It’s the end of November and I wonder if your world has started to slow for the holiday season yet or – is it pushing on the turbo boost button? I don’t know about you but I feel utterly frazzled. It’s as if the world has sped up x 1000 and I’m just trying to […]
Are you slowing down yet? Read More
Today has been a rather challenging event. A frustrating early meeting followed by a little too much comfort swearing, rude waitstaff, gridlocked traffic and wind. The wind surely didn’t help. I’m in Sydney, I’m craving my country paradise. Is it a sign of getting older? Is it how life is at the moment? Or has
Escaping the big smoke Read More
If your agenda looks anything like mine chances are some days you will feel like you’re the little ball bearing in a pinball machine, getting flung from one side to the other. My days usually start with the getting ready for school routine “where’s my note/sock/shoe/bag” “there’s nothing to eat in this place” “why can’t you
The fine art of wasting time Read More
Is travel a requirement of your work? Living in regional Australia it has always been a component of mine. This was OK (within reason) as a twenty something, however when kids came along it was a whole different ball game. Disclaimer: I can only speak of the role of mum as interpreted by mwah here,
The truth about business travel Read More
While travelling for work may seem glamorous, any road warrior will tell you it can become very tiring, particularly out on the roads of regional Australia. In regional towns things like good places to eat, appropriate places to meet, telecommunications blackspots on the road, places to fuel up without queues and more can cause issues.
A road warriors guide to working in regional Australia Read More
Some weeks start upside down. In fact, it was only last week I spent my first working hour on the phone with the Parents Helpline (1300 1300 52 just in case you are interested). It had been one of those mornings that you would easily be excused for thinking only exist in movies. Keep in mind
It’s always OK to ask for help Read More
Dear Nana, I received your letter today, thank you it was so lovely to hear from you. Nana, now my three kids are getting a bit bigger it really makes me wonder how you raised nine children largely by yourself. You must have spent a lot of time ‘counting to ten’ (that’s to stay calm,
It’s just under five weeks to Christmas. I wonder if you’ve heard anyone recently say something like; “things used to slow down leading into Christmas, this year they are just speeding up” I hear (and say) this all the time. Somewhere in my consciousness I still recall that delicious sense of anticipation throughout the long, long
I’m dreaming of a slow Christmas Read More
No matter how hard you try NOT to, some day, one of those days is going to track you down. You know what I’m writing about. It’s the days that just feel like crawling under a rock (if that is possible?) and shutting out the rest of the world. The days that start with stubbing your toe
A reminder for those days Read More
Happy Christmas eve to you folks. My early gift to me is time, space and state of mind to start writing again. Truth is I just haven’t felt like writing for an incredibly long time. I could say it’s because I’ve been busy with other things and thinking, and I have. But this is certainly
Confessions of a beetroot hoarder Read More