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A month of gratitude
A month of gratitude
When this lock down first started, I experienced a myriad of emotions, chief among them anxiety and frustration. I craved human contact beyond my immediate family. I even craved exercise, just to beat the stir-craziness of being cooped up. When normally I would love to be at home all the time, it’s a whole different story when my freedom of movement is restricted.
Amongst the swirl of…
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Gratitude: A new project
Gratitude: A new project
My husband, like most people, has had some change in his work life. In his case, it’s a change to rosters and shift timings, with a major difference being that there is now a team being held in reserve in case someone on one of the active teams falls sick.
Today, he starts a 10-day reserve block, meaning that if one of the other teams gets stood down, he will have four hours notice to go back on…
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Gratitude: Team Australia
Photo credit: Australian Sports Commission
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I’m lucky to live in Australia.
Less than 3 weeks ago, we had more than a hundred new cases of COVID-19 a day. Today, we are in the single digits across a nation of 25 million people. And that’s thanks to the efforts of everyone here in Australia.
At the end of March, the University of Sydney…
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Gratitude: Our food supply chain
Gratitude: Our food supply chain
Photo credit: Samillemitchell
These days, when everyone is urged to stay at home, I am grateful for everyone who’s working on the frontline, providing essential services to our community. I am grateful for all the brave doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers who are battling this disease . I’m grateful to the supermarket staff who are keeping the shops open. And I’m particularly grateful…
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Gratitude: A daughter who sleeps
Gratitude: A daughter who sleeps
If you had asked me a few years ago what my most-wanted magical power would be, I would have to say the ability to sleep when and where I wanted to.
I always envied Leo’s ability to sleep anywhere, anytime
I used to travel pretty often for work. When I was based in Malaysia, I’d often do international trips to Indonesia or Thailand. I would always have to take the first flight out in the…
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Gratitude: ANZAC day
Image credit: RMerrill
April 25th is ANZAC Day. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC Day came originally about to commemorate the Aussies and Kiwis who served at Gallipoli in the First World War, but has since been broadened to honour all who have served their country.
ANZAC Day is traditionally commemorated by a dawn service. I attended my first dawn service with…
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Gratitude: Notes
A few months after we first started dating, the Happy Gwailo had to go away for two weeks for work. By this time, I’d already moved into his house, so I had his house mates and dogs for company and wasn’t lonely.
Photo credit: Alexandra Simmroth
But one thing that made those two weeks truly special was the many little notes I found. There was a note in my drawer, several on my clothes…
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Gratitude: Rhythm
When we first started self-isolating six weeks ago, I thought it was great working from home. No commute, no need to dress up in my office clothes, all day access to my fridge (which, in hindsight, probably wasn’t such a good thing after all…).
Picture credit: Liannadavis
Then when it started settling in that this lock down was here to stay for a while, and that working from home would be…
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Gratitude: Parks
We Sydney-siders are very blessed to have so many beautiful parks around. In these crazy times, when one of the 16 valid reasons to leave your house is to get some exercise, today I’m grateful that we have so many great parks near us.
Throwback: Leo enjoying a walk in the park
One of our favourite things to do when Leo was still with us was to take him for a lap of the riverside path. On…
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Grateful: Music
As social distancing continues and mass gatherings have been banned for the forseeable future, today I’m grateful that the performing arts industry has chosen to take their craft online instead.
Cirque du Soleil
One of my favourite live acts, Cirque du Soleil, has temporarily suspended all of their shows. Instead, they have migrated online, with their CirqueConnectchannel. So far, they have…
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Gratitude: Working flexibly
When I was pregnant with my daughter, there were so many worries going through my mind. Would she be healthy? Would I be a good mom? I don’t know how to feed my baby or change a nappy – help!
The moment when she was born was a magical one I’ll never forget. I’m grateful that we had her pre-CoVID-19 days; a friend of mine had to give birth alone and stay in the hospital alone with the baby…
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Gratitude: New ways of working
In these days of soaring unemployment, I’m grateful that I have a job that allows me to work from home.
Before this craziness started, working from home was taboo in my line of work. As a consultant, clients value face time, and there’s a psychological barrier that makes me feel like the clients don’t get value for money if they don’t see you. Whether that’s true or just me I’ll never know.
But…
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Gratitude: My neighbourhood
When we first moved to our house, one of the things we didn’t realise about the property was how close it was to the shops. In our previous apartment, we lived about a fifteen minute walk to the closest supermarket. Nowadays, we are just ten minutes away. Five extra minutes doesn’t sound like much, but it does make a difference when you’re lugging heavy groceries home.
Or when you’ve got a…
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Gratitude: Freshly baked bread
There’s nothing quite like the scent of freshly baked bread in the morning.
When I was growing up, my mom used to bake our own bread. She started with kneading the dough by hand, then graduated to a stand mixer, and eventually ended up with a bread maker. That was my favorite, mostly because we could set the timer so that the bread would be ready for breakfast first thing in the morning. We…
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Gratitude: Flight vouchers
Photo credit: Lawrence Murray
One week before New Zealand announced that it was shutting its borders, we booked our tickets for the family to go to Queenstown for the ANZAC day weekend to celebrate a friend’s wedding. We had known about the wedding for a while and received the invitation months ago, but because of the Happy Gwailo’s work, leave requests have to be put in up to two years ahead.…
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Gratitude: Daycare
Today, I’m grateful for daycares remaining open during these crazy times. I’m grateful for the amazing educators that are caring for my daughter, and all the love and care they give her. It’s obvious that she really enjoys herself there. Most days, she toddles off with hardly a wave, drawn by all the exciting toys and games in the room.
I’m grateful that we found such an amazing daycare…
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Gratitude: Light
Isn’t it funny how light impacts one’s mood? On grey, cloudy days, my mood is noticeably affected compared to bright sunny days like today. So today, I’m grateful for a beautiful, bright autumn day with barely a cloud in the sky.
I’m grateful that on days like today, when my daughter insists on going outside (like she does three times a day), I don’t have to come up with yet another…
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