Often it's the finished article that's shared publicly. The 'outcome', 'measurable impact', 'tangible justification'. Yet maybe the real value is found in the working out loud, the messiness of what it feels like, how everyone *in* it found it to be (way beyond a tidy write-up).

#RandomThoughts 1. Fruits are being soaked for baking. 2. Ready to embrace the Christmas market of St Albans. 3. Still doing Christmas cards. 4. Christmas tree is up (part 1). 5. Christmas playlist in full swing. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Farewell November. 2. Black Friday, a thing of the past. 3. Wearing a fake fur coat sized 13-14 years, paid a fraction of the price. 4. Spice rum and fruits have been ordered. 5. 6 months already. Bumble a distant memory. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Farewell November. 2. It’s ballet today. 3. Trying out an Australian pie, but making it requires tonnes of patients. 4. Coffee calls. 5. A pottering kind of day. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. It’s pay day! 2. It’s the season for wearing tweed and denim. 3. Went on a lunchtime webinar talking about “essentials” and logged off after 5 mins when I realised it was on make up. 4. Pret subscription renewed. 5. Rediscovering Barking. #MyLifeAsMarsha

I’ve been mansplained on social media. The arrogance, the patronising, the aggression felt all too much. But, I’ll continue to call it out.

#RandomThoughts 1. I’ve read my first script and excited to see this develop into a play next year. 2. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade with a shot of vodka to add punch. 3. Resilient and resourceful holds greater meaning than before. #MyLifeAsMarsha

The House of Commons Petitions Committee is the only place in Parliament where the public sets the agenda. Ten years on — is it actually the most powerful pressure valve in UK politics? 🎧 Four Chairs. One conversation. Their verdict ▶️ buff.ly/DtFCEsn

#RandomThoughts 1. Did my first African drumming session, it was fun! 2. I’m featured on the cover of Stylist, sharing the cover with 435 women. 3. Love modelling jewellery. 4. Germany along the Mosel and Rhine is peaceful. Will visit again. 5. In a Xmas mood. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. It’s official “winter” and we’re already pressured, bursting at the seams. 2. All Staff Briefing made on Reddit…the comments! 3. Enjoying the views of the Rhine and Mosel. 4. Writing a sequel to Embankment Kiss. 5. Doing a creative concept called The Rum Diaries. #MyLifeAsMarsha

In addition to turning my essay into a play, also working on another creative concept called “The Rum Diaries”, so watch this space. Really. excited to take my writing in a different direction beyond writing briefing and policy papers. #IAmWriting #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Loving my Autumn look that I wore at Stylist Live. 2. A slow Sunday calls… 3. My heart is feeling heavy. 4. Supporting M with with essay writing. 5. Reading 10th anniversary edition of Year of Yes. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. It takes longer to recover from physical injury in your 50s. 2. Order the 10th anniversary edition of Year of Yes. 3. My soup was chicken soup for the soul. 4. Hope is around the corner. 5. ☕️ will be the fuel that sustains me. #MyLifeAsMarsha

As I get older I feel like the work of mid-life, as a parent, is understanding the shadow cast by the decisions of your own parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. Along with the pain they suffered through. And not casting that onto your children, and the generations that will follow.

#RandomThoughts 1. Another day of DIY. This time painting. 2. It’s soup season. Chicken soup is the order of the day. 3. Can’t believe Diane Keaton is no longer with us. 4. Finding time to write can be challenging. 5. Busy busy week ahead. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Wet days are ahead. 2. More Vinted sales. 😁 3. Time to get the Velvetiser out. 4. Highlights for Oct: Dracula, BBC Radio 4, Stylist Lice. 5. In search of a new winter coat. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. October is here. Ready for Autumn. 2. Teenagers’ concept of time, moving at a glacial pace. 3. Peer to peer work culture is the best where I work. 4. Coffee and writing calls. #MyLifeAsMarsha

About last night. There were goosebumps and almost tears. Brilliant performance by BBC Symphony Orchestra for Radio 3 at @southbank who excelled at Bridgeton and Beyond. A winning score had to be a toss up between Pride & Prejudice and Downton Abbey. #classicalmusic #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Winter planning… 2. When the team is multi-tasking… 3. Need to get a grip on digital. 4. Need to be inspired to run in this weather. 5. There’s a difference between lack of response and being tone deaf. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Autumn has officially started, crisp and sunny weather. 2. Time to get those darker colours out. 3. I’ve started running. 4. Struggling with writing. 5. Need more coffee in my life. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. A bit of a potter and wander on Burleigh House and John Clare cottage. 2. Feeling renewed after a fireside chat. 3. Found my favourite 🥀 4. Am I ready for work? Maybe. 5. Running shoes have arrived today! #MyLifeAsMarsha

We need agency to act to make changes in the health system, yet we are always seeking permission. We need to start modelling data looking at burden of disease, against mortality, birth rates, sickness absence, demographics, census to understand population health and demand/supply for healthcare.

#RandomThoughts 1. I have no time for flag shaggers. 2. Still a bumpy road with A’ levels in a new school. 3. Life admin to buy trainers, chiropractor and therapist. 4. Writing of a different kind. 5. But first coffee to set the tone of the day. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. If you’re travelling today to London, please be careful. 2. Never felt so intimidated as I did today, so much chanting and rage. 3. The flag has been taken hostage. How do we reclaim the flag back? 4. Going to a 🧵 picnic. There’s beauty and kindness in this world. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Captured my thoughts on a 🍌 at @kscopehealth.bsky.social event on What’s Next for the 10 Year Health Plan. 2. 🙏🏽 for the Overground this week. 3. Walked thousands of steps. Nothing recorded on Strava. 4. In rest and recovery mode. 5. Another essay in the making. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. It has been an adventure travelling this week 2. Sad that we no longer have the cycle to work scheme at work 3. L&D seems to have paused. Paying for my own L&D is happening more. 4. Looking forward to hearing more on the 10 Year Health Plan 5. Today is my Friday #MyLifeAsMarsha

Resharing to raise awareness.

#RandomThoughts 1. GCSE stress over. 2. As a single income earner, I’m forever doing the mental maths. 3. Loving the swish of this skirt. 4. DIY seems never ending in my home. 5. Seeking solace in writing. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Working this weekend, but mentally planning for the week ahead. Excited to be starting my new Trustee role, allowing me to not only gain board experience but also give back, sharing my expertise in making a difference to local health services. #MyLifeAsMarsha

A free chicken pox vaccine will be offered to children as part of their vaccination programme from January. It will be given in a joint vaccine for measles, mumps & rubella, replacing MMR with the MMRV vaccine. It is the 1st addition to the childhood vaccination programmes for a decade. 1/2

#RandomThoughts 1. GCSEs stress almost over. 2. Still more DIY and gardening to do. 3. More decluttering with clothes going on Vinted. 4. Mindset preparing for winter. 5. The silence continues with this restructure. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Yesterday’s walk at Chess Valley reminded me that there are some beautiful scenic places outside of London, you just need to be prepared to travel out further (for me it was Chorleywood on the Metropolitan Line).

#RandomThoughts 1. GCSE stress almost over. What school will it be? 2. Off to my Bootstrappers’ walk with my fellow economists, statisticians, analysts. 3. Not feeling Nottingham Hill this year. 4. More DIY this weekend 5. I’ve had many proud mumma moments but Thursday tops them all. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Vulnerability is the soil where trust grows. How far are we willing to self disclose parts ourselves in work in a world where we seek perfection? #workculture #MyLifeAsMarsha

A milestone of 100 Community Diagnostic Centres open across evenings & weekends has been reached in England. They offer diagnostic tests and scans from locations within communities and closer to homes. Being open 12hrs a day, 7 days a week, they are a key part of the plan to fix the NHS. 1/2

#RandomThoughts 1. Scenic walk, exploring new spaces. 2. GCSE results on Thursday. 3. Pretty fed up with my local gym at Virgin Active. 4. Signed up to hear more about #10YearHealthPlan from @kscopehealth.bsky.social 5. Exploring Trustee roles to gain board experience. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Cake for breakfast. 2. Chores today, they seem never ending. 3. Third BBC Proms later with BF. 4. Nerves creeping up with GCSEs next week. Decisions for a new school. 5. More DIY. Modernising a house seems to take forever. #MyLifeAsMarsha

I really should be doing something productive but I’m enjoying snoozing on the sofa as I’m going out later. Four nights in a row, and going out tomorrow night as well. Finally getting that work life balance. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. It’s M’s birthday today. Sweet 16. 2. There’s always some DIY, even today. 3. I’m burning to a crisp in this sunshine but that’s okay. 4. More writing… 5. Feeling re-energised in a health policy space. #MyLifeAsMarsha

"The UK health system remains under severe strain, and doctors’ perceptions of patient safety failings remain concerning, showing minimal improvement in recent years." www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-w...

#RandomThoughts 1. Working this weekend 2. 16th birthday around the corner. 3. This month is packed with theatre, theatre and more theatre. 4. More DIY planned this weekend. 5. In reflective mode. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Today I’ve been mostly writing, this time using voice notes and then transcribing, and fleshing out the context. Seems like an arduous process but I’m getting somewhere with this essay, which is the important thing. #IAmWriting #MyLifeAsMarsha

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

#RandomThoughts 1. Delightful weekend with @drivana.bsky.social 2. Listening on loop Ocean Eyes, Easy on me, and Survive. 3. DIY and gym tomorrow. 4. Need to master a top stitch. 5. Werk, work, wuk. Whatever you call it, it will not define me. #MyLifeAsMarsha

What the last 5 days of strikes have shown me: 1. Lessons identified are done for a reason, learn from this 2. People not being afraid to roll up their sleeves to ensure services are continued 3. People’s true behaviours show up in crisis, while others are calm, others less so #NHS #MyLifeAsMarsha