Hello and welcome to the Squiggly Careers podcast. I'm Helen and I'm Sarah and this is a weekly

podcast to support you with your career development whether you're experiencing some brilliant ups or

maybe a few challenging downs we are here behind the scenes to help you with ideas for action

and things to build your belief. That's what this podcast is

all about. And there are over 250 episodes to support you with your career development.

And before we dive into today's topic, which is all about managing your monkeys, which might

not sound like your career, but I promise you it will help you to take control of your time.

We did just want to say a quick thank you and

shout out to our producer, George, who has produced a Squiggly Careers podcast nearly every episode.

I think he was with us nearly from the very beginning and you won't ever really see him or hear

him, but we love him and he makes us sound better than we probably would otherwise you might not

believe it but he does edit out some of where we go really wrong or sound very rubbish or get

interrupted by cats or kids so without him you wouldn't have the podcast that you have today

which is very much credit to george And he always listens to every episode.

And he sends us really lovely emails as well. So he sends us emails with feedback. He does

what work well even better if. I feel like he's really taken to heart, everything that we talk

about. And when he let us know that he's off to do some really exciting audio projects, he even

said, listening to Squiggly Careers has really

influenced him and helped him to make those decisions, which on one hand made me really happy.

And I was thinking, oh, I feel really proud that we can be useful for people. And on the other

hand, I was thinking, oh, but please don't leave us. So it's a bit of a catch-22, occasionally,

career development that actually works.

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