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Fame, glory and survival: the Olympics and the game of life
Like a lot of the world this week, I’ve been pretty hooked on watching the Olympics this August. The fame, glory, survival and undying passion of the Olympians makes for compelling TV, at least for me. And the pace, buzz, and ongoing live commentary has an almost meditative effect on me. The emotions run high at the Olympics — the highs are exhilarating, the low, crushing, and watching it feels like being privy to the athletes inner world. Which just happens to be broadcasted around the world.
The winter self care checklist
I’m going to come right out and say it: I’ve really been struggling this winter. The cold, coupled with the rain, wind and lack of proper sunshine is legit getting me down. As the rain pelts down relentlessly outside, I’m finding it hard to keep my spirits up. Maybe you are too? I’ve decided it’s high time I created my own winter self care checklist — a brain dump of all the ways we can better look after ourselves during these blustery winter months.
In case of emergency: stop, drop and breathe
Have you ever felt like you’re coming up against a brick wall? Maybe you know what I mean; maybe you don’t. I’m referring to periods of time that are just plain hard. Things are going on — too many things, in fact, and you feel like you just can’t keep up. Sometimes events are layered on top of each other like a mountain that gets bigger with every sandstorm. Or sometimes, it’s just one very large, seemingly unmovable mountain that won’t seem to budge, no matter how many times you try to find a way around it.
We are women; hear us roar.
“I can’t worry about my bra. I need to get out of here,” I utter at 5:40 today. Priceline is closing in 20 minutes and I need dental floss. Stringy bits of of asparagus are stuck in my teeth.
My husband raises an eyebrow as he snuggles into the couch . “Do you need it now?” I was out before I could catch those puppy dog eyes staring like I’d just dropped from outer space. Married for 9 years, ‘Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus,’ made sense—Different creatures, different planets. My hubby suffers from Man Flu, while I keep calm and carry on. Even if it means hiding shopping bags, Carrie Bradshaw style.
Chanukah: a story of inner strength, blind faith and surrender
There is so much to like about the festival of Chanukah (Hanukkah). But this year in particular there is also so much to feel. The war in Israel is so prevalent in all of our minds and souls. This Chanukah, my mind is with the entire Jewish nation, especially those in Israel and in the firing line. My soul, on the other hand, is alight with emotion.
Project 333 and my secret obsession with wanting to be a minimalist
I recently read Project 333 by Courtney Carver. Her proposition is simple: create a capsule wardrobe from 33 items to help eliminate stress and gain more from life by living with less. For Carver, receiving an MS diagnosis was her wake up call that something about her lifestyle needed to change. So she went about trying to simplify her life by simplifying her stuff, and came up with the idea of her Project 333 challenge. This isn’t the first book about minimalism that has completely drew me in, hook, line and sinker. A few years ago, I read Goodbye, things by Fumio Sasaki and his way of thinking just made So. Much. Sense.
I’m a Melbourne based writer and artist. I’m obsessed about colour and crazy about clothes, but have always returned to writing as a way of making sense of this bizarre world. Welcome to my corner of the internet. Take a seat and get comfy.