Exeter | Director - Public Sector Practice @ Torchbox Often to be found looking for a snack and/or saying pspsps to the nearest available cat. Always have too many tabs open. https://bsky.app/profile/ellayanor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ellayanor.bsky.social/post/3mcyyofs5xs2tback on my nonsense / welcome to messynotes purposeful-chaos.ghost.io/messynote-1/ https://purposeful-chaos.ghost.io/messynote-1/22 Jan 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:r4hsfkn523sxloefcdtdgpml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcyyofs5xs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ellayanor.bsky.social/post/3mcfgltyvts2wmy first job was in a greengrocer and I am weirdly comforted that this 400 year old rendering pretty accurately captures the mood. Didn't have a shop cat though :( [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:r4hsfkn523sxloefcdtdgpml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfgltyvts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ellayanor.bsky.social/post/3mbocdmrirs22my New Year's Resolution is: ask me in Spring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBX_yfuN0X005 Jan 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:r4hsfkn523sxloefcdtdgpml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbocdmrirs22https://bsky.app/profile/ellayanor.bsky.social/post/3m6wewehqg222PSA: Calendars are made up! Your to-do list will not self-destruct on 31st December, you do not need to set or follow arbitrary year-end deadlines, inbox zero is a myth.01 Dec 2025 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:r4hsfkn523sxloefcdtdgpml/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wewehqg222https://bsky.app/profile/ellayanor.bsky.social/post/3m3wkdlsqjk2sdeeply underprepared for the physicality of grief. Like someone stole half my spoons. Please send your cosiest autumnal viewing choices my way, my reading pile is going to have to wait a bit longer24 Oct 2025 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:r4hsfkn523sxloefcdtdgpml/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3wkdlsqjk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ellayanor.bsky.social/post/3m2jd7abdc22lif you drink alcohol, you might like this - I always disregarded brandy as the drink of men quaffing and smoking after dinner in Poirot, but I've been missing out! Cognac is now my fave, and it's probs not fair for me to keep all of L's wisdom to myself so https://www.thethreedrinkers.com/magazine-content/best-brandy-to-try-202506 Oct 2025 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:r4hsfkn523sxloefcdtdgpml/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jd7abdc22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ellayanor.bsky.social/post/3m27sj54et22c"user research disproved our central hypothesis" >>> [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:r4hsfkn523sxloefcdtdgpml/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27sj54et22c