Category: life

Week 14/2026: Just catch the bus

Week of 30 March 2026 This week is Easter week, so it’s the start of a six-day holiday for me. Easter Tuesday is a thing, and I asked to take the Wednesday off as well. So yay. Six days. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I...

Week 13/2026: Things I know to be true

Week of 23 March 2026 I had a long but wonderful day on Thursday. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. Things I Know To Be True...

Week 12/2026: Semaphore & Juliet

Week of 16 March 2026 Another late post! So much going on . . . This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. Semaphore & Juliet Semaphore Score...

Week 11/2026: Semaphore score

Week of 9 March 2026 Monday was a public holiday. Yay! I feel like I’m still trying to adjust to most of my regular things from last year changing days. I go into the office on different days, my acting class has changed days, my uni class is on...

Week 10/2026: Hearing things

Week of 2 March 2026 This was week 2 of my second year uni course. I wrote about it on Substack, but in a nutshell, I volunteered to do a presentation (which is worth 20% of my mark) in week 2, so I spent most of last week putting...

Week 06/2025: World wetlands day

Week of 2 February 2026 World Wetlands Day was on 2 February. Wetlands, according to the definition on the official site, are land areas that are saturated or flooded with water either permanently or seasonally. They include inland wetlands such as marshes, lakes and swamps, coastal wetlands such as...

Week 05/2026: January 26

Week of 26 January 2026 Monday was a public holiday in Australia. It’s been a national public holiday since 1994. I’m grateful that my workplace recognises that this is a date that causes pain to many First Nations people and allows us to substitute this public holiday for another...

Week 04/2026 Not finishing

Week of 19 January 2026 I’ve been reading Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, a book I’ve written about at length on here. I bought this book when it was first published (I was going to write ‘last year’ but it was 2024), and...

Week 03/2026: Morning walks

Week of 12 January 2025 This was my first full week back at work. I was in the office four days out of five this week, which was exhausting. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always...

Week 02/2026: 15th birthday

Week of 5 January 2026 It came to my attention this week that my first post on this blog was on 5 January 2011, so this week was the 15th birthday of my blog! I research and write my posts myself. I do not use AI in my writing....