I'm Ivan. And I write.
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I meme, we all love a good meme, right? Her crying woke me this morning, a little later than usual, but none-the-less, still before sunrise. As I lay propped up in bed, the open window giving permission to the cool morning breeze to sneak its way into our room, I sat there with a baby … Continue reading A compilation of the internet’s best memes on #NationalGrammerDay
It was the lead up to Christmas, Sydney was being absolutely damaged by severe thunderstorms, rain and hail storms as large as tennis balls. In amongst all of that I was rising just after 6am every morning, camera in hand and documented a week's long vlog that takes you behind the scenes of a busy … Continue reading I video recorded myself for a week while I wrote my book
It super easy to find ourselves wrapped up in the idea of what social media and fame can give us. The race to get more can become toxic. More followers. More likes. More shares. Just, more. One of the problems with this as content consumers is we have to sort through a mound of noise … Continue reading What exactly am I trying to get out of you?
Does gut instinct have valid grounds in decision making? It was after a long weekend, the kind where one has Monday off as a national public holiday. I opened my inbox on Tuesday morning, and at 9:04am I read an email from a friend with an interesting article as the subject line. The article was … Continue reading Should you trust your gut?
Tess was tall and solid, towering over the rest of us kids in the neighbourhood. They had just finished building a large double brick European influenced home at the top of the street nested low within the block but no less dominating. Her family had since become the second owners, within our young lifetime, of … Continue reading I broke into their house.
The biggest struggle in my five year blogging career has been nailing down a niche, something I could define myself as to others, so the brand purpose can easily be recognised. It's literally been the major battle in amoungst all of my writing. Funny thing is, I've been living in my own head. Lately in … Continue reading Do you really need to define your niche?
I started this piece of with a transparent title by including the word 'selfish'. I always aim to be inclusive of my community in all of my writing, giving you a lesson or bite sized tip through a story or two. For some, this will be no different, but it is about my last name … Continue reading A selfish post about my last name
I really believe this year will be full of emotion, interpreted through writing. Last year I was able to really begin the journey of being vulnerable, of being honest, of putting it all on the table, so as not to care for anyone's judgement and, to live knowing my mind is free of question, guilt … Continue reading Optimism while travelling an uncertain path.
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 … Continue reading The Top Blog Posts of 2018
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 … Continue reading Some last words.
