HeyJaredAdrian Ashton
AI calls me a 'legendary renegade' when it comes to freelancing in ways that support enterprises of all types, across all sectors. Clients call me "a tige striped chaise lounge with pink flamingo cushions".
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- Jul 16, 2026
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4 years late, my first book finally has an index (opens the original)
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A book that happened by accident - and what went wrongBack in 2022 I wrote and self-published my first book.I did it because other people said I should.And I did it all by myself, because I wasn’t in a position to be able to afford to buy in the book editing, design, etc services that would have helped me spot and avoid any ‘rookie gaffes’.And just like anyone else who’s ever self-publis
Careers we should have had? (opens the original)
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Lives I could / should have livedAt school, I never felt encouraged or recognised by my art teacher - but years later, I heard they told my parents it was a shame I didn’t take the subject to GCSE and beyond as I’d showed great potential in the subject.And as I matured in my personal faith when I was younger. I decided to ‘change churches’; in doing so I found out the leadership team of that first church had all felt seperately convicted to ask me about considering a youth worker/min
Company Boards are missing out on a massive talent pool because no-one's asked them about caring (opens the original)
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‘Professional me’ works with various Boards of companies, charities, social enterprises, etc as a trusted advisor, consultant and facilitator.But as some may know, I’m also an unpaid carer - which limits the ways in which I can work, and the ways in which organisations might have otherwise benefitted from my support.And I’m stating these things because they reflect national and growing trends that I think we should be having more conversations around. But don’t take my word for it:<p style="text
physically starved by others' forgetfulness (opens the original)
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Sometimes we forget things (for all sorts of reasons) - and that’s ok. After all, we’re human, and its only human to slip sometimes (despite our efforts and intentions to the contrary).But in the context of being both a small business / self-employed and an unpaid carer, there’s often more significant fall-out if I forget something, than others might otherwise feel - for instance: forgetting calls with a client / missing deadlines on projects will make it harder to pay the rent next month; or a
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