I’m sitting up in bed looking out towards this window waiting for the rest of the house to wake up and get ready for the day. It’s a quiet Saturday morning at a regional town of Elphinstone which has a general store, a pub, a cemetery and some homesteads dotted about. We are staying here […]
The National Wool & Sheep Show is ON, Baby! Yeah!
Sitting here at 0615 on a Friday morning. Ahead of me a 2 hour drive to Bendigo to attend the National Wool and Sheep Show, the biggest in Australia. It’s a chance of anyone who is a lover of sheep and wool to come along and see the different industries. My favourite? The yarn stalls […]
You Are Not A Gadget
A new book review is now up on YouTube and it’s Jaron Lanier’s, You Are Not a Gadget written in 2010. In the video I talk about how I read this book as at times it took a while to read due to its writing style and at times, grappling with some of the words […]
I Googled Myself and This is What I Found
So I googled myself recently and found that someone had reblogged one of my posts onto his site and I had COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN I HAD WRITTEN THIS POST. It’s a gem of a personal post written in 2019 when I was going through the same angst about the lack of value that social media was […]
I Wasn’t On the Org Chart
Last week we had our monthly Team Sync. That’s an opportunity for our CEO of our Australian team to share news and updates of our company. I look forward to this meeting because it’s a snapshot of what’s happening in the company and also learning about what other teams are up to as most of […]
Changes I’ve Experienced Without Social Media in My Life
Here are some things I’ve been noticing now that I’ve permanently deleted social media from my life. It’s nearing 30 days now which means at the 30 day mark without re-entering my accounts, they are wiped of everything I’ve ever written and shared is permanently deleted. Years of work, photos, videos, followers and followings, ramblings. […]
Sunday Sunday
This morning Andrew arrives home fifteen minutes after he left for the golf course. I thought he has forgotten something which doesn’t set up the day ahead because he becomes cranky for the rest of it. However, the course was closed due to fog. That was my signal to get up from bed, get dressed […]
Gnats Gnats Everywhere
One of the disconcerting things that Andrew tells me about our home, is the ever increasing numbers of pot plants. “Where did that pot plant come from?” He asks as I look away suddenly seeing something else that I must attend to. With the amount of plants in the house, it means there are little […]
Curated Tidbits for The Week
Looking Good Good work is always recognised but it may take a long time(!) says Simon Terry in his post Looking Good. This resonated with me because the last week, I was left off our Organisation Chart and although I was curious about this action, the result was something I wasn’t expecting. Lesson: Always do […]
My French Learning Update
I’ve written many posts here in my blog about how I’ve been learning French then integrating this language into my life as much as possible. It’s immersion by stealth. If you can’t visit or travel overseas to the country, we are spoiled for choice using technology and other ways to ensure we are surrounded by […]
The Happy Life
I finished reading David Malouf’s The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World. He is one of Australia’s greatest writers and I do own a couple of his books. This one was more of an essay into his pondering of happiness drawing upon literature, arts and philosophy to explain it. The last […]
Morning Routines
I love my quiet mornings. Lately I’ve been sleeping really well. I feel rested when I get up as it means I’ve been getting deep sleep. I’ve been dreaming too – strong, vivid dreams that make me content when I get up. I feel as if I’m “getting back to normal” whatever that means. This […]
Curated Tidbits for the Week
There’s been some real gems this week in Stephen Downe’s shares or found through constant cross linking within articles he shared. Check out Stephen’s Vision statement – now THAT’s a vision. It’s what I want too! Can we have that please? I beg of you. My head hurts the way the internet is going. It’s […]
Morning Walk with The Smiths
A quiet foggy and crisp walk this morning to watch the sun rise. I stopped to admire this and in my ears I was listening to Morrissey’s : Everyday Is Like Sunday. (Which I then listened to a few times more). (I’m not going to go into his political leanings here).. This morning’s playlist had […]
Vivid Dreams
One of the things I’ve noticed happening a lot more often are my vivid dreams. They’re quite spectacular at times with a story line, with characters, wonderful scenes and beautiful colours (I have no idea why some say we dream in black and white. I dream in colours). At times, I look forward to going […]
Jouer Au Golf et Apprendre Le Francais Ensemble
What do you do if you feel you lack time when it comes to learning all the things you want to learn? Do it all in the one go. Find things that build upon each other. For example, I’m new to golf. And I’m a left handed golfer at that. Golf is a backwards sport. […]
Morning Jaunt Around Swinburne University
During the covid lockdowns (all 263 days of them ?), we were under certain restrictions. One of which we could only travel 5km of our home. This started a new habit of mine to take excursions in my local area and in so doing, I discovered new parks, places of interest, history, shops, artworks and […]
Why I Left Social Media
I decided to share my thoughts via video on this one.
Need to Run Training But Be Elsewhere At Same Time?
I’ve been running some Yammer 101 training sessions for our company at different times of the day and night to cater for our overseas colleagues. These are ‘open’ sessions for anyone to join so it’s always a surprise to see who joins me to have a bit of a chat and also get to know […]
When There’s No Community, Mutiny
This was what a colleague had accidentally said when he got tongue tied talking about community during one team meeting and we all rolled around in laughter. Little did he know that sometimes, you need to prod to get a reaction in a community. A Like, A Follow, A Share, Something, Anything…. Is there anyone […]