Category archive: Lifestyle

Happy New Year ….

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Photo by Tim Zänkert on Unsplash

2020 has begun. A new decade. And yet, it is just a another day. But a brand new one. A day that starts a brand new year.  A day that is as significant (or insignificant) as YOU make it.

What makes new year significant for you?

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Dealing with anxiety …

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Photo by Alex Iby on Unsplash.com

In the 21st Century, a common theme for everyone is anxiety. We are anxious about change, about the future, about ourselves, about others. It seems unavoidable. But … there is hope … 

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Return of a wayward blogger …

April in North East Victoria Photo credit - author's own

April in North East Victoria. Photo credit – author’s own

Hey there patient readers (I guess the other kind have given up)!

I’m making a return after another lifestyle change. This one – a tree change – to North East Victoria to a town of 941 people (now 943).

“Why?” you ask.

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What will 2019 bring?

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Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash

I haven’t made any resolutions this year. I used to make them with great enthusiasm. Now they feel a little passé and that it’s time for a different approach. Perhaps time to get in touch with my innate wisdom for guidance? I just have to work out how to “tap into it” …

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Season end

 

2019 was a bumper snow season and the second year of great snowfalls. With record snowfalls, increased visitor numbers and an extended season, it is no surprise that resort workers have also welcomed its end.  

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Take a leap of faith and mind the gap

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Photo credit: Blake Cheek via unsplash.com

Do you like getting out of your comfort zone? Or, do you prefer to stay with your familiar, well known routines? Would you take a leap of faith across a gap in your experience and learning or stay put and consider the chasm as an onlooker? How do you mind the gap?

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The three Rs of healthy aging …

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Photo credit: Helena Lopes via pexels.com

Nobody seems to want to get old … yet it is inevitable. Time slips by …  like sand through the hourglass. Human life expectancy is increasing, so we better get used to getting older for longer and to maintaining our health. A Harvard study gives some useful insights.

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The place we call home

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Photo credit: https://www.qualityneedlecraft.co.uk

Working overseas opens you up to change. You see new ways of doing things. You experience a new culture. You try a new language. For the time we are there, we call it home. That is, until we move to the next one. In this flexible lifestyle, what do we call home?

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