There I was, poised with purpose and a plan. The pantry needed a makeover and today was the day. I unpacked the cupboard contents and cast about for a small space on which to place the baking powder tin. In the midst of such kitchen chaos and with a plan yet to be actioned, my…
Sixteen weeks combined long service and annual leave added to many days’ time in lieu helped make this one of the best years yet. It was filled with happy times: travels and friends and a road trip and ocean swims and lazing-by-the-pool days. Work and studies featured in the mix making 2017 a year of…
The Mount Isa Underground Hospital was one of the items on my ‘to do’ list for the town and I was not disappointed in my choice. As mentioned previously, Mount Isa is a town established on the mineral resources of the area and the mine perimeter is just one street away from the town centre.…
Sometimes the only, the best, thing to do is quit. I know – winners never quit and quitters never win. For too long the inner critic’s accusation kept me locked in the myth that it there is no circumstance in which quitting is justifiable. I’d look around and it seemed like everyone was cruising through…
The optimism of others is good for me. My own optimism must be as good for me as it is for others too. It is an attitude with a hopeful outlook on life. It imagines the possibilities that many of us walk by on a daily basis. The Oxford English Dictionary defines optimism as having…
Every day since 1 August 2006 when I sat at my desk and stared at the concrete wall across the courtyard I am thankful to that still small voice that encouraged me away from what had become a depressing rut. For a small voice it had a lot of momentum. I had reached a fork in the…
My love of books and reading I inherited from my parents, both avid readers. My mother belonged to book clubs, my father to libraries, no wonder I grew up believing books are one of life’s great pleasures and treasures. Perhaps not solely because I am an introvert but libraries have been a sanctuary from noise…
I am not proud of the lapse in my learning from the time I left school to when I picked up study in my 50s, but returning to fulfil a dream has been a life-changing journey. I went from living my life on auto-pilot to realising how stuck I was. A series of small steps…
When I was reevaluating my core beliefs and values at the beginning of the year friendship was still in the top five values. Despicable me … I started to wonder why I still allow people into my life who add little and wipe their feet all over me. Awesome me … I then wondered why…
Four months into the year and it is time to hit pause and reflect on how I’m doing with the word I chose to guide me through this year: ELEVATE. So far this year we’ve charged through ninety-six days yet this is my first reflection on the word that was to have been the…
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