What details of your life could you pay more attention to?

There is something in my life I could pay more attention to as I age. I guess it is something that happens to a lot of us as we age and that is the weight we put on. As we get older, it becomes harder to lose the weight that we put on.  I have the extra burden of being on medication that puts weight on.  I would love to be able to lose some weight, but don’t beat myself up when I can’t lose weight.  I just do the best I can given my limitations.   If there is one thing that I would change,  if I could, it would be my bodies ability to lose a few kilos. I try to keep active, and it certainly helps me have Lily to keep me walking, but I face a daily battle with my meds, changing my metabolism and putting weight on. Oh well, such is life.

What’s your #1 priority tomorrow?

This is an interesting topic to answer. Tomorrow is Monday here, and I am thinking of the things that I need to prioritise once the weekend is over. There are both administrative and personal things to do. I won’t go into them all. As always, Lily is high on my list of priorities, and tomorrow, I must focus on her and get her out for a walk, given that today is a bit wet and windy.  I normally take her for a playdate on a Monday at Liz’s, and Lily just loves it.

I also have some professional and personal appointments to organise so I stay on top of these and am well organised.

On a more personal note, I hope to progress in my daily writings ✍️ and hopefully, I will have the luxury of some spare time tomorrow to work on this.

Hopefully, I will catch up with some friends 🧡 tomorrow, be that a phone call or actually seeing them.. … Life gets busy going from one appointment to the next so I hope to have some quality 🙏🏽 time tomorrow where I can choose to do something spontaneous which will help me appreciate the journey I am on, rather than trying to reach the destination

I have learned that no matter how organised we are, everything happens in Gods time, and anything worth waiting for takes time,everything in baby steps. Stop and enjoy the view on the way.

What’s the trait you value most about yourself?

The trait that I most value about myself is my optimism towards life. My good friend Russell says that I am a strong positive force to be reckoned with.  I try to see the world 🌎 through a glass half full perspective . Certainly, my optimism has got me through some very challenging times and has led to me developing resilience towards life’s challenges.  I think if you think positively throughout life’s challenges, you can manifest good into your life. We reap what we sow, so if you want positive experiences in your life, start with a positive attitude and see how your life changes for the better.  Make life good, face life with a smile, and people will smile 😃 back to you.

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List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter.

1.Owner of a children’s literature book shop.

2. Work in radio playing all the music 🎶 I love 

3. Journalist for the ABC here in Australia.

What brands do you associate with?

I am not big on being a brand ambassador,  I live on a limited income and must use my finances wisely.

I guress two brands I support are ALDI and The Body Shop.

I do my weekly shop at ALDI because I save money doing so.  I guess that means that I support ALDI.   They certainly represent good value for money.  They have a smaller range, but have good quality in that range.

The other brand I support is The Body Shop.   I love their cruelty free and environmentally responsible stance. Their products are lovely to use, and I particularly love their body butters and lip balms.  They are the makeup products and skin care products that I use. I loudly and proudly support The Body Shop.

What could you do more of?

There are a few things in my life I could do more of. Certainly spending time in the company of my good friends is something I definitely could do more of.

Walking Lily 🚶‍♀️ is another thing I could do more to keep us both fit and exercised.

I would like to go on more holidays that I can take Lily with me on these trips.  I hope to take her for a weekend away to the beach in the not too distant future.

There are always things in our life that we all could do more of, and this is constantly changing as our lives change and progress.

Definitely, I could try to spend more time writing ✍️ and doing other forms of creativity like watercolours and pastel drawings and teaching myself embroidery and the like.

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What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

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What things give you energy?

Writing gives me energy and a positive focus. Regularly writing this blog gives me energy for life and keeps my creative juices flowing.

Practising mindfulness in my everyday life gives me energy and positivity,  be it something like slowly eating my food and savouring the taste or gently stroking Lilys coat and focusing on how soft and real she feels..  In fact, caring for her is another thing that gives me energy. She is very easy to care for, and her loving affection always leaves me feeling content and energised. The positive support of my loved ones gives me energy and motivation to do well in this world 🌎 be it Russell telling me I am a positive force to be reckoned with,  or the kind wise comments of my psychiatrist,  all these things give me the energy and motivation to progress in my life and I don’t take this for granted. I guess I genuinely try to live my life with a glass half full approach and feel blessed for the good things I have that 🙏🏽 motivate me.

What’s your all-time favorite album?

My all-time favourite album would have to be Split Enz “True Colours “.  It was rekeased in 1980 and really put Split Enz on the global map. Neil Finn wrote I Got You, which he is now famous for.  Looking back on clips of Spilt Enz at the time, Neil looks around 16 years old   when he is reality was in his early 20s.   I actually have two copies of True Colours  one on cassette that I was given for my 11th birthday, and the other is a laser cur vinyl copy that is worth a fortune now. Laser cuts are amazing different shapes and patterns that produce a surface that has many colours. True Colours indeed.   I will never part with these as they have great sentimental value.  There are many albums in my collection that I love too many to list here, but True Colours being my first love is extra special ❤️.

My other favourite albums are  Goanna “Spirit Of Place,  Moving Pictures “Days Of Innocence” and Crowded House’s first self-titled album.

Which topics would you like to be more informed about?

When I was in my early 20s, I was obsessed with women’s fashion from the 40, 50s,  and 60s. I bought several second-hand dresses and cardigans,  and my mum made me some vintage style dresses 👗.  I wish I had learned more about the fashion labels of this time, particularly now as I plan to source some vintage clothes to sell on my ETSY shop.  I love the clothes from that era and watch YouTube clips from people with a love for vintage.  I plan to learn more from these sites and, hopefully, through thrifting, can come across some nice vintage pieces to sell. It is a nice little side interest to have, and I am a sponge absorbing as much knowledge as I can about fashion from that era.