Category Archives: Outdoors
The balance of perspective
Blank page. Strange considering the thousands of thoughts wandering my brain – space, freedom, and silence have a tendency of doing that. It is New Year’s Eve after all: a …
Five star toilets on a budget
After spending 9.5 hours climbing a volcano overnight, I needed a day at the beach. Almost drowning myself with copious amounts of water to help with rehydration, enroute to my …
When talking to strangers is ok
When you’ve travelled to 42 countries, there are a lot of travel stories bundled up in the memory banks that have never been able to escape for fear of beating …
The saving grace of traffic jams
Melbourne’s heaviest rainfall in one day for over 50 years turned what would have normally been a 40 minute drive into a 2 hour crawl. Having sat in all day …
10 things of value
As part of my Masters in Wellness, I’ve been doing a few activities on finding meaning. Activities that encourage you to think deeper about the big questions: who am I, …
Blue skies
Lie down. Look up. There’s nothing up there but sweet sunshine and blue skies. It was time to go with it. Lie down. Look up. Imagine what can be created …
Sucking it up
This princess needed to suck it up. Particularly with the ball dresses, jeans and underwear still lost in a sea of boxes and a mountain of uncertainty. And so I …
CHAPTER 39.95
Today, someone said to me that a 0 on the end of a birthday means it’s important. I appreciate the sentiment. I really do. To me, it’s just another day. …
Commitment
I just ran around the lake. Albert Park Lake. It’s the first time I’ve ever done it without stopping. And may be the last as running and I just aren’t …
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