I get up at 4.15am every day. Yes, even on weekends. Why? Because it gives me three insanely precious hours where I can do …
What goes through your mind when you think you’re going to die
The first two legs of our three leg journey home had been rather … eventful*. So when our Singapore Airlines flight was nearing the …
A month without coffee – the surprising outcome
Late in January, in a podcast episode of Straight and Curly, Carly and I were discussing the merits of giving up alcohol for a …
The worst thing someone could say to me
I’ve always said that if I have a super-power it’s that I’m really, really hard to offend. But this line: ‘You just seem to …
Why rejection sucks so much (and how to deal with it better)
As a writer I deal with rejection on a very regular basis. Story ideas get knocked back. An editor will bluntly say ‘this needs more …
Is podcasting the greatest thing that ever happened to writers?
A year ago someone asked me if I was interested in podcasting and I said, flat out: ‘Nope. Not in the least’. I’m a …
One word for 2016 – Abundance
I’ve started writing this post at least six times since the end of last year. Each time I’ve gotten about 200 words in and just …
How to feel better after an epically crap day
Ah November. You’ve been a bit … crap y’know? Yes, I finished the first draft of Practical Perfection and that was pretty awesome – but …
Do you think you’re special when it comes to failure?
I’ve been thinking about ‘failure’ a bit lately. I wrote about it here for the Champagne Cartel girls. I wrote about it in Your …
I can’t stop thinking about Bruce and Tracey
I had a post planned today around the concept of emotional risk. I heard (Fremantle Dockers coach) Ross Lyon talk about it in his …
Foresight: difficult to benefit from, but worth it when we do
I’ve said before that if there’s one regret I have in life, it’s that it took 18 months and the need to hit absolute …
Hobbies … how much should we spend on them?
“Well blogging doesn’t make me any money right now so I can’t really justify spending any money on it.” I can’t tell you how …
No one cares about your failures (+ 6 other things I learned at PBEVENT)
So I am fresh back from PBEVENT (The Problogger Conference) where I had the absolute pleasure of delivering a keynote session. (A quick aside: …
Life is not a meritocracy so it’s time to pick yourself
Since I’m currently at the Problogger conference I think this is a good time to revive this ‘lost in the great server crash of …
Consistency. It’s not very glamorous
Some days I’ve got nothing. No mojo. No motivation. No get up and go. They’re the days where I can’t concentrate, am easily frustrated by …
The secret to loving yourself when you don’t love your body
For a long time, whenever someone signed up to my email list, they’d receive a series of three emails. Here’s the question I asked …
How to find your passion and purpose in life
If you read this blog regularly it’s not going to be news to you that the main reason we all over-extend ourselves is because …
Why are we so afraid of ‘work’ when it comes to marriage?
Chrissie Swan started an interesting conversation on her Facebook page recently. Is it just me… Or am I only one who doesn’t think relationships/marriage takes ‘work’? …
5 easy things we can all do to look out for each other better
The world seems quite angsty right now don’t you think? (Or maybe it’s not just ‘now’, maybe this is a new ‘normal’.) Everywhere I look …
A reminder to pause … and then keep going
This week I shared this remarkable post on my Facebook page. The author of the post got a semi-colon tattooed on her wrist in …
Restoring career confidence after kids
Last week, on this post about rebuilding lost confidence, Julie left this comment: “I’ve been thinking of returning to the workforce after spending the …