Small lessons from August
August brought a new rhythm to life, along with a few quiet thoughts on time, identity, emotions and companionship.
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View category ↗Growth
Expression, self-understanding, and the gradual process of becoming who you are.
The jealousy we don’t like to admit
Don’t be afraid of falling behind. Everyone has their own way of living and their own pace.
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Four unexpected rewards of writing more often
As the pages began to accumulate, my life, thinking and voice quietly started to change.
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I no longer chase certain endings
Some journeys matter not because they lead to a predetermined destination, but because of who we become along the way.
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In a meditation on abundance, I met my financially free self
Perhaps abundance begins before the money arrives: with becoming calm, grounded and certain of our own capacity.
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Living exactly as you please is a privilege
Many freedoms that appear effortless are supported by conditions we rarely see.
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What my dog has taught me about being human
Self-worth, courage, affection and presence: dogs hold on what adults gradually lose.
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Girls, stop romanticising the helpless-girl narrative
Stop waiting to be chosen, and rewrite life from passive acceptance into active creation.
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When you stop trying so hard to reach everyone
The gentlest relationships are the ones in which we do not need to please, prove ourselves or keep chasing after someone.
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Stop daydreaming. Start making bad work.
Don’t let your imagined perfect self suffocate the part of you that is ready to begin. Make it happen first; improve it later.
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At 30, I finally understood why I had achieved so little
What held me back was not a lack of ability, but pride, perfectionism and a refusal to begin awkwardly.
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I never know my mum was afraid too
Growing up can mean seeing that the mother who seemed fearless is also living this life for the first time.
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View category ↗Travel
Recording the pauses and passages of each journey.
How I spent 7 days travelling solo in Bali
Planning a trip to Bali in the wet season? This 7-day solo itinerary covers Kuta, Canggu, Ubud, Uluwatu, Lovina and Seminyak, with practical travel tips.
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Gundaroo: finding a taste of home in a Lonely Planet-listed town
Less than half an hour from Canberra, Gundaroo offers heritage cottages, wood-fired pizza and the flavours of a childhood garden.
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Where to stay in Bali as a woman travelling solo
A hostel, an Ubud guesthouse and a thatched bungalow: an honest guide to a week of solo stays in Bali.
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Three moments that made me fall for Kyoto
Kyoto revealed its quiet abundance through incense smoke, fading light and one unrepeatable encounter.
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What meditation felt like for the first time in Ubud
After rain in Ubud, my first meditation brought me closer to the answers I had been carrying within.
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View category ↗Aussie Life
Everyday life in Australia - living, cities, communities and the moments in between.
Three ways I cope with loneliness while living alone in Australia
Instead of waiting for someone else to fill my life, I am learning to build a life that can hold me.
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Why do nearly half of young Australians feel lonely in such a sunny country?
Looking at the cost of living, social media and cultural distance behind loneliness in Australia.
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How are Dingoes related to Chinese village dogs?
They share an ancient lineage, but evolved independently on two continents for thousands of years.
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Eighty-seven little crushes on Canberra
Ten years in a city of fewer than half a million people, remembered through eighty-seven fragments of love, study and becoming.
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