s e l i f o r P i n lA um By Ian Robertson Alumni Manager
Dinah Rowe-Roberts (Class of 1991) Mia Northrop (Class of 1991) Friends, Podcasters, Authors The podcast came about from their shared experience juggling life admin and carrying the burden of the mental load for their households, a common challenge experienced when managing family life alongside demanding careers. Dinah is currently the Director of Business Services at Philanthropy Australia and Mia is the Research Lead at the tech startup, Float. Together, it became their mission to minimise, automate and share life admin to help others free up time, save money and achieve peace of mind.
In a friendship forged at Korowa and continued through respective university studies, careers overseas, marriages, children and beyond, Dinah Rowe-Roberts (Jowett, Class of 1991 and Mia Northrop (Lyons, Class of 1991) launched the podcast Life Admin Life Hacks.
Since 2018, they have recorded six seasons, including an episode that featured fellow Korovians and professional organisers Jodie Lister (Cavanagh, Class of 1991) and Kristen Adnams (Faure, Class of 1991) on the subject of decluttering. In January 2022, their book Life Admin Hacks was published by Harper Collins. It is described as a super-practical guide to cleaning up your admin load and freeing up head space. As the media release that accompanied the launch of their book states, ‘working parents Mia and Dinah have marshalled their professional expertise in innovation and finance, design thinking and operations to research best practices, trial the tech and craft the most efficient processes to optimise their own life admin.’ The book has met with critical acclaim with noted author and broadcaster Tracey Spicer stating “this book is life-changing. Mia and Dinah’s practical, wise and clever advice will help you to start important conversations with your partner or children around the day-to-day tasks that have shackled women for centuries.”
Life Admin Hacks is available at Amazon, Audible, BigW, Kmart, Target and all good bookstores. Get a 10 per cent discount by using promo code LIFE at checkout when you buy from Booktopia.
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