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Breaking the Timeline by Shana Francis
What if the timeline you've been following isn't actually the one you want? Breaking the Timeline explores what it means to question expectations, challenge traditional paths and build a life that works for you. From careers and personal growth to learning, technology, relationships and building better systems, Shana shares honest reflections, experiments and practical ideas for navigating life beyond the conventional roadmap. No perfect routines. No pretending to have it all figured out…
Episodes
- Breaking the Timeline by Shana Francis
How Do You Want This Year to End?
Have you noticed the "get everything together before next year" pressure has already started? Winter arc, lock in, new you by January. I'm feeling it too, but…
- Breaking the Timeline by Shana Francis
Why Your Productivity System Still Isn't Working
You've got a planner, you've got an app, maybe your own AI assistant, and a goal you wrote just before the first of January. And yet life still feels…
- Breaking the Timeline by Shana Francis
Paper Planner vs Digital Planner: Why I Use BOTH + My Obsidian Second Brain
The paper planner versus digital planner debate is back, and I'm an advocate for both. When I was teaching secondary PE, I couldn't always be at a screen, so a…
- Breaking the Timeline by Shana Francis
The Step Nobody Prepares You For After You Qualify
We spend years preparing people to qualify for a profession, and almost no time preparing them for what comes next. In this episode I talk about that gap…
- Breaking the Timeline by Shana Francis
Why your manager remembers 6 weeks of your year
Good work doesn't speak for itself, and it never has. In this episode I tell the story of the year I built something for around 200 people, supported it for…
- Breaking the Timeline by Shana Francis
The danger of being too yourself at work
Have you ever said something honest at work and felt the room go completely still? Or told your manager you wanted more from something, maybe a raise, and…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisThe Productivity Trap Nobody Talks About In Your First Job
We might be the most scheduled, most optimised, most productivity-tracked generation of professionals there has ever been, and a lot of us are quietly…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisYour Body Is Ruining Your Career & You Don't Even Know It
Your body sends you a report card every single week: your energy, your concentration, how you show up in difficult meetings, how quickly you recover when…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisEveryone Is Using AI. Almost Nobody Is Using It Right, And It Is Quietly Costing Your Career
The CEO of OpenAI said recently that older people tend to use AI like a Google replacement, people in their 20s and 30s use it like a life adviser, and…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisYou're Qualified. So Why Aren't You Getting Hired? | A Michaela Coel Career Diagnostic
Have you ever walked out of an interview knowing you were prepared and could do the job, and still not got it? Or looked at someone else's career and wondered…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisMost People Choose One Thing. Here's What Happens When You Refuse To.
Has anyone ever told you that you're spreading yourself too thin, and that you need to pick one thing and really commit to it? Someone said exactly that to me…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisNobody Is Coming To Tap You On The Shoulder (Do This Instead)
Nobody is coming to tap you on the shoulder, and you probably already know that. You're prepared, you've done the work, you've likely got more than enough for…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisHow to Manage Everything (Without Managing to Do Nothing)
Right now I'm in one of those seasons where the plate isn't just full, it's spilling onto the table and the floor. My master's dissertation is due in May, and…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisWhen You're The Only One Who Looks Like You In The Room
Have you ever walked into a room and just known you were different? That the space wasn't built for you, and that you'd have to work twice as hard to be taken…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisThe Art of Saying No Without Getting Blacklisted at Work
For a lot of us early in our careers, saying no and getting blacklisted feel like the same thing. Say no once, and the promotion's gone, your reputation's…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisToo Young to Lead? Let's Talk About That
If you've ever sat in a meeting thinking, "I actually know what I'm talking about, but I'm the youngest here, so I'll stay quiet," this first episode of…
Breaking the Timeline by Shana FrancisTired of spaces that don't get young professionals? This one's for you
If you're juggling a lot right now (a full-time job, maybe a new degree, or just trying to show up as yourself at work) you've probably noticed there aren't…