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Good, yeah: October 2014

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Good, Yeah - The End. In case you hadn't noticed, this blog and I are done. I tried for a while to keep it up but I think it has run its course. I still miss Samuel every day, and will always wonder what he could have been, but that's not something I feel like I need to write about anymore. But I do love having a blog. It's my way of keeping myself and my thoughts straight, a way to share my thoughts and ideas, and an outlet for my writing (and photos! Canberra, ACT, Australia.

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Good, yeah: Purpose

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. 8220;The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” - Robert Byrne. One of the things that many people do is live a life of purpose. Feeling like what you do means something can be very empowering. Do some people do it from their childhood? Do some people never get to that stage? It all started when our family first started getting seriously into LEGO. We attended the first Brick Expo. In 2010 and by 2012 we were entering our own models in the exhibition. And then I started help...

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Good, yeah: May 2013

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Monday, May 27, 2013. Time to start talking. I was speaking to a colleague the other day, and suddenly I realised that I can now start talking about Samuel. About his death, about the lessons I've learned since then, and about the improvements that I've made, to myself and to my life. Don't get me wrong, I'll never completely recover from it, and I'll never see it as a positive event, but I now have enough distance that I can reflect on it all. And I was doing that job pretty much the same way that all t...

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Good, yeah: Developing Resilience

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015. 8220;The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”. 8213; Nelson Mandela. When I was teaching in the Educational Psychology unit at UC, I constantly referred to the need to develop resilience. Teaching is a hard job (another thing I said in every single tute, much to my students' amusement! And time and again I see teachers move out of teaching (or break down) because they are not resilient. As I mentioned in my last post. Appreciate ...

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Good, yeah: Build-ups for Grown-ups :)

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Build-ups for Grown-ups :). Did I mention I'm not completely there with resilience yet? I'm still working on being the best version of me, and there are still moments that surprise me. Even when they shouldn't. As you might have seen in my blog previously. Here's what they said. I was absolutely blown away by the response. More than 50 people took a moment to say something nice about me. Stuff I kinda knew, but also stuff that I never realised that people noticed or liked ...Compl...

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Good, yeah: February 2014

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Thursday, February 13, 2014. 365 Grateful 24 - 28. I'm not sure why this one never published! January 24, 2014. I'm grateful for my pussycat. He's so cute and pretty relaxed. His name is Woopagott and he often stretches out in weird positions like this. We've had him a long time - we got him at 6 weeks old from the RSPCA (so he must be at least 14), so I don't know how long he's got left, but he's pretty cool. January 25, 2014. Then went out and danced. I think we danced for about 5 hours! 4 kids, 20 sui...

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Good, yeah: Just be real

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. 8220;We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”. 8213; May Sarton. A couple of years ago, I was talking to my friend/boss, about people. I mentioned that I was finding it difficult to warm to a mutual acquaintance; mainly because I couldn't read them (I've always thought I was pretty good at 'reading' people). He said "it's because you are authentic, and you expect other people to be too.". And yes, I've always valued that in other p...

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Good, yeah: April 2013

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Well this year is my big year. The year I've been casually dreading for most of my adult life. The year that I have to grow up.I could go in a melodramatic way but I'm typing this on a tablet, so I should probably be more succinct. Hah! Here's my list (and some future blog topics! I'm already making some headway with this one (see my next post), but I want to improve my fitness and become stronger. Losing a few kilos wouldn't hurt either! Events, but maybe that might be next year!

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Good, yeah: Social Media for Money Seminar

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Sunday, July 12, 2015. Social Media for Money Seminar. In late June, I went to a fascinating seminar designed for bloggers and social media users. It was designed to help us find ways to make money from social media. I'm not really in it for the money (at this point, though I am working up to some things! But I still picked up some excellent tips and even some new skills. I thought I knew everything there is to know about social media! The presentation below is created in Haiku Deck. 4 kids, 20 suitcases...