How to cope with Christmas anxiety
Christmas anxiety is a very real emotion for many of us. It can leave us feeling overwhelmed, out of control and unable to enjoy what should be “the most wonderful time of the year.” But what can we do about it?
Three new Zebra Pen Brand Ambassadors – welcome to the family!
If – like us – you can’t cram enough creativity into your life, we’re delighted to announce that we have three new creative dynamos joining our Zebra Pen brand ambassador team this month – bringing us to a total of 10!
Is work following you home? How to deal with work stress
We all have a ‘work-mode’. But how do you switch it off when you’ve had the day from hell, your line manager is on your case, and you’ve still got 25 unopened emails sitting in your inbox?
Inspired by the seasons: autumn
There’s a magic about autumn mornings. You’ve only got to watch children on a crisp, blue-sky day, kicking orange and yellow leaves high into the air, or stuffing handfuls of conkers into their pockets on the way to school, to believe in that magic.
Never enough hours in the day? How to manage your time more efficiently
Do you ever start the day feeling like you’re running to catch up – and end the day feeling like you’re running on empty? Or find yourself saying, “How can it be 3 o’clock already?!”
Plan, prepare, practise – secrets of acing an interview
Just been invited to interview for a new job, a promotion or a university place? First up – congratulations! Did you know that in the UK, only an average of around 2% of candidates who apply for a job are selected to attend a job interview.
How to start the ultimate Bullet Journal
Bullet journals keep you sane. We start them for a million reasons – from goal-trackers, reading journals and to-do list bibles: to mood-trackers, gratitude journals, or memory keepers. They’re as much a creative outlet as a way of ordering your goals, your emotions or your life experiences.
The Ambassador’s edit – our top four Zebra pens for summer 2024
Putting your favourite pen to paper – it’s one of life’s ultimate feel-good moments. When the right pen meets the right paper, writing feels effortless. A favourite pen can be a creative ‘lightning conductor’ – channelling insights and emotions almost as fast as you can think them.
Inspired by the seasons: summer
Remember the sound of the ice cream van two streets away – and every kid racing to get there first? Or the feel of hot sand between your toes, the first refreshing lick of an ice lolly, or running through the garden sprinkler?
Summer Bucket List
Call it a ‘list of lifetime goals’; ‘experiences to have’ or an ‘adventure list’, a bucket list is something many of us have considered at some point in our lives: some of us have even created one!
Celebrating two years of Zebra Pen UK Brand Ambassadors
Can you believe that our Zebra Pen Brand Ambassador programme has been running for two years now? And during this time, we’ve worked with 15 fabulous individuals from within the creative community.
How to avoid procrastination
If we told you that this blog was planned to be written 12 months ago but for various reasons we decided to postpone it to this April, we hope you would be as bemused by the situation as we are – a blog on procrastination being published later than planned – it’s ironic, right!