Magda Olchawska

I plan everything I do. Every single step of my day is carefully crafted to the smallest detail. I have no time for mistakes or mismanagement of my time. After my careful “basic” planning I sit down and map out more detailed plans. I spend most of my thinking time planning how to plan better…

Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you on your successful Brexit. Well done. You should be proud. I’d be grateful if you could explain to me what kind of game you and Boris are playing. I feel that whatever game that was I’m sure you have won, but can you tell me exactly how this…

While going to the airport for holidays, our car caught a flat tire leaving us no option but to take a minicab to and from the airport. Our ride to the airport was uneventful so not much to report but on the way back something worth mentioning happened. Our aeroplane arrived late due to heavy traffic…

Can you still remember simpler times before the smartphones invaded our everyday existence?Well, to be honest with you I barely can; even though it was only four years ago when I had got my first smartphone. Good memory Magda! However, being back in Poland and not wanting to pay ridiculously high roaming fees I decided…

I’m not going to lie to you. I love half terms. As a kid growing up in the country on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, I didn’t have half terms. Alas, why would I? The system needed full devotion from the early start, and as youngsters, we were forced to be full, entirely…

I bet that the “why” question is heard by every parent in every corner of the world at least a million times a day. – “Why is the grass green? Why can’t I have crisps for lunch? But F. mom gave him sweeties to school today! I want sweeties too! Why do I have to practice…

I’m going to be very honest in here; I had a technically challenging nightmare of a week. It was as if the whole universe conspired against my technical abilities. It all started with my computer playing up on Monday when, without any warning whatsoever, my shining new charger decided to quit working. To get a…

Like any parent, I have had a gazillion of sleepless nights. Every time after a night like that I feel shit and walk and think backwards, not to mention the creepy (and crappy) crankiness that lasts all day long. I’m well aware I’m not the only one, so I don’t feel particularly special about this….

What if your child wants to play an instrument and you know nothing about music and instruments? This is out of my comfort zone, the position I found myself last week in when my son started attending flute classes. This is the instrument he chose after finishing a year-long roundabout where he tried out six…

Since my move to London in 1998, I have been on a mission to pursue my dreams. Some of my dreams have changed, some haven’t, and some luckily have evolved over the years. Only when I stop for a minute, I realise that I try to keep myself busy all the time, doing stuff and…