Don’t know about you, but as I reach Christmas time thoughts of the year that was tap me on the shoulder and whisper sweet (and not so sweet) nothings in my ear. I think about what I did well, where I failed miserably, where I picked myself up again and what I’ll enhance next year. But […]
Any moment now, a flying saucer is going to park on your roof and a little green creature will plonk into your bed as you rest, drag you out and implant a whole new bunch of crazy thoughts into your mind. Not going to happen – right. You’d kick, scream, cry, fight to save your precious mind.
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Just this morning I spent yet another 25 minutes coaxing a daughter out from under the doona as the bus arrival time drew closer, and closer. Morning times are stressful enough, I had no idea what the problem was – the wrong uniform? The wrong sandwich? I just knew that if she didn’t move soon
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This post is also an appreciation of my amazing mum featured in the blog pic. I can’t say I’ve ever been a massive morning fan. The whole wake up, jump out of bed, get dressed, start the day has always been a bit like groundhog day for me. Add to that three additional little people
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“But the fact remains that you’re not going to totally get over it. It’s just too big, too consequential. The pain will always be there. It’s one of the many rotten things about life: the way it becomes an accumulation of griefs, both big and small. But survivors – and sweetheart, you definitely fall into that
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This morning I awoke to a massive realisation. I realised that there’s a fine line between being brave enough to seek support And to fall into the drama trap I realised that there is a difference between the problems that every human experiences from time to time And the same problems that recycle again and
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What does happiness mean to you? Is it that buzzing, excitable, infectious, jump out of your skin kind of experience? Or is it the safe, nurtured, stable and peaceful state? Is it a state? Is it an experience? If you were offered a permanent version of happiness (by your definition) in the understanding that you
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Any moment now three small people are just about to bust through my front door. The school teachers are done for the day, the bus has made it’s delivery and the complaints department has opened. I’m home. I love Mondays, now I have my fancy schmancy office I no longer have to work at home.
During my month without alcohol I’ve been trying hard, really hard to form some new habits. At the beginning of the month I decided to think less about the booze and more about two things – exercise and writing. As the month progressed I started to learn more about the use of habits as a
There’s nothing quite like those first few moments as the plane builds speed down the tarmac and whooshes up into the air. There is no escape. Work trip = locked in. Anything prior to that moment COULD (in theory) be reversed. A last moment call from home with any manner of news COULD mean a
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