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The importance of slowing down
Recently, I was hit with a cold, and instead of being kind to myself and slowing down, I ignored that little voice in my head and pushed on.
Docuseries reflection: The playbook (Netflix)
My mother, very often fondly recalls how I learned to swim before I learned how to walk. From then it wasn't long until I started formal swimming lessons and began training for competitive swim meets. I swam competitively until Year 7, when I took first place in every single heat, with the exception of the 100-metre butterfly, where I scraped in at third place, taking home the bronze medal for that heat. Over-all, I had the best time, for both the girls鈥 and boys鈥 divisions. Despite all that so-called 鈥榮uccess鈥 and 鈥榓chievement鈥, my heart ached a bit at the sight of that solitary bronze medal. I was training towards an all-gold year. Looking back now, as a mature-aged student and solo parent of a toddler, I realise that the 鈥榣oss鈥 was more valuable than the wins. I was prouder of that bronze medal than I was of all the gold medals that year. I became a better athlete because of the experience of failing and learning from disappointment. The loss, as painful as it was as a 12-year old, helped build character. I learned to accept defeat graciously and how to pick myself up and train better, not harder. It brought our team together too.
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End of semester stress
The end of another semester has come. The final push up the hill is on before I find myself at the top with a pretty sweet lookout. As always, it can be stressful.
Social media shenanigans: was deleting TikTok the right choice?
I have a love/hate relationship with social media (don鈥檛 we all), but recently made the decision to delete TikTok after recognising the聽dependency聽I had on聽it.
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Six types of rest
I鈥檝e just had an incredibly marvellous weekend! One that I鈥檝e been looking forward to for ages and at the same time, I feel completely drained. A friend I spent most of the weekend with, felt the same way. She was exhausted enough to suggest we should cancel lunch and take a bit of time to recharge and maybe take a nap. We were all together several times throughout the weekend anyway. She works interstate and is only here in Adelaide for a visit during her birthday.聽
Checking up on friends
With so much going in the world, I am trying to remember to check up on others and myself.聽
Reconciliation Week 2021
2021 marks twenty years of Reconciliation Australia and the theme聽is 鈥淢ore than a word. Reconciliation takes action,鈥 urging the reconciliation movement towards braver and more impactful action, and more than just raising awareness and knowledge. Reconciliation is about Indigenous and non-indigenous people uniting and being one as a nation and as a people.
A letter to my fellow neurodivergents...
I鈥檓 sorry if you鈥檝e grown up hearing that you鈥檙e not doing your best, that you鈥檙e just not trying hard enough. I鈥檓 sorry if you鈥檝e grown up teaching yourself that you had to push through discomfort only to realise you still can鈥檛 do all those things your peers could. I鈥檓 sorry if you grew up knowing you were so different from everyone around you, yet you weren鈥檛 cared for like you should have been.
Adelaide鈥檚 hidden jazz gem
Are you sick of the usual night out? Interested in jazz, art and good vibes? Keep reading for my experience at Adelaide鈥檚 most unique bar location.