My daughter is the biggest pain in the butt. She thinks things should just happen when she’s ready and that she shouldn’t have to wait for anything. I don’t know how she grew up with this attitude when my wife and I always tried to teach her that things don’t always go people’s way. But …
Look, I love my kids. Do I regret having them? No. Are they the best thing that’s ever happened to me? Also no. Kids are great but they’re also a lot of work, a lifelong commitment and frustrating as all hell. I’m sick of people not being honest about what it’s like to have kids. …
Do you remember my last blog post? The one where I had just gotten the heater repair person to come in and fix my heater after two months? Do you remember how happy I sounded? I think the tone of the blog was a combination of relief, happiness and understanding. Relief that I was finally …
Today is my wedding day and sadly, the anniversary of the day my mum left us. Because of unfortunate recent events that none of us could have predicted, weddings are really hard to book. Last year thousands of weddings in Melbourne got postponed, which means every Saturday for the next two years is booked out …
I’m going to make a romantic video for my boyfriend as a three-month anniversary gift. I just love him so much! I’ve had plenty of boyfriends and three months is my longest relationship so far. I thought I was going to be with those other boys forever, but I was wrong, I’m going to be …
I am so cold. It’s only April and it’s absolutely freezing. It’s not usually this cold this time of year either. Every year the seasons get more and more out of whack and it’s obvious that the current climate emergency has a big role to play in that. It’s so disheartening to experience climate change …
There’s a new soup place that’s opened up around the corner for me. The line always extends around the block, but apparently, this soup is that good that it’s worth it. During my lunch break the other day, one of my colleagues suggested I try this new soup place. He gave me a taste of …
Exposure therapy is really intense and isn’t something that I enjoy. I have really bad anxiety and it makes it difficult for me to do things that come really naturally to other people. For example, I struggle with driving on busy roads or on any road where there isn’t a clear spot that I can …
I’m the President of the Beach Conservation Committee in Melbourne’s South East. Our job is to protect the beach and the land and aquatic animals who frequent it. I have a lot of responsibility in this role because every decision I make directly affects the beach and animals. In the year gone by, we noticed …
Steel is a totally underrated material. Sure, it’s been given its due in architecture circles over the past few years. But in the public consciousness, it’s still seen as having an industrial flavour that’s novel but not ultimately a thing of beauty. Well, I’m here to change all that. How? Let me explain. I’ve been …
