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Hone my time bending skills
What do you wish you could do more every day? Seriously, I wish that I could selectively juggle a little more successfully. I wish that I could bend the fabric of time ensuring I had enough time to get done all that is needed, and all that is desired. With more time my home would…
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Metaphorically speaking
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? I’ve come to realise that my secret (or not so secret) skill or ability is writing with structural metaphor. I don’t use metaphor as a superficial or supportive ‘bling’, as mere literary device. My mind, my language and my Synesthesic and somatic memory…
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As often as needed.
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? If language is a social construct and communication is a tool, learning to say ‘no’ becomes a crucial life hack. It’s the equivalent of taking a blunt arrow head and meticulously sharpening it, allowing its pointed clarity to break through noise…
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Safe and seen
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? As the 8th child of ten children who was born into a world of family trauma and loss, I honestly feel that at age five I needed to feel emotionally safe, seen and valued. At age five my parents were still…
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The sting of rejection
What’s something most people don’t understand? I have just recently finished my 85k word hybrid literary memoir. I’ve written through a dual perspective lens. I took the courageous step of submitting to a small elite publishing house (here in Australia) After almost 4 weeks I received a reply, where they stated that they were “very…
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Everyone needs playtime – adults, children and everyone in between.
Playtime for me (given that it is now summertime here in Australia) means water play and swimming. It means loosing myself to the present moment – of swimming, diving and frolicking in the water. I swim underwater and lose myself in the crystalline beauty of the cascading and rising bubbles of air – rising from…
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Moving from being a waterfall to a well.
I’m writing this post incorporating both my biggest personal and professional challenges into one discernible and highly interconnected and nuanced issue. I am what you could call a ‘waterfall’ – that is my mind is high output – I readily espouse my ideas, thoughts and feelings, much like a waterfall allows the water to cascade…
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Somatic feelings
What makes me experience nostalgia? Quite often it is my body remembering the intrinsic memories, feelings and emotions. I remember a smell that triggers a memory – my mind then recalls that memory (much like a computer system or bookcase where I can retrieve – press play and experience that memory again) Or it may…
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Japanese Anime
What’s your favorite cartoon? I actually really appreciate the artistry in Japanese Anime. Unfortunately I’ve watched so much that they all tend to meld into one joint bucket of anime. Examples would be of anime I have really loved are – Howl’s Moving Castle Mary’s Witch Flower Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End My Happy Marriage One…
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Short answer – yes!
Do you ever see wild animals? This morning I woke up early (even though it’s a Saturday) , anyway as I proceeded to rinse out a cup I was greeted with a rather large huntsman spider. It was struggling to get out of the sink – so I somehow managed to rescue it and relocate…
Selectively Juggling
Learning to selectively juggle to avoid the chaos and struggle
Selectively Juggling 