What a year it has been. By far, levelled by none, this has been my most favourite year of blogging to date. Here is wrap of the best posts of the year. A few indicators needed to be met in order to make the list, each outlined below. They are ranked 1 - 5 with [...]
This is kinda like a quick journal post but because I'm linking a short video in it, I thought I'd keep it simple. For anyone in the community that humbles me with your presence on twitter aswell, you may recall I put out a Merry Christmas message via twitter video this week. I reached out [...]
Dear Journal, Today started off incredibly intense. I'm fortunate I had time off to recover from burnout previously because I needed the energy to overcome the challenges of making such hard choices today. But people matter. I'm nearly at 20,000 words done on my manuscript. I'm so proud. It's so enjoyable writing this memoir and [...]
You've probably heard it said before right, you know the line -- Find something you're passionate about that will get you out of bed of a morning. I haven't had those kind of feels for sometime, it's really been just work, work, and yep, work. Family always bring me joy, but I needed something more. [...]
November has been really interesting, for many of us, in many ways. Alot of my readers here are deep lovers of books and reading. Others are passionate writers. As a result I've found myself on a parallel wavelength with many within our community. NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month has seen a large number of [...]
Dear Journal, Mind blown - it's the 18th already! It also marks the last day of my parental leave. I'm feeling really good about it all. I've had an absolute blast lately. So much joy in my life with Everly being born. I'm feeling refreshed for work, albeit tired from broken sleep, but that's to [...]
Watching her, I found myself in that moment, falling deeply, unconditionally in love. It's as if time slowed, letting me sit amongst its secret workings, I experienced the magic of love, happening in real time. Ivan.
Dear Journal, I can't put my finger on it. Something just feels a little odd lately, I think it's a combination of being tired, being immersed in writing, close to being back at work and never being 100% relaxed leaves me feeling somewhat itchy in my skin. It's an unusual feeling. I think it time [...]
Dear Journal, Yesterday was my most favourite day with Everly, I literally caught myself falling deep in love with her, in real time. She's just so perfect. Its my last week off this week. Still spending a good couple of hours of a weekday morning writing my manuscript. I could do it all day if [...]
This piece is not for the faint hearted, or those that feel victimised, or those for that matter that get offended easily. If that's you, stop reading now. If that's still you, maybe it's time to toughen up, have a read, and make a difference, yeah? Here's the deal when it comes to people complaining [...]
