Shambolic Living

Figuring It Out

Janine — Mon, 30 May 2016 12:32:55 +0000

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...

Mamma’s Don’t Let Your Kids Grow Up To Be Creative

Janine — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 04:19:12 +0000

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...

Five Moment Memoir

Janine — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:17:14 +0000

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...

Man-Made

Janine — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:48:10 +0000

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,...

Five Things I Should Have Learnt By Now

Janine — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:35:17 +0000

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...

The Power Of Words

Janine — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:02:33 +0000

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. 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.

Your Life In Six Words

Janine — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:41:59 +0000

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...

NaNoWriMo – The Confession

Janine — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:38:11 +0000

Big cheers please, my friend Michele from Savannah Photography completed the 50,000 words in 30 days for NaNoWriMo. I’m expecting that when her book is published the dedication will read “To my dear friend Janine who provided the link (literally) to NaNoWriMo that enabled me to produce this bestseller thereby rescuing me from a life...

NaBloPoMo Celebration

Janine — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:27:12 +0000

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. Day in day out I managed to get a post up every 24 hours for the month. I got up early and stayed up late to get...

Child of the 70’s and 80’s

Janine — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:48:31 +0000

Created in WordItOut Remember any of these? What were you playing, reading, watching, wearing, eating during your childhood?