENDS.

The Being Yourself Series, from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Jane Studd

01.08.2022.

Before I get into my main topic of conversation today, I’m going to have to give a bit of background information about myself. As well as writing about all things wellbeing for Make Me A Plan, and doing Student Nurse Stuff of course, I’m a...

ON STUFF

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

28.07.2022.

Last fortnight, this Philosopher-in-Residence talked about worldviews and how one person can combine the seemingly binary playbooks of Hobbes and Kant. We are remaining in that kind of realm for today’s edition (Summer of Pseud anyone?) Poorer health and...

SEASONAL CONTINUITY

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Pen Le Kelly

26.07.2022.

School’s out for summer – bring on the sunshine, days out and ice creams! This all sounds brilliant, but what about work? You can’t just drop everything for six weeks! So, Fans of Plans, let’s take a look at different aspects of seasonal work this week to see how we...

ADULTING BLIND SPOTS

The Being Yourself Series, from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Jane Studd

19.07.2022.

Last Saturday, two things happened to me in quick succession. First, I ran a Parkrun personal best. Immediately after, while on the phone to Principle Planner Anna, I stepped in dog poo. “You should write a blog post about this”,...

ON WORLDVIEWS

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

14.07.2022.

When this Philosopher-in-Residence was a youthful undergraduate, pondering Politics and German at the University of Southampton, I used to describe myself as a Hobbesian Kantian. A beverage-break-sized blog is probably not suffice to give a full precis of Hobbes or Kant,...