Shambolic Living

The Children’s Future

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As the departure of the Hippie Child from the family home looms (OK it's two years away and we still have to get through the HSC first, and then get accepted into a university, but you know me ponder philosophically, worry neurotically and imagine vividly - so ALREADY I'm thinking about what life is going to look like once she's gone). One of the … [Read more...]

Holiday Notes

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Oops I forgot I had a blog! Not really just took a day off which stretched into ... well a month. Blogging can be very all-consuming and you forget what life was like before you had the self-imposed daily deadline of writing for a blog. Taking a break was an interesting experiment. I realised that without the daily writing practice I don't write … [Read more...]

I Seem To Have Misplaced My Career Plan

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When it comes to your career are you a planner? Do you have it all figured out step-by-step, promotion-by-promotion? It appears I've misplaced my career plan. There was a time when I had goals, hell even a bit of ambition. I worked full-time, studied at night, put my hand up for extra responsibilities, took job after job for the … [Read more...]

We Could Be Over Thinking Things

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Let me be the first to admit I can take an idea, pummel it into the ground, dissect and distort it, work myself into a frenzy and emerge the other end with no clearer idea on what I really think about the topic anyway. When it comes to over thinking I could be President, Secretary and Chief Cheerleader of the Over Thinking Society. However, having … [Read more...]

Getting Some Perspective

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All right I'm getting some perspective on the world. That's what happens when I get some time on my hands, I ponder. Oh god do I ponder. But no, it's all good because overnight I have had some blinding moments of clarity about raising children, the world, politics and everything in between. Seriously, why nobody pays me for my insights is a giant … [Read more...]

Opting Out – A Realistic Option?

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People have been a little stunned when I announced I was taking a break from work for a few months to supposedly finish this book that's been rolling around in my head for years. Will I be able to get work again when I'm ready? Who knows. Can we afford this? Definitely not. But I'm not doing this blindly I spent a decade at home when my girls where … [Read more...]

Grey stairs.
Father with two daughters.