My New Car

The is my new car!  Red of course!  Ok... it is just a mouse, but perfect for the office of a traffic engineer!

Practice

Somethimes it can become monotonous doing the same thing over and over, until eventually motivation disappears.  These words recently inspired me...

"Experts are experts because they have put in the work, doing the same thing over and over again, hundreds maybe thousands of times, striving to do better each time.  Keep persisting!!"

Influence

 This is a drawing my daughter did when she was 4 years old.  It is her and a friend starberry picking.  Most important to her art was the entry road (black with seperated centre line marking) strawberry sign, roundabout (light green) and car parking area (brown lines) with the cars drawn from plan view.  I just love this picture, clearly she has spent a lot of time in my office asking questions about plans and watching me "google" earth!

If only I could influence people at meetings the way I can influence my children's drawings!!!

Traffic Lady

I was at a meeting today and the client was being introduced to the civil engineer, town planner, geotechnical engineer, but when it came to me... I was known as "The Traffic Lady".  Four years of engineering - square rooting the alphabet to the logarithm of 10 and all I get is "Traffic Lady".  Oh well as they say "It's not what they call you... just as long as they call you!!!"

Happy New Year

I am really looking forward to an exicting year ahead, new ventures are on the horizon, so stay posted!

Seeing the Light

A few weeks ago we decided to have a "no electricity" night! It is amazing how dependent we become and how we take for granted brilliant inventions. We were also taking the kids out of their "comfort zone" which I recommend everyone should do occasionally.  I couldn’t even tell them the name of the person who invented electricity!!!  Yet we are so dependent on it, which begged me to think – why do we strive for innovation? … it certainly isn’t for the fame!  This simple idea of having a night of candles and torches made me re-evaluate my career and refocus my direction – my aim is to improve the way we live by being influential.  It is amazing how clearly things appear in the darkness in order to lead us to the light!!!

My Diary

My Diary is essential for organising work and family.  I record phone calls, names and numbers, meeting arrangements, school appointments  - I would be lost without it.  I-phones and Blakberries are excellent, but the trusy good old diary is flawless (apart from the big dint on the front of mine)!