TEXTBOX CONCEPTUAL

Seven years ago today, Connor was two months away from being born.  December 29, 2022 is a date that has me poised on the precipice – more or less – of the new year to come.  Perhaps, this will be our last local staycation. If I aim moderately high, we will be able to holiday in Greece before the end of next year; or at least pay off debt to the extent that an overseas holiday becomes increasingly doable in 2024. Many folks are in the same boat post pandemic. But the claustrophobia of not being able to GET OUT of your country of origin is looming large for anyone who travelled a fair amount before 2020. Is it possible to save, pay off debt, AND travel in the next two years? I think it is and this means working hard; taking on clients that pay on time while offering valuable work; and thinking beyond the basic bills and debit orders of a household. Here's to going large in 2023/2024! ;-)

One of the incredible things about being on leave, is that there's time to blog – and also write social media posts on behalf of my own business, TextBOX Conceptual; rather than what I do (and find very rewarding, let me add) between 9 Jan and 19 December every year: which is writing on behalf of my clients.  The other thing that I get to do 1, 2, 3 times a day, if I choose, is to exercise – my preferred pastime! Today, thus far, I've done a 30min HIIT session and swum about in the aqua pool with my son for at least 50min – which included a really awesome massage between the shoulder blades, c/o of incoming hot-water jets. Perhaps I'll chill for the rest of today. But before I get more heavily into my own holiday writing/exercising/chilling regime, here are two recent SEO pieces of ours written on behalf of Executive Placements: https://web.asu.edu/jmike/5-ways-ace-your-first-professional-job-search https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/piperde/2022/12/19/four-international-trends-