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I am soooo excited right now.
It’s like those boiling hot days you endure when you feel like you’re sticking to everything, when you can’t think through the fog of the heavy heat, when you can’t even raise the energy to move, and then, a touch of a cool breeze starts to tickle your neck. You get goose bumps of anticipation, a tingle of excitement that it is finally coming – that the long-hoped for relief is on its way. Change, is arriving.
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There is nothing better than waking up and knowing that you’ve made the right decision.
You say to yourself: “I have made the right decision, because it’s right for me and I don’t care what anyone else thinks.”
Read MoreWell, I did it. I can finally put a tick against the biggest thing on my list.
Well, I did it. I can finally put a tick against the biggest thing on my list. It’s been on the list every year, without fail. And each year I have wondered if this will be it, this will be the year for it.
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but somehow Christmas always comes as a surprise to me.
I mean, I look forward to it for ages, for the relaxation, the giving (and hopefully receiving) of presents, the festive spirit, the free-flowing champagne ... I imagine it all.
Read MoreWhat is it about the general public en masse? I mean, it’s just all of us ... in a big group.
Just lots of individuals that you’d like to think have mothers and families. Yet something strange happens. I have had reason to deal with a lot of strangers recently, people who I had no real expectation of, was optimistic about and yet ... well, now I have an opinion. It’s not really a good opinion. It borders on disbelief, disdain and shock. In fact, it was really off putting. It was a sea of arrogance, a mountain of complaining and an insurmountable storm of unrealistic demands.
Read MoreWhy is it so hard to move on from things?
Why is it so hard to move on from things?
Read MoreA friend of mine has asked me to organise his wedding
A friend of mine has asked me to organise his wedding. This is odd for so many reasons.
Read MoreHave you ever wanted to just run away? You know, the works - pack up and leave.
Have you ever wanted to just run away? You know, the works – pack up and leave. Leave your house, leave your job, leave the city and just start over?
Read MoreTick Tock Tick Tock. This small yet precise measure has incredible impact on so many.
For some, it is the marching of time. For others, a looming deadline. Incredibly, there are people for whom this opens doors of hope. For others, it is the pregnant pause before the arrival of spectacular occurrences.
Read MoreRemember your dreams and get out of bed
Have we over-complicated our lives? This is a question that has been circling in my head pretty much since the cold weather arrived. Where I once sprang out of bed, ready to take on the world – and scare the dogs with my choice (or absence!) of nightwear – I now lie with the doona to my chin steadfastly trying to ignore the unimaginative chime alarm droning next to my head.
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