My first task of the day is to drop off my toddler to the nursery, something I was never able to do when I worked in central London because I had to leave too early.
After dropping off the little monkey, I get back to my house at about 8.30 am, sit down in my home office, and fire up my machine. With a coffee, of course.
I usually start the day by solving a few chess puzzles on Chessable to get the little grey cells working (chess puzzles are a big part of chess training as they keep you sharp) and then look into any emails we've received overnight.
This can be customer support, replies from authors or just general chat. An important part of my job is just knowing what's going on in the chess world so I can keep on top of new developments throughout the day.
As I work from home I'm rarely at the big chess competitions as going to them would involve flying around the world which unfortunately the company is not yet big enough to pay for. So interacting with people on Twitter and visiting various chess sites is very useful.
On days we release new courses I will spend most of my time preparing the marketing emails and a social media campaign. They need to be spot on, so I need to know the content of the course very well.
Our courses vary in cost, but my job is to let people know we have a particular book that we have converted into a course. On days that we do not have a new release, I will assist with the process of adapting the courses and getting our next one ready.
All through this, I will be trying to think of new ideas to get Chessable some publicity in the chess press by using my journalism background to find ways that we can talk about our training platform.