Jindy Journal 2: Living and leaving the quiet life in Jindabyne
The winter has flown by and we will be moving back to Sydney in a little over a…
Growth and learning in my mid-30s
A number of things have made me conscious that I am no longer a young person. In addition…
Why I’m a Fairtrade fan
It’s Fairtrade Fortnight in Australia, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to demystify some of the confusion…
Reading revolution: 5 ways I’ve upgraded my reading
I like new things but when it comes to reading, I am old school and conservative. I don’t…
Collaterally damaged, collaterally blessed
Incidental damage As a kid, I’d come across the term collateral damage but it wasn’t until I studied…
Coronarhythms
I know everybody is saying Good riddance! to 2020 but for all the chaos, I like to think…
How to edit your life
It’s one thing to love writing; it’s quite another to love editing. Editing is a passion I only…
The bottled water ad I keep thinking about
Cool Ridge has an ad campaign with the tagline "When you can/When you can't". It both offended and intrigued me. And it got me thinking about the ethics of bottled water and why we do (or don't) good.
2019: Highlights from a humdrum year
In thinking about the year just past, my first thought was that it was a boring year. Not bad as such, but I felt like I went through the whole year without a satisfactory answer to the perennial question: "How have you been?" In other words, I constantly had nothing new to report. Whenever I responded that I'd been "good", I meant it literally rather than as a polite non-answer.
2018 provided plenty of change in significant areas of my life so 2019 was certainly dull in comparison. And really in comparison to the whole previous decade of my life, which barely saw me doing the same thing for more than a year.
But I don't want to be ungrateful. If I pause to ponder the last 12 months a little more, I'm able to find a few highlights. They may seem simple, but they have nonetheless enriched my life and I am thankful for these little things.
Do what gives you life
Do what gives you life. That’s what some of my expat friends used to say, with tongue in…