Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).

The most expensive personal items I have purchased has been the cruise 🛳 to New Zealand and Lily, my precious little dog 🐕.

The cruise cost me a few grand,and was the most wonderful trip of my life. Susanna was meant to travel with me, but couldn’t because of her cancer treatment.

The other big ticket item I’ve purchased was my loving little cavoodle dog Lily. Again, Liy cost me a couple of grand. She has been worth every cent I spend on her because her unconditional love ❤️ is priceless. Nobody could pay me enough to give her up,she is priceless beyond all, and I love her more than anything else on earth 🌎.

Both the cruise and Lily have been the biggest purchases I have made and definitely the most fulfilling , rewarding and memorable.

What was your favorite subject in school?

In primary school my favourite subject was art. At secondary school I loved my year 10 elective journalism.

In my final year of secondary school, my VCE year I loved both English Literature and Australian History.

At university I loved majoring in Children’s literature.

Do you need time?

This is a thought provoking question. Do we need more time ⏲️? Yes or No.

If there is anything I have learned in my life, it is that everything happens in Gods time, Godspeed. We must learn not to hurry but to take baby steps, and appreciate the journey on the way, rather than hurrying to reach the destination. If we don’t hurry, we create more time. So appreciate Godspeed and don’t beat yourself up, if it is taking a while to reach your destination.

What will your life be like in three years?

In three years from now I hope to be an even more 🙏 established writer of both books and my blog. I hope to have moved somewhere close by,with less steps and a yard for Lily. I want my present happiness and contentment in life to continue. I hope to be seeing a lot of my friends and family.

Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate.

Every since the 1990s, such a thing as Ausmusic Day or Ausmusic week has existed, to promote and celebrate 🍾 Australian Music. It seems to have waned over the past decade or so.

I put forward that we have an official public holiday in Australia to celebrate 🍾 Ausmusic Day. It could be a long weekend sometime in Spring or Sunmer. The government could finance a series of outdoor concerts for people to attend, with Australian musicians and performers playing at the concerts at such venues as the Myer Music Bowl, here in Melbourne and the steps of the Oprah House in Sydney. It could be one huge nationwide barbecue or picnic to celebrate 🍾 just what wonderful music comes from 🇦🇺 Australia. It could be a huge tourism draw card, with people from overseas coming to Australia for these concerts.

As a music lover, this would be one public holiday that I would eagerly celebrate 🍾.

What are your favorite websites?

My favourite website has to be WordPress, particularly with its daily prompt. I also like looking up Neil Finn online, particularly his online radio 📻 show Fangradio. I also love all the online things that Sam Neill has created and I like looking up Scott Aplin online, to keep up with what he is doing. For those whom don’t know, Scott Aplin is the music director of both The Voice and The Recording Studio and is one of the most talented musicians in 🇦🇺 Australia.

Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

Today’s blog post 📫 is one that I didn’t need to really think about. I would like to re-live the decade of my 20s again, but with the wisdom I have now. How differently I would do things, being young and wise. I know I would make better, more wise choices with that wisdom, but I guess it was my experiences of life at that time, that has given me the wisdom I have now. I guess you can’t put an old head on young shoulders. It is through our mistakes that we learn and become wise.

I try to live my life without regrets, it has been a learning curve and realistically I wouldn’t change a thing.

What’s something you believe everyone should know.

My journey along life has brought many experiences to me. Probably the most profound lesson I have learned is that having a mental illness is not a curse. I think my experience of mental illness had lead me to become a far better person, with loads of empathy and compassion for my fellow man. It is not the worst thing I have experienced and even when I am unwell, it is still possible to feel blessed and loved.

The biggest lesson I have learned is to practice self care as a priority. If I place my own well being as a priority I am better able to deal with the curve balls that life throws at me. I have learned the hard way to be kind to myself and not beat myself up if things don’t always go to plan. Being kind to myself, and not being hard on myself are what I have learned that has made my journey more richer and fulfilling.

What does it mean to be a kid at heart?

To be a kid at heart is to have the gift of being childlike. It means to view the world 🌎 as a child does, with a sense of playfulness, innocence and awe at just what an awesome amazing and adventurous place the world is. It means showing love the way a child does, with joy and affection. It means waking up each day , happy and filled with wondrously happy expectation for what the day will bring.