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In order to diagnose your doctor will need to verify that you've had two or more unprovoked and then figure out what type of seizures they were. This can involve a neurological exam and a variety of tests, the most common of which is an electroencephalogram (EEG). Other tests may include blood tests, a computerized tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and a positron emission tomography (PET). It's important for your doctor to accurately diagnose what type of seizures you're having and where they begin in order to find the most effective treatment.
Physical Exam/Medical History
Your doctor will start by reviewing your medical and family history to see if seizures run in your family and asking about the
can be tricky since your doctor most likely will not witness you having a seizure. It helps if you keep a detailed history, including:1
- What you were doing before your seizure started
- How you felt before, during (if you remember anything), and after
- How long the seizure lasted
- Anything that may have triggered it
- Specifics about any sensations, feelings, tastes, sounds, or visual phenomenon
Get detailed descriptions from anyone who's witnessed your seizures. Eyewitness accounts are invaluable in diagnosing epilepsy.
You will probably also have a physical exam so that your doctor can check to see if there's an underlying medical condition that's causing your seizures. If you already have a chronic medical condition, be sure to let your doctor know about it since it may be contributing.
Even if your underlying condition is not the cause, it could still interfere with any anti-seizure drug your doctor prescribes by causing poor absorption or negative interactions.
You can use our Doctor Discussion Guide below to start a conversation with your doctor about your symptoms and how your seizures manifest.
Epilepsy Doctor Discussion Guide
Get our printable guide for your next doctor's appointment to help you ask the right questions
Labs and Tests
Your doctor may order a number of labs and tests to help with a diagnosis.
Neurological Tests
In order to determine how your seizures may be affecting you, your doctor may perform some neurological tests to assess your behavior, as well as your intellectual and motor abilities. This can also help determine what type of epilepsy you have.
A neurological exam may involve testing your reflexes, balance, muscle strength, coordination, and your ability to feel.2 If you are diagnosed with epilepsy, your doctor will likely conduct a brief neurological exam every time you have a check-up to see how your medication is affecting you.
Blood Tests
You will likely have some blood tests, including a to make sure that your kidneys, thyroid, and other organs are functioning properly and that they're not the cause of your seizures.
You may also have a done to check for infections. A blood test can also look at your DNA for genetic conditions that might explain your seizures.3
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
Because it's possible to be misdiagnosed with epilepsy when you actually have a condition known as (see "Differential Diagnoses" below), your doctor may want to do an to check your heart. An ECG can rule out a cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heartbeat) that may have caused syncope.4
An ECG is a quick and painless test that measures and records the electrical activity in your heart for several minutes using electrodes attached to your chest. Your doctor can then tell if your heart is beating regularly and whether or not it's being worked too hard.
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
An is the most common diagnostic tool doctors use for epilepsy because it picks up abnormal brain waves.3 That said, an abnormal EEG merely supports a diagnosis of seizures; it cannot rule them out since some people have normal brain waves in between seizures.
Others have abnormal brain activity even when they're not having a seizure. Abnormal brain waves may also be seen when you've had a stroke, head trauma, or when you have a tumor.
It can be helpful to have an EEG within 24 hours of having your first seizure, if at all possible.
Your doctor may have you come in for your EEG very early in the morning when you're still drowsy or have you stay up late the night before in order to increase the chance of recording seizure activity.
For this procedure, electrodes are attached to your scalp using a washable glue. The electrodes have wires connecting them to an EEG machine, which records your brain's electrical activity, typically while you're awake. The electrodes are simply for detection and don't conduct any electricity, so it's a completely painless procedure. An EEG may last from 20 minutes to two hours, depending on your doctor's orders.
Brain waves are recorded as squiggly lines called traces, and each trace represents a different area in your brain. Your neurologist is looking for patterns, called epileptiform, that show a tendency toward epilepsy. These can manifest as spikes, sharp waves, or spike-and-wave discharges.
If abnormal activity shows up on your EEG, the trace can show where in your brain the seizure originated. For instance, if you're having generalized seizures, which means they involve both sides of your brain, there will likely be spike-and-wave discharges spread throughout your brain. If you're having focal seizures, meaning that they involve just one area of your brain, there will be spikes or sharp waves in that specific location.5
Your doctor may want you to have a high-density EEG rather than a classic EEG. This just means that the electrodes are placed closer together, which can help pinpoint more accurately where in your brain your seizures are starting.
Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
The neurons in your brain create electrical currents that, in turn, create small magnetic fields that can be measured with magnetoencephalography (MEG).3 A MEG is often done at the same time as an EEG or used with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and can be especially helpful in pinpointing the area of your brain that your seizures are coming from.
Similar to an EEG, a MEG is non-invasive and painless, using metal coils and sensors to measure your brain function. It may be more accurate than an EEG in detecting the location of your seizures because your skull and the tissue surrounding your brain don't interfere with the readings, whereas they affect an EEG's readings. However, the two tests complement one another since each may pick up abnormalities the other does not.
Your doctor may want to do one or more imaging tests of your brain to check for any abnormalities and to pinpoint where in your brain the seizures originate.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
uses a magnetic field and radio waves to give a detailed image of your brain and is considered the best imaging method for epilepsy because it's especially sensitive to detecting a variety of seizure causes. It can rule out structural brain abnormalities and lesions that may be causing your seizures, as well as areas that have developed abnormally and changes in your brain's white matter.6
Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
A scan utilizes X-rays and can be used to find obvious problems in your brain, such as hemorrhage, cysts, large tumors, or obvious structural abnormalities.3 A CT scan may be used in the emergency room to rule out any conditions that need immediate treatment, but an MRI is considered more sensitive and usually used in non-emergency situations.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
When you have a a low dose of radioactive material is injected into your vein to record how your brain uses sugar. This scan is usually done in between seizures to identify any areas in your brain that aren't metabolizing sugar well, an indicator of the seizure's origin. This test is especially helpful when you have focal seizures.7
Single-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT)
A is a specialized test that's usually only used if other tests haven't been able to locate where your seizures start.3 When you have a seizure, more blood flows to the area of your brain in which it originates.
A SPECT test is the same as a CT scan, except that like a PET scan, you're injected with a low dose of radioactive material right before the scan itself is done. The radioactive material shows the blood flow activity in your brain, helping to pinpoint the origin of your seizures.
Differential Diagnoses
Several other conditions can look like a seizure disorder, and your doctor may need to rule them out before diagnosing you with epilepsy.
Syncope occurs when you lose consciousness due to a lack of blood flow to the brain, which can cause your muscles to jerk or stiffen, similar to a seizure. Your body overreacts and your blood pressure and heart rate plummet, causing you to faint. Once you're lying down, gravity allows the blood to return to your heart and you regain consciousness quickly.
It can be misdiagnosed as epilepsy, particularly if no one witnessed the event.
The most common cause of syncope is Also called the simple fainting spell or reflex syncope, this condition occurs because of a neurological reflex that's often triggered by factors like pain, fright, an upsetting situation, stress, or the sight of blood.8
If your doctor suspects that vasovagal syncope is the cause of what seemed to be a seizure, you may have a to help diagnose it. In a tilt table test, you lie down on a table that's slowly tilted upward into a standing position while your blood pressure and heart rate are monitored to see how they respond to gravity. This may cause you to faint.
Some people with vasovagal syncope have warning signs that they're about to faint such as sweating, nausea, blurry vision, or weakness, but some people don't.
can also cause syncope. This an inherited disorder of the which controls the heartbeat. People who have long QT syndrome can develop sudden, unexpected episodes of a peculiar variety of a potentially dangerous rapid heart rhythm, that commonly leads to sudden syncope and can even lead to sudden Long QT syndrome, once diagnosed, can be effectively treated.9
There are other times when the syncope trigger is unknown, but the episodes usually happen when you're standing.
One difference between a seizure and syncope is that when you wake up after syncope, you're immediately alert. With a seizure, you're often sleepy and disoriented for a few minutes or longer. It's very rare to have both syncope and a seizure at the same time.
Transient Ischemic Attack
A is often referred to as a mini-stroke and is far more likely in older adults. During a TIA, blood flow to your brain is temporarily blocked and your symptoms may be similar to that of a stroke. However, unlike a stroke, it usually resolves within a few minutes without any lasting damage. A TIA may be a warning sign that you're going to have a stroke in the future and always needs medical attention.10
A TIA can be mistaken for a seizure. Occasionally, people have shaky limbs during a TIA, though this isn't common. Both TIAs and a type of seizure known as aphasic seizures can cause aphasia (being unable to speak or understand others). One difference is that with a TIA, this happens suddenly and doesn't get worse, whereas in an aphasic seizure, it typically progresses.11
Both TIA and seizures can also cause you to suddenly fall to the ground, which is called a drop attack. If you're an older adult and you've never had a seizure before, your doctor will likely test you to rule out or confirm a TIA.
Both migraine and epilepsy involve episodes of brain dysfunction and share some symptoms, including a headache, nausea, vomiting, visual aura, tingling, and numbness. Having a personal or family history of migraine can be a big clue that helps your doctor differentiate between the two concerns.
While headache is the trademark symptom of a migraine, 45 percent of people with epilepsy get them after having a seizure too, and the pain may feel similar to a migraine.12 Additionally, up to a third of people with migraine don't feel head pain with at least some of their migraines.
Many people with migraine have a visual aura that lets them know a migraine is coming. Visual aura can occur with epilepsy that originates in the occipital lobe of the brain, too. Epileptic visual auras tend to only last a few minutes though while migraine visual auras can last up to an hour.13
Somatosensory symptoms like numbness, tingling, pain, and feeling like one or more of your limbs are "asleep" can also occur in both epilepsy and migraine. Like visual auras, they spread slowly and can last for up to an hour in migraine, whereas they come on quickly and only last a few minutes with epilepsy.
Losing consciousness and motor activity like muscle stiffening or jerking is very unusual in migraine, so these symptoms are far more likely to be epilepsy. Confusion or sleepiness that lasts for some time after an episode is more common in epilepsy, but it can occur in certain types of migraine, as well.
Panic Attacks
If you're prone to panic attacks, you likely have an underlying anxiety disorder. Symptoms of a panic attack are sweating, increased heart rate, a sense of impending doom, chest pain, lightheadedness, and shortness of breath.14 A panic attack can also result in shakiness and tremors. Rarely, the hyperventilation that often accompanies an attack can cause you to briefly lose consciousness. All of these can be mistaken for signs of a seizure.
Panic attacks are especially likely to be mistaken for seizures when you aren't feeling anxious or stressed before an attack occurs. Seizures can also be mistaken for panic attacks since anxiety disorders commonly co-occur with epilepsy and fear can occur after a seizure, especially in temporal lobe epilepsy.
One way to tell the difference between a panic attack and a seizure is that a panic attack can last from minutes to hours, whereas seizures occur abruptly and typically last less than two minutes.
Motor automatisms like lip smacking or blinking, unresponsiveness, and sleepiness after an episode are also unlikely in a panic attack, but common with seizures.
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
While psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) look just like regular seizures, there is no abnormal electrical brain activity that ties them to epilepsy. The cause of these seizures seems to be psychological rather than physical, and they're categorized as a subtype of conversion disorder under the somatic symptoms and related disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5).15 Video EEG monitoring is usually used to diagnose PNES.
There are several differences between epileptic seizures and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures:15
- Usually last between 1 to 2 minutes
- Eyes are usually open
- Motor activity is specific
- Vocalization is uncommon
- Rapid heartbeat is common
- Blue tinge to the skin is common
- Post-seizure symptoms include sleepiness, confusion, headache
- May be longer than 2 minutes
- Eyes are often closed
- Motor activity is variable
- Vocalization is common
- Rapid heartbeat is rare
- Blue tinge to the skin is rare
- Post-seizure symptoms are minimal and quickly subside
Narcolepsy With Cataplexy
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes episodes of extreme sleepiness in which you may fall asleep for a few seconds to a few minutes throughout the day. This can happen at any time, including when you're walking, talking, or driving. It's rare, affecting an estimated 135,000 to 200,000 people in the United States.16
When you have narcolepsy with cataplexy, called type 1 narcolepsy, you also experience sudden partial or complete loss of muscle tone that can result in slurred speech, buckled knees, and even falls. This can be mistaken for an atonic seizure, which also causes you to lose muscle tone.
One way to differentiate between the two is that cataplexy usually occurs after you've experienced a strong emotion, like laughter, fear, surprise, anger, stress, or excitement. Your doctor can do a sleep study and a multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) to diagnose narcolepsy.
Paroxysmal Movement Disorders
There are several paroxysmal movement disorders that may look like epilepsy because of the involuntary twitching, writhing, or repetitive movements that can occur at different times.
The cause of these disorders isn't understood, but they can happen for no reason, run in your family, or occur when you have another condition such as multiple sclerosis (MS), stroke, or a traumatic brain injury. Anti-seizure medication can be helpful for certain types of these disorders and they're often diagnosed based on your history and possibly a video-monitored EEG.


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Shocking nitrate news
"More than 1,000 original prints of old Indian movies – some the only copies – have been destroyed in a fire at the Film and Television Institute of India.
The films were destroyed when a cold storage vault caught fire on Wednesday at the institute in Pune, 180 kilometres east of Mumbai, also known as Bombay.
Most of the original film prints dated back to the classic era of the 1930s and '40s and belonged to the National Film Archives of India.
According to the institute's director, Prem Mathiyani, all the original prints were on nitrate, an inflammable chemical used for preserving films in the 1950s.
The prints lost included the work of some of Bollywood's pioneering studios such as Prabhat.
Old cinema classics such as Manoos (Man) and Shejari (Neighbour) were stored at the institute.
The original print of Bollywood classic, Raja Harishchandra, was also stored there and it is still not clear whether the film survived. "
By the way, it would be nice if people realised that not all to do with film in India can or should be labelled "Bollywood" (see the Standard headline "Brandkatastrophe in "Bollywood").

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Connecticut: The story behind the score
By Paul E. Stern
"Connecticut has benefited from some spectacular corruption.
In the past decade, no branch of government has been spared from abuse, exploitation and disgrace.
There was Gov. John G. Rowland, who, in league with a prominent state contractor, turned his administration into a criminal enterprise.
There were legislators who, in the pursuit of power, were willing to be owned by lobbyists.
There was State Treasurer Paul Silvester, who used his office and the state's treasury to extort millions in kickbacks for himself and his friends.
There were the judges who suppressed public knowledge even of the existence of court cases involving influential and prominent litigants. And there was state Supreme Court Chief Justice William J. Sullivan, who delayed the release of a controversial ruling in order to win appointment for his Republican protégé.
Little wonder that Connecticut has undergone significant reform in recent years, and that, as a result, state government has never been more open to public view and inspection. In the new
State Integrity Investigation — a joint project of the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity and Public Radio International — Connecticut now ranks second in it transparency and accountability, earning a solid B grade and numeric score of 86..."
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The items are 1-overlay (the big conglomeration of circles ... I'm so happy to use the word conglomeration on my blog!!) 2-white scalloped piece (this is actually an album page for one of the mini albums you can make) 3-Glitter letters (this is what the new alpabet looks like) 4-circle with a star in the center (I cut several sizes and used them all to "decorate") THAT'S IT!! The only other ingredient is adhesive!
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The singer provides the voice of Florence in the film.
Robbie Williams, Sir Ian McKellen, Bill Nighy, Joanna Lumley and Tom Baker also help voice the movie, which is released in UK cinemas on 11 February.
Others stars who attended the premiere in London's West End included actress Denise Van Outen and DJ Jo Whiley.
The premiere was held to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.French origins
The original series of The Magic Roundabout was created for French TV in the mid-1960s.
It was adapted into English, with actress Emma Thompson's father Eric creating the programme's storylines and characterisation. The show was broadcast on the BBC from 1965 to 1977.
The show was revived by Channel 4 in the early 1990s, when all the voices were supplied by actor Nigel Planer, most famous for playing Neil in TV show The Young Ones.
A movie version of Magic Roundabout, called Dougal And The Blue Cat, was released in 1972.
New look
The old favourites of the hit children's television series will be joined by new characters in the film, using computer-generated graphics.
Singer Robbie Williams voices shaggy-haired dog Dougal, while actress Joanna Lumley and actor Sir Ian McKellen provide the voices for Ermintrude the Cow and Zebedee.
Ray Winstone is the voice behind a new character called Soldier Sam.


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Cardigan, Clothing, cowel, craft, Fashion, festive fur, fur collar, God, knit, Knitting, Knitting needle, knitting needles, peplum, style, Yarn
I love it when people ask me what is on my knitting needles today. I usually have a couple of projects going at the same time: one large project and one small project. Socks are my typical small project, however today I have a cowl on my needles and my large project really is not on needles. It is a cardigan which is complete except sewing on the pockets, buttons and knitting the optional Festive Fur collar. Unfortunately I am not happy with the body length. It is really a jacket but seems too short even though I added an 1″ to the length. It looks great on the mannequin but God made me with a long torso. What do you think I should do? I am considering a peplum.
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In her essay Anarchism: What It Really Stands For,1 Emma Goldman discusses anarchism–still a widely misunderstood idea–as the most progressive and just political project whose moment has arrived. At another time I'll get into what this means, whether anarchism is still relevant today, and how it is different from libertarianism. For now, I want to briefly introduce the question, What is radical?, by looking at the following excerpt from Goldman's essay:
Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think. The widespread mental indolence, so prevalent in society, proves this to be only too true. Rather than to go to the bottom of any given idea, to examine into its origin and meaning, most people will either condemn it altogether, or rely on some superficial or prejudicial definition of non-essentials.
The word 'radical' doesn't appear in the essay, but Goldman, in attempting to dispel the myths surrounding anarchism and to promote an understanding of the political project, gives us a great starting point to discuss the concept. Radical, from the latin radicalis, is that which goes to the root. Radical thought, then, is what Goldman describes here: thinking that goes "to the bottom of any given idea, to examine into its origin and meaning." The lack of such thinking is lamentable because without it understanding remains on the surface of ideas, in the area of "some superficial or prejudicial definition of non-essentials." No progress can be made in politics if the common understanding doesn't advance beyond the superficial understanding. In order to promote a better understanding for the transformation of society, Goldman seeks to radicalize our thinking on politics.
What we are describing here, radical thought and the thinking that goes to the root, is what is often said to be the task of philosophy. Isn't the explicit task of the philosopher to 'get to the bottom' of things, particularly ideas, and investigate their origin and meaning? And for what purpose does the philosopher take on this task? Let's put aside the empty and worn idea that the goal of doing philosophy is the acquisition of knowledge. This idea has run its course and failed to produce fruit for either philosophy or for the larger society. The raison d'être, if there is one, of philosophy is not only to think radically but to appropriate radical thought for the radical transformation of self and world. Any philosophy student who has not yet been given over completely to the demands of academic performance standards and a desolate job market knows this and takes it for granted that transformative thought can bear fruit.
The root is the most vital part that makes possible the plant and its fruit. It is life itself through the passage of seasons and the connection between birth and death. In going to the root, though intellectually at first, one can't help but be transformed and to transform every thing to one's own self. It is the human condition that to get to the root of something one's entire self is propelled. To think radically is to exist radically, by definition. In this way, radical thought implies radical action.
The next step is to realize that this thinking that transforms is essentially a human activity and not confined solely to philosophy as a profession. Anytime we seek coherence between understanding and action, and between self and world, we're already on the way to the root. When Goldman laments a society that relies on superficial and prejudicial thought, she is indicating the possibility of another kind of thought that goes beyond the theoretical debates and intellectual posturing that prevent progress. For Goldman, this radical thinking originates in distinctively human activity and social relations. So why do we often find it missing, while misunderstanding and prejudice prevail? Perhaps one of the reasons for this lack of radical thought in social and political contexts has been the myth that thinking belongs to the philosopher and, further, that thought is detached from action. But both of these myths are dispelled when we trace the concept of 'radical' through philosophy straight to a basic human mode of existing that seeks the root of things.
From the common conception of philosophy we get the thinking which goes to the root, and from this thinking we get the realization that philosophy, in its core task, is only the explicit form of an essential human activity. The task of philosophy is the hope for a better self and world through uniquely human understanding (radical thought), and the fulfillment of the hope comes through radical activity, i.e., human existence. As I've discussed here, philosophy doesn't progress in the way that science and technology do. But for this very reason it is able to promote the kind of radical thought that belongs to everyone and that can bring us from misunderstanding and condemnation to dialogue and reconciliation.
In this conception of philosophy, not as only a profession or academic specialization, but as the essentially human task of radical thinking, the philosopher helps prepare the ground for justice.
- The essay can be read here: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/goldman/anarchism.html [↩]


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Welcome to my domain...if you dare...
Welcome to my blog about life as a writer and the craziness it involves with struggles of daily life. Make yourself at home but only if you don't mind a little messiness from time to time. This isn't the Home and Garden blog or Martha Stewart so don't expect cute little crafts with homemade goodies. That's not happening in the world of vamps, weres, and other things that go bump in the night...well...maybe homemade blood cakes topped with 'scream a la cream' sweetness along with the sexy alpha males who serve it up.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tempting Tuesday...Swiss dish, Marc Schenkenberg!
Sweden has some yummy treats; such as spitzbuben and baumkuchen. But I have to say that my favorite one is Marcus Schenkenberg. Anyone would love to take a bite out of this delicious Swiss dish. He's an actor/model and he's modeled for Calvin Klein, Versace, Valentino and more. Here's a few pics for our viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
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My oh my! I feel dirty and in need of a shower with a Swiss. :-)ReplyDelete
First yesterday, now this today - JD you just keep upping the ante! *whew* off for that shower...ReplyDelete
Poor darlin'. He seems to keep losing his clothes. As for that shower, I'd be happy to wash any parts he couldn't reach;) --- and a few he could!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the hot post!
He´s a swede, from sweden not swiss from switzerland. but yeah he is hot!ReplyDelete
and Baumkuchen & Spitzbueben are neither Swiss NOR Swedish lol...ReplyDelete
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Balancing Multiple Priorities: How to stay sane in an increasingly demanding workplacePosted April 22, 2014 in Latest News & Insights
Do you ever feel like you're drinking out of a fire hose when it comes to managing your never-ending to-do list? Busy-itis is the latest affliction causing many leaders sleepless nights, missed episodes of Mad Men and feverish checking of smartphones while "relaxing" on vacation. How much is too much? And what can leaders in the mid ranks do to regain control? We posed these and other questions at our spring PowerRoundtable to an illustrious panel of task juggling leaders including Steve Miles, COO International, Harlequin; Jody Steinhauer, Chief Visionary Officer, bargains group; and, Cheryl Fullerton, VP Total Rewards and Performance Management, Maple Leaf Foods; and our own Jacqui d'Eon of The Executive Roundtable / The Communications Department. Here's what they had to say:
Time hacks:
- Go ugly early. Figure out the thing your least looking forward to in your day and do that first.
- Take the first five minutes of your day to create a to-do list and update it at the end of each day.
- Only keep 3 things on your to-do list to allow space for other items that will invariably pop up.
- Colour code your emails for key people based on whether you are in the "To" field or in the "cc" field. This will help you address which ones to deal with first, and even how they need to be dealt with.
- Look to fill 'wait periods' (eg: after pushing an elevator button and waiting for it to arrive) with quick tasks and get small items off your plate rather than having them eat into your 'fun/personal' time.
Managing your boss:
- Review your to-do lists with your boss on a regular basis. Make sure your priorities are still their priorities.
- Don't just blindly take work from a superior. Confirm how new activities advance the big agenda items. If they don't, ask where they fit on the priority list.
- Don't assume your boss understands the amount of work that may be required. Be sure to clarify if items are "need to know" or "nice to know" before embarking on a ton of work. Ask a question like: "What would you (boss) do differently if you had that info?" – If nothing, then is it the right thing to work on?
- Determine what you're in control of and what is beyond your area of responsibility. Don't confuse accountability with responsibility.
- Try to pop in/out of situations instead of being there all the time.
- Set boundaries with technology. It's important to have downtime.
- You must put yourself first. Make self-care a value.
- Get enough sleep
- Find the time to do what you love
- Learn when you are most productive and use that time to your advantage
Build team capacity:
- Make sure you're delegating appropriately. Value your own time and make sure you're not spending it on tasks that are below your level of responsibility/seniority.
- Determine where people are and where they need to be. Think of the skill/will matrix. (Do they have the skill but not the will? Or do they have the will but not the skill? Both? Or neither?) Depending on the mix of your team you may need to look at training, incentives or other methods to help them take on more.
- Be accountable and hold others accountable. Don't step in to "pick up the pieces". Have the tough conversations needed to improve performance.
Challenge the status quo:
- It's always a good idea to take a step back and question the value of something (don't do it just because it's always been done). Meetings are a good example of this, unless the meeting is to share information people need, or to make a decision, you shouldn't have one.
As always, there was so much more. Thank you to all of our members who made it out and contributed their questions and insights to the session. A special thanks to our members Jeremy Diamond of The Vimy Foundation and Amy Woods of Allstate for capturing the top take-aways from their table groups. And of course, thanks to all of our panelists for their candor, humour and practical strategies. See you for our next session in the Fall.
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●Ikeda: On a peaceful society [How to get there]
From a healed, peaceful heart, humility is born; from humility, a willingness to listen to others is born; from a willingness to listen to others, mutual understanding is born and from mutual understanding, a peaceful society will be born. Nonviolence is the highest form of humility; it is supreme courage.
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We often hear about software acquisitions for huge amounts of money. Most recently, the search software Vurb is reported to be in the process of being bought by Snapchat for $110m.
Let's look back at some of the most expensive takeovers of web and mobile apps, focusing on the most memorable names.
WhatsApp bought by Facebook for $19bn
It's the annoying name that makes it sounds like you're asking someone what's up, but not quite. WhatsApp was bought by Facebook for $19bn two years ago.
An interesting article by Tech Crunch explains why this valuation was not so ludicrous. And it did seem ludicrous - at the time of the acquisition, WhatsApp wasn't even used widely in the US.
However, Facebook had previously missed out on buying Snapchat, so felt they had to make a meaty offer for WhatsApp. It also meant they avoided Google acquiring it.
Instagram bought by Facebook for $1bn
Facebook's other software biggie. Instagram was bought for the pocket change of $1bn, a bargain in hindsight (at the time of the acquisition in 2012 it was considered a lot for a start up). It is now valued at about $35bn by Citigroup. Eye bulge emoji.
Bitstrips bought by Snapchat for $100m
This isn't as expensive as the others and Bitstrips is less of a household name, but the thread here is the acquisition merry-go-round, as Facebook had previously failed to buy Snapchat (they didn't offer enough money).
Bitstrips is behind the Bitmoji cartoon characters - pre drawn templates that you can choose from to create comic strips and avatars.
Vine bought by Twitter for $30m*
I wanted to include a Twitter acquisition and this is one of the most well known, given that it's described as a 'vine' when someone posts a vine-hosted mini-video, rather than just a 'video'.
*This figure is disputed with $970m also mentioned. Stock value could account for this, though there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer.
Waze bought by Google for $966m
We haven't had a company gobbled up by Google yet, so here it is. Waze is a type of GPS and social sat nav. It takes data from users, who can also report crashes, traffic jams, etc.
Skype bought by eBay for $2.6bn
Companies can be acquired more than once, this time we're chosen to highlight one of the earlier acquisitions, as Skype was eventually bought by Microsoft for $8.5bn.
Early Skype software development took place in Estonia, and Microsoft have maintained a large base there.
YouTube bought by Google for $1.65bn
Another Google acquisition, and this is one of their most famous. They practically picked YouTube up at car boot sale for $1.65bn, when you consider it is an omnipresent online fixture.
Last year it was valued at about $70bn by analysts.
Myspace bought by News Corporation for $580m
A list of spendy acquisitions wouldn't be complete without mentioning myspace, bought for $580m and later sold (to Justin Timberlake and friends) for $35m.
But that doesn't tell the whole story. Myspace remained popular for years following the acquisition, and its valuation kept going up.
In 2008, Facebook became a bigger force, and Myspace continued to decline.
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Another purchase by Microsoft and an ongoing acquisition expected to complete by the end of the year. The acquisition will boost Microsoft social networking portfolio.
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Sometimes a new children's book makes me say to myself, Man, I wish this had been out when I was a kid. And since I've always been a history fan—I'm the son of an ancient historian, so it seems to run in the family—Patrick Dillon's The Story of Britain certainly had a head start at the honor. This handsome hardcover for historically inclined middle schoolers and up ambitiously takes its reader, as its subtitle says, "from the Norman conquest to the European Union."
Children's history is a tricky business, though, and most of the attempts I've seen fall into one of two traps. Either they hew too closely to the old-school "just the facts and dates" approach, resulting in dry, dull pages that even the most history-inclined kid would give up on, or they're so concerned with amping up the action that they skip vital issues entirely—and end up being fairly useless as history.
Dillon neatly walks a path between those two poles, by containing every episode and subject in a short, digestible chapter of a mere page or two in length. With large subjects that would be difficult to sum up in that little space—World War II, say—he expands on his schema rather than deserting it, devoting several of his brief chapters to different aspects.
This pays off marvelously, making The Story of Britain doubly useful, as both a fast journey through the entirety of British history and an excellent quick reference on the individual subjects. (In that regard, it's even handy for parents who might be looking for a speedy refresher on the Wars of the Roses or the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Hey, it could happen!) The format, and Dillon's perfectly light touch as a writer, keep everything moving along nicely, while the many evocative watercolors by illustrator P. J. Lynch bring the people and topics he's covering even more vividly to life.
The author is even brave enough to bring his book right up to the modern day, always a risky enterprise for any historian, since politics inevitably color any interpretation of recent events. Dillon chooses balance, presenting both sides of these often controversial arguments. This will tend to frustrate parents of just about any political bent, but does allow the author to avoid any serious accusations of attempted brainwashing of our youth, I suppose. (And to be fair, a child interested in learning more about the policies of Margaret Thatcher, say, will find no shortage of opinionated arguments at easy reach.)
Certainly, when covering so much time in fairly compact space, compromises must be made, and The Story of Britain makes no pretense of being an in-depth, comprehensive history. It's more a point of first entry into serious history for children: Dillon wants to cultivate their interest and help it grow, rather than stomping on it as many a school textbook has done through the years. I may be a bit predisposed, but I'd say he's succeeded marvelously, producing perhaps the best large-scale history book for kids since E. H. Gombrich's 75-year old A Little History of the World. (And to be honest, I've never been entirely sure that book—while wonderful—is really for children!)
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In the 2014 American movie, "5 Flights Up," Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton play an elderly couple who think about selling their two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. Since they have lived in the unit all their married life, the decision is a difficult one, and the premise of the plot hinges on the reason for their putting it on the market, which turns out to be a simple one: They live on the top floor of a five-story building with no elevator.
As with public toilets and convenience stores, we only really notice elevators when we need one and they aren't there. This becomes a concern for an aging urbanized society like Japan, since many of the residential collective housing structures built before the 1990s didn't have any. The standard design for most public housing, whether it be for low-income families or for the general public through the Japan Housing Corporation (which turned into the semi-private corporation UR in 2004), allowed for up to five stories with no elevators, whether they be rentals or for sale.
Most of the families who bought units in such buildings did so when they were relatively young, and if they still live there they have gotten on in their years and are probably unable to use the stairs as readily as they used to. So, like the abovementioned fictional couple, they may have to move. Unlike the fictional couple, however, they probably aren't going to get a million dollars (¥118 million) for their flat, so moving may not be as much of an option.
Several years ago when we considered buying a kodan (former public housing unit), the lack of elevators didn't worry us so much, but apparently it did for the majority of people who had the same idea. In the general housing market units on higher floors tend to be more expensive. According to the realtors we talked to, however, in most of the kodan, as well as some private condominiums, that we inspected, it was the bottom floor units that were more popular.
The reason for this had less to do with cheaper prices than with the lack of elevators, since more older people were moving out of their single-family homes and buying condos after their children had left the nest. And from what we understand, the demand for first-floor units is increasing.
Some local governments, in fact, have endeavored to refit a number of their low-income rental public housing with elevators, but the cost is prohibitive. By the same token, owners associations of older condominiums that want to add elevators to their buildings will discover that the construction costs are beyond their means. Also, even if they did install elevators the subsequent maintenance costs would more than double their monthly management fees.
We called UR and were told that they have added elevators to about 350 older rental properties nationwide. We visited one such five-story building in a large UR complex near where we live. Elevator shafts had been erected in front of each stairwell, with a bridge extending from the shaft to each floor. We asked a maintenance person if there were plans to attach these outside elevators, called ato-tsuke, to any other buildings in the complex and he said there weren't. He added that this particular building was reserved for older tenants, but there are a lot of vacancies in the complex so UR isn't sure if it would be cost effective to add any more elevators.
We also found that even in buildings that already have elevators, older tenants and condo owners prefer being on the ground floor, and not just because of their physical condition. We tend to take the utility of elevators so much for granted that we fail to realize how unnatural and even inconvenient they can be until we use them on a regular basis.
When you look for a new apartment either for rent or to buy in Japan, one of the top priorities is proximity to the nearest train or bus station, which is measured in minutes on foot. Realtors gauge this time from the front door of a building to the wicket of the station, but they don't take into consideration the vertical part of the journey. Depending on the floor and the time of day, elevator rides can add between one and 10 minutes to a morning commute, which, over time, can be an aggravation.
As much as we may not want to admit it, much of this annoyance has to do with social interaction. Elevator cars are limited spaces that force people to stand very close to one another, thus creating stress that only increases the longer one has to remain in that situation. A feature in the Yomiuri Shimbun several years ago analyzed circumstances in high-rise condominiums, and found that elevators were one of the main causes of inter-tenant friction. People on higher floors tend to manifest a sense of privilege because they paid more for their units, and that feeling exacerbates the annoyance they experience when taking the elevator, especially when it makes many stops on its way down.
Some building management companies even post rules of behavior in an attempt to alleviate the stress: Always greet others when you enter the car, don't call more than one elevator at the same time, use the stairs if you live on the 2nd or even 3rd floor. Of course, none of these directives are mandatory and, as we discovered when we lived in a high-rise UR building, very few people follow them. We once heard from a newspaper delivery person that many people even cancel their subscriptions after moving into high-rises with auto-lock security, because it's too much trouble taking the elevator in the morning to retrieve their newspapers from their mailboxes.
The standard for high-rises now is about one elevator per 80 to 100 units, though housing experts think the ideal situation would be one for every 40 to 50 units, which would obviously add to the cost of both the individual units and monthly maintenance. Newer buildings also have "smart" elevators that move more efficiently. But the rule of thumb is that the bigger the condo, the more inconvenient the elevators are likely to be.
Certainly the main inconvenience of elevators is that they shut down when there's an earthquake. Because only licensed maintenance personnel can turn the elevators back on again and most of these workers have to service multiple buildings, often a building has to wait some time before the elevators are turned back on. That means residents on upper floors are stranded if they are too old or infirm to use the stairs. Some of the newer tower condos in Tokyo are trying to hire full-time elevator maintenance people, but in any case it's another reason why more people are now looking for units on lower floors.
In addition to all this, monthly management fees for people on lower floors tend to be cheaper because they aren't expected to use the elevators as much.
Philip Brasor and Masako Tsubuku blog about Japanese housing at www.catforehead.wordpress.com.


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Tehran may have to scrap plans for holding an international tender to develop a natural gas field in the Persian Gulf as foreign companies have shown little interest in taking on the upstream exploration project.
"Royal Dutch Shell is the only foreign company to show interest in developing the Kish gas field. Therefore it is likely that we will negotiate and award the field's development contract to Shell in lieu of a tender," Noureddine Shahnazizadeh, chief executive of Iran's Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC) said, IRNA reported on Sunday.
"Shell has signed a memorandum of understanding to study the field in six months. It has four months to submit its plans. An Iranian company has also expressed readiness to finance the field's development, but the tender so far is in doubt."
Kish field is part of a trio of oil and gas fields that Shell is studying under an agreement it signed with PEDEC in December. The Anglo-Dutch company is also conducting technical surveys on the South Azadegan and Yadavaran oilfields which are shared between Iran and Iraq.
The agreement was signed by Hans Nijkamp, the head of the department for Iran affairs at Royal Dutch Shell, and Shahnazizadeh in Tehran.
Discovered in 1968, Kish gas field is located 30 kilometers east of Lavan Island in the Persian Gulf. The field holds an estimated 1.3 trillion cubic meters of natural gas in place and more than 500 million barrels of gas condensate, an ultra light grade of oil.
Kish field is planned to be developed in five phases, with the first phase reportedly making some progress. It is the second biggest gas field in the Persian Gulf after the giant South Pars field that is shared by Iran and Qatar.
The announcement by Shahnazizadeh sends the signal that Iran's new oil and gas development projects have received a lukewarm response by multinationals despite Tehran's high hopes to attract foreign investment and technology in its key petroleum industry, using a new model of contracts.
Foreign companies are also getting cold feet about investment in Iran following growing discord between Tehran and the Trump administration that led to blacklisting several Iranian entities and individuals last month.
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As a reminder: the "forward-facing" Campaign 16 field will be visible from both hemispheres throughout the duration of the Campaign (Dec 7 - Feb 25), enabling contemporaneous observations to be carried out from observatories on Earth. Many teams have already registered their contemporaneous observing plans in a publicly editable Google Doc.
The plans submitted so far have been compiled into the map below, revealing a wide range of observing capabilities which are expected to yield a rich legacy data set that is likely to benefit a wide variety of investigations. Several of the observatories plan to monitor the C16 field every night, providing polychromatic photometry and spectroscopy to complement Kepler's single bandpass.
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We find that around half of world imports are from countries that are granted some preference – yet that does not mean that all of that trade is actually preferential. MFN rates may be zero or a product can be excluded from preferences. Overall – but not including intra-EU trade – just 16.3% of global trade has a positive preferential margin. Preferential margins are distributed as follows:By "preferential margin," they mean the gap between the "most favored nation" tariff, which all WTO members are expected to apply to imports from other members, and the lower tariffs which might apply under regional and bilateral trade agreements. For example, if the US has a 10% MFN tariff on cogs, but under NAFTA, cogs from Mexico enter the US tariff-free, that would mean a 10% preferential margin.
- 10.5% of total trade has a margin of 5 percentage points or less, 3.9% has a margin of 5-10 percentage points, 1.3% has a margin of 10-20 percentage points and only 0.5% has a margin of 20 percentage points and above.
- Around 30% of global trade is not eligible for preferences and subject to non-zero MFN rates, although almost 2/3 of that trade faces tariffs of 5% or less.
- More than half (52%) of world trade is at MFN zero, so no preferences can be granted.
This addresses one of the main complaints about trade agreements: that they lead to preferences. This can lead to "trade diversion," whereby a country imports a good from someplace that isn't the most efficient producer - in the above example, if Brazilian cogs were 5% less costly than Mexican cogs, without NAFTA, the US would import them from Brazil; NAFTA causes the US to shift to Mexican cogs (and lose the tariff revenue). As a political economy matter, this might also mean that Mexico is less likely to support multilateral liberalization - e.g., a reduction in cog duties in the WTO Doha round talks - because it enjoys its privileged access to the US market. That is, preferential agreements lead to worries about "preference erosion" which could hinder broader tariff reductions.
These are two aspects of the general criticism that regional trade agreements create what is known as the "spaghetti bowl phenomenon" described thus in an academic article by Jagdish Bhagwati, David Greenaway and Arvind Panagariya:
The result [of the proliferation of regional trade agreements] is…the 'spaghetti bowl' phenomenon of numerous and crisscrossing PTAs and innumerable applicable tariff rates depending on arbitrarily-determined and often a multiplicity of sources of origin. In short, the systemic effect is to generate a world of preferences, with all its well-known consequences, which increases transaction costs and facilitates protectionism. In the guise of freeing trade, PTAs have managed to recreate the preferences-ridden world of the 1930s as surely as protectionism did at the time. Irony, indeed!One of the interesting questions in trade is whether "free trade" agreements really deserve the name. Carpenter and Lendle's evidence suggests that perhaps some of the criticisms - while valid in theory - may be overdone in practice.


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What age is best to have a baby?
For me i wanted make sure i had done the things that i wanted to before i could spend time devoted to someone else if you know what i mean as i would worry that i would have resented having a child. I had Callum when i was 29 which for me was perfect and something clicked in me that it was the right thing to do. I had all the life experience i needed, good and bad but i can honestly say that i never feel jealous when i see people going out and stuff as i've done the clubbing the travelling etc and it now time to be a mummy. Also, i still have time to have another one!!! I do think that people have different priorities, a friend of mine has 3 kids and only ever wanted to be a mummy so she started young and is happy as larry now so that to me is the main thing, doing what makes you happy.0
I don't think theres a right or best age to have a baby...
I think as long as you're in a position to love, care and provide for the baby then it doesn't matter!
I myself am only 21 and my OH is 28!! But we're very lucky to both have well paid secure jobs and our own house that even though we're so young that when we found out we were expecting it wasnt such a big worry as it could have been!
Everybody is different and everyones circumstances are different so it really depends on that although I really don't think its possible to pinpoint an exact age as being right
Annie xx0
I was pregnant at 26 and had Kara at 27. I belive this was a perfect age for me as I was married and had my own home and was ready to settle down with a baby and we were both working.0
I dont think that age is the issue. It depends on how mature, settled and comfortable with yourself a person is. I also believe that it will help to be financally OK as this baby lark is expensive.
Im an older mom (33) and believe that that age was right for me to have my son. Before this I didnt want children. Now I want more (but not yet LOL).0
well i had my lo at 35 and thought it was the right age for me to get pregnant but i wish id done it years ago only so i could have loads more lol!!!! Me and oh been together for 9 years though and we have had some fab times . we now dont mind stopping in etc and are devoting our lives be it rightly or wrongly to daisy she is our world and we are loving it, no regrets really just hope time and fate is on my side for number 2 in few years time.
I really admire you tigerlilly. You are fab mummy to Gabe dont think iw as mature enough to be a mum at 19 i was a bit of a wild one at that age. Its also great that gabes grandparents are young enough to play important role in gabes life too.
I agree with what Joanne said that I dont believe there is one unniversal 'right age'. Everyone is different. I had my 1st at 25, my 2nd at 27 & my 3rd is due anyday & I'm 29 now. I know that I wasnt ready to have kids before I was 25 but that doesnt mean that noone else is ready sooner. I think the pics of the young dad at 13 are really shocking though
Hilary x0
I was 20 when i had my first and 22 when i had my second, personally i have felt this was a good time for me to become a mum
We could cope well financially with me going back to work after mat leave but then the relationship turned sour, my ex became violent and is now in prison so paying no money therefore i am now "relying on benefits" to survive (even though i am working part time, i wouldn't be able to afford the childcare without these benefits), this is not my choice and this would have been the situation no matter what age i had been
you can't always predict what's going to happen to you, and if people waited until they could honestly "afford" a baby then no one would be having children0
I agree mumof2 u could wait 4eva 4 the right time! I think financially whatever state ur in u just manage! We both have bog standard jobs, i work in a bank n oh is a porter. the baby is loved, clean, clothed, fed n cared 4. I'm 23 n oh is 26, we share a car n have only just got our own place! We might not be able 2 afford the best toys but our little girl has her mummy n daddy cuddles n thats worth all the money in the world so as long as they are happy n loved i dont think age matters x0
I think every individual is different so there is no right age. I had Jonathan a few days before I was 31, but then we had been trying for a long time as I have PCOS. As for being more finacially stable when you are my age etc and having more money.... if only!!! I wish we had the money so I could stay off and look after lo but had to go back to work to pay the mortgage and bills etc. I dont think there is a right age but kids at 13...... what ever happened to childhood!!!!!0
I had J at 18, Isaac at 19 (just before my 20th bday) and Tyler at 21.
I am on benifits, I was on a trial period when I fell pg with J so obv they didnt keep me on. Then I decided I wanted to be a full time mum on benifits (im grateful I had the choice) and Isaac and Tyler have followed. Now im looking to go into photography (hoping all is gonna happen this year) im about to start learning to drive and when Tyler is in nursery I will retake my GCSEs at collage and if i pass start to train in nursing. Im not lazy and believe the benifit system is there for people like me who want to be there for their babies (and actually have the choice). I have worked different jobs since the age of 14 and have paid Tax since 16.
i was 23 when i fell pg and was 24 two weeks after i had finley. it felt it was right for me, i had my own house, a stable job and was a wild 1 in my younger years and i had already stopped goin out as much and just ended up fed up when i went out. i also wanted to be a young mum. we were finacially sound until oh was made redundant in nov. that could have happen at any age though. my oh was 31 2 weeks before lo was born.xxx0
fab topic.....i also dont think there is a "right" age i think we all know when we are ready ....i had jack when i was 22 and sophia 12 days ago im 25 now.....the only thing i wish is that we could of had our own house as we live in my dads 2 bed terraced and its too small but then we are finacially ok .........i do have to say (just my opinion)i dont think having a career is always the best way as i worked for a family who both have fab careers...he is a barrister she is a university admin head of dep etc etc......they earn in excess of 100k a year and live in a lovely 5 bed farm house ......but they didnt have there kids till she was in her late 30's and they now have 2 gorgeous daughters but they are always working the kids have been in full time nursery since they were 1 (eldest is 6 youngest is 5) and now there in school they go to nursery before and after and then get picked up at 5ish .....its such a long week .....i didnt want this for my children and still dont ..ok so we dont have a mortgage and we both have bog standard jobs ..oh is a grounds maintenence worker ,i work for tesco (although im a qualified nursery nurse) we only earn about 18k a year ....BUT im home for my kids i will always make sure i can take and pick jack up from school most days and we manage to go on a family holiday abroad at least once a year (something i never had as a child and my friends have never managed to do with their kids) i know we all have different things that are important to us but whats important to me is bringing my kids up not having loads and loads of money (even though it helps winning the lottery is next on my list of things to do ) and being around for them ............ok sorry im waffeling on now ....... can i also just add that our goverment is totally messed up as they offer more money to not work than they do for mums to work part time and also encourage single parent families .........if there was more of an incentive for mums to work part time i.e a bonus payment for so many hours etc then maybe more of us would but im seriously considering not going back now cos they will give us more to live on but will only pay a small amount of nursery fees for both jack and sophia ....makes sense ..NOT! this doesnt make me a scrounger just sensible ok small rant about gordon brown over !! ...
Interesting topic!
I agree, everyone is different so there isn't a 'right' age although I do think you need to be able to be responsible and mature enough to care for a baby.
I had my first lo at 29, and am now 30 and pregnant with number 2! I went to Uni and after that worked while doing my masters, and had a senior job working in Human Resources. I gave tha up at the end of 2006 when my hubby and I decided to follow our dreams and move to Norway as we felt it was a much nicer place to settle and have a family (for us!).
I think if I had of started a family earlier I would have coped but for me I am glad I waited and saw what I was capable of career wise first. Now I am a happy stay at home mum - although I still get questions from family about whether I am going to go back to HR or if I am going to waste my education! I paid for it all myself so don't really see what it has to do with them, and I don't ever think education can be seen to be a waste. I'm not sure if I will go back into HR eventually, I would like to start my own business, but I like the fact that I am having children at a point in my life where I am ready for a change.
Living over in Norway there is much better support for families, on top of the family allowance payment you get just over ??300 a month once your child turns a year old for being a stay at home Mum. This is paid until your lo turns 3, and if you send your baby to a nursery it goes down according to how many days they are there. So for example if you send your lo to nursery two days a week the ??300 goes down to 60%. This is because the nursery is subsidised by the state to keep the costs low so that both working mums and stay at home mums get the same benefits.
I guess it makes a difference that they have such a small population out here compared to the UK so are looking to encourage people to have children. Whereas in the UK they are struggling with such a large population.
Sorry, that turned into a load of waffle lol!! xxx0
I was 24 when I had Evie... We own our own house both had good jobs that pay well and we were ready for a family...
My mum had me at 40 yrs old and that was the right time for her....
So everyone is different...
I definately think that being able to provide for a baby financially was one of the priorities for us...
everybody is so very different and has different priorities so i believe it's very much personal choice. I believe if you're planning a family, you should have the basics in place, a stable relationship, a roof over your head and some sort of income. But we all know accidents happen and people get caught out - and that doesn't mean you'd be a "bad" parent.
tigerlilly my situation is very similar to yours, i was 18 when i fell pregnant and 19 when evie was born. I was engaged when i fell pregnant and got married before i had evie. My hubby has a well paid very secure job and i was working part time, we had our own flat. I was unsure about whether or not i would cope, but it's the best thing that has ever happened to me, i am not jealous of any of my friends who travel or go out clubbing every weekend, evie is my world, i love her completely and would give up anything for her! so it happened at the right age for me! x0
I was 22 and my oh was 22 when i had my lo,. We own our house and doing fine financially and emotionally i have always been broody but I think it depends on the indivdual person when the best time for them to have a baby. Some ppl i know wouldn't even consider it until they are in there 30's and know my mum who settled down and had my brother when she was 19 and doesn't regret it one bit.
Each to their own0
I wanted to add that I dont think money should concen people so much. Very rarely can anyone afford to have a baby and being financially stable doesnt mean you'l make a good parent.
I do believe that being a couple makes parenting easier - having been raised by a single parent and then been one myself, this time around with Nathan being a mum has felt easier having someone to share it with and its been great having two points of view, it turns out sometimes I dont know best, lol.
I also dont agree that being a full time mum means that your kids get any more from their family life than being a working mum, Again, having done both of these I believe its what you do with the time you spend with your kids rather than how much time you spend with them thats important.
I don't think money is important, in my post I just meant that I don't personally think it is right to have a child if you have no means to support it. Material possessions do not matter, it's the love and time you are willing to spend on your child that is important - I just think it is irresponsible to have a child if you can't afford it and just expect someone else to pick up the tab.
I was 23 when I had Evan and 24 (25 month after) when bubs comes and it was definatley right age for me - I had got the clubbing drinking bit out of the way me and hubby were married got a nice flat and hubby earns good enough wage to support us - the only thing I did regret was I quit work to start uni and had to give it up when I moved to London and will take it back up when the 2 of them are bigger as we dont live near anyone for support but other than that even with the sleepless nights and its every night with Evan I love him more than words and wouldnt never have him now!