by Fiona Rickard | Jan 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
I Want to Be Less In 2026, I’ve decided I want to be less. Specifically, less busy, less stressed, and significantly less anxious. I’m finally ready to stop the internal sprint and start living at a slower pace. For years, I’ve been an active and eager... 
by Fiona Rickard | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Summertime and Fundraising Ain’t Easy Working on a recent campaign I began thinking, panicking even, about how important it was to get it into donors’ postboxes before the summer hits. It’s a time when our own routines often shift, and it can be a... 
by Fiona Rickard | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Paddy was a liar. Everyone knew it. His mother even said he started lying at conception. She’d spent nine months expecting a girl, the doctor had promised. “A little ball of mischief,” he’d said. That was the only truth from that bloody doctor. When the baby came, two... 
by hello@amymcdesign.ie | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
They say all good things come to an end. And when my work wife told me she was leaving, I shed real-life tears. She wasn’t just a colleague, she was my partner in crime, my daily dose of shared laughter, and my after work ‘let’s fix the world’ wine... 
by hello@amymcdesign.ie | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
I miss the flingos. It never occurred to me that I would, but as soon as my daughter uttered the word “flamingo” in place of her usual “flingo,” I knew we’d softly drifted from one stage to another. She’s five and a half now. And oh, that... 
by hello@amymcdesign.ie | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
One year freelance! 🎉 It’s been a year since I took the plunge into the exciting (and slightly terrifying) world of freelance writing. This isn’t a “Top 10 Things I Wish I’d Known” – because, frankly, I’m still figuring things out....