Remote Rachel

Remote Work | Book Reviews | Running Experiences

Thoughtful reflections on working across cities, staying consistent with movement, and the books that travel with me. Less highlight reel, more real life.

  • I’ll never get this week back

    I’ll never get this week back

    I’ll never get this time back. It’s happened, I’ve experienced the ups and downs of pregnancy, birth of my second son, and seen how he’s grown this first week in the big wide world.

  • The ONE Thing by Gary Keller

    The ONE Thing by Gary Keller

    Back in May 2015, I signed up for a Mastermind group to help me focus on my web design business. One of the books we read as a group was The One Thing by Gary Keller, this book really helped me to focus on the important things that would push me forward. After recently finding…

  • Working mum & daily routines

    Working mum & daily routines

    Before I had my first little one, I was a self-employed web designer, I worked from a co-working space, regularly had client meetings, enjoyed attending networking events and loved the freedom my job gave me to create my own schedule and flexibility. Somewhere between becoming pregnant and my maternity leave, I realized I wouldn’t be…

  • All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

    All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

    I saw All The Bright Places advertised as a film on Netflix, but instead of jumping to watch the film, I thought I’d read the book first.  I enjoyed the book and found it hard to put down, I don’t normally review young adult books I read, but this one touched on many topics that…

  • Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

    Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

    I don’t believe I live a very creative life, I am not trying to write novels or paint masterpieces while living a tormented creative life, guided only by an unsustainable passion, but somehow this book caught my eye out of curiosity, curiosity to find the Big Magic and to see how others capture ideas and…

  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle

    Untamed by Glennon Doyle

    I do love a good book that leaves you feeling empowered and reminds you that anything is possible when you focus on yourself as the driver of your life.  So I was excited to start to read Untamed, stop pleasing, start living by Glennon Doyle after I had seen it had been recommended by Adele. …

  • Lockdown fitness plan

    Lockdown fitness plan

    It’s hard to stay motivated and do a workout during lockdown at home. Here is my daily fitness plan to do at home with no equipment.

  • WordCamp Málaga 2020

    WordCamp Málaga 2020

    This weekend, March 7th and 8th 2020, we celebrated WordCamp Malaga 2020. After many months working to organise the event, it was great to finally see it all come together. Thursday: Pre WordCamp meetup We had a final WordPress meetup before the event, where we shared further details about the upcoming WordCamp with the local…

  • WordCamp Granada, 2019

    WordCamp Granada, 2019

    It was great to be able to attend WordCamp Granada for the second year at the Palacio de Congreso in Granada.

  • WCEU Berlin, Germany

    WCEU Berlin, Germany

    This was my second year on the organizing team for WCEU and although there is a lot of work all year round to create such a great event, it was worth all the hard work!