Alright, everyone can relax, I've got everything sorted. I'm working on ten-year-plan. Yep me the girl who couldn't commit to anything for longer than 18 months is working on a TEN YEAR PLAN. So far I've got I want a million dollars in the bank. As per usual I'm a little hazy on the details (really more a big picture person but you … [Read more...]
Mamma’s Don’t Let Your Kids Grow Up To Be Creative
So, here we are, the end of high school for Hippie Child. After this it’s study, study, for the HSC exams in October ... and then ... well I’m not thinking about what comes next ... I’m taking the denial approach. To say this year has been difficult would be an understatement. You see it turns out Hippie Child has a creative streak so … [Read more...]
Five Moment Memoir
How's this for an idea? If you struggle with finding the time to journal (or write a lengthy word count blog) how about having a crack at a five-moment memoir. Freelance writer Sarah Beauchamp wrote about her concept of journalling in Oprah Magazine. Basically she forced herself to write down five things that happened each day, both the … [Read more...]
Man-Made
I live in a place of great natural beauty, our beaches are pretty impressive. However, on the man-made side of things we haven't actually excelled. There's not a lot of great architecture or design in my town. When "man-made" came up for the photo challenge the first thing that came to mind was our Glasshouse, an arts and entertainment facility … [Read more...]
Five Things I Should Have Learnt By Now
Over at Life in A Pink Fibro Alison Tait wrote a post, 10 Things I Learnt Last Week, then Alana at House Goes Home picked up the concept and ran with it to create 8 Things I didn't Learn Last Week. Now in a shameless rip-off due to limited time and little creativity I'm going with 5 Things I Should Have Learnt By Now. 1. When you start bragging … [Read more...]
The Power Of Words
Those of us who blog, or like to read blogs are very aware of the power of words. However, this video says it in the most eloquent way possible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU I first saw this video at a work conference last year, thanks to Kirri White at Success Coach for reminding me of it this morning. … [Read more...]
Your Life In Six Words
Do you remember Ernest Hemingway's short, short story. For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.? At the Smith Magazine Larry Smith used Hemingway's story as inspiration and asked his readers to describe their lives in six words. It was supposed to be a month long competition but now five years later it's still going strong. Oprah Magazine ran an article … [Read more...]
NaNoWriMo – The Confession
Big cheers please, my friend Michele from Savannah Photography completed the 50,000 words in 30 days for NaNoWriMo. … [Read more...]
NaBloPoMo Celebration
On this last day of November I can celebrate my successful completion of NaBloPoMo. We won't mention NaNoWriMo - that will get it's own blog of humiliation tomorrow. … [Read more...]
Child of the 70’s and 80’s
Created in WordItOut Remember any of these? What were you playing, reading, watching, wearing, eating during your childhood? … [Read more...]
