Attention – Kelly Greening Moore

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Maternity leave thoughts

On 17th December 2025

Just a disclaimer: this blog deals with some sensitive issues such as pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health, and mental health (specifically depression). I also have strong opinions about social media, as well as screen time and social media for children, which may come up in this post or others. These are not a criticism of the views of any reader; they’re just mine.

I wanted to mark my return to work with a blog post, because I haven’t managed to write anything since um, July 2024. I have certainly worked on some drafts, including this one, but I haven’t completed anything!

Anyway, let’s dive in. I mostly wanted to talk about social media and privacy (what a surprise!) as well as my pre- and post-birth experiences.

Focus vs. notifications

By Kelly Greening Moore

On 15th July 2024

In Personal, Work

One of the best things I’ve done this year to help prevent burnout at work (and improve my mindfulness in my personal life) is to dive into notification settings on my computers and phone. Nothing sends me a notification without my consent! Here are the things that work for me:

2023 reading review

By Kelly Greening Moore

On 27th June 2024

In Personal

Last year I posted a long entry about how I relearned how to read. I was really pleased to hear from friends and colleagues about how they enjoyed that post! I’m back with my review of 2023, where I read even more books. I set a target of 50 and read 79; it’s a little annoying that I didn’t make it to 80, but by New Year’s Eve I was in the midst of the seventh Expanse novel (read more about them below – they’re generally more than 500 pages!) and I definitely wouldn’t have made it. It gave me a strong start to 2024!

Articles of interest – 19th June ’23

By Kelly Greening Moore

On 19th June 2023

In Personal

A bit of a different format this week. When I’m not reading an absolute ton of books, I’m reading interesting articles to try and stay on top of what’s going on in the world, mostly in the technology sector. Here’s a host of articles I’ve read recently and thought I would share.

Changing my relationship with my phone

By Kelly Greening Moore

On 11th April 2023

In Personal

Content warning: I do briefly talk about addiction in this post. I’d like to add a further disclaimer that I don’t write this to judge anyone else’s habits, I’m just documenting my own concerns and making changes I want to see in myself. If it helps someone else make a positive change, great!

When I was about eight years old, my parents brought home our first family computer. I was absolutely terrified of doing something wrong on it, and yet here I am 25 years later with a career in IT.