It is with some trepidation that I write about my long term relationship with depression. Recently, I have been drawn to people who talk of happiness as a matter of attitude. People who have had their fair share of struggle, but have looked that struggle square in the face and said “Fuck you!” Their souls,…
WHAT’S IN A NAME
A few years ago I was working for a telecommunications company as secretary to the Operations Manager. Part of my role was to organise all the paper work, computer logins and orientation for any new employee that joined the department. In this particular instance I was to arrange everything for a new customer service representative…
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT DEATH AND DYING
Death. h? It is inevitable. It comes to us all. But we don’t like to think about that. Why? Are we afraid? Afraid to tempt fate, to court the grim ripper for fear he may choose to come too early. Before we have had chance to live the life we want, the life we struggle…
ARE YOU FEEDING THE WOLF OF DEPRESSION?
My word for this year is HEALTH. Whilst I intended this primarily to mean physical health, due to the fact that I had an awful physical time of it last year, I realise that health means good mental wellbeing too. I have clinical depression. I try to ignore it, but like most things detrimental to…
CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR IT
When going on holiday I find that it is the little things that make all the difference, don’t you? You know what I mean – the little extras that make your accommodation, and thus your trip, that much of a nicer place to be. Those things that make your life that much easier, and a…
HAPPY NEW YEAR DEAR DIARY {Weightloss chronicles #2}
Happy New Year Dear Diary, 2015 and another year of promise. You know how ill I have been this past year. And you know that illness has gone so much deeper than skin deep. And you also know that I have been avoiding the inevitable, the obvious, the thing I must confront before I can…
GOODBYE 2014 AND WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR OF 2015!
Hello there my friends, How are you this fine new year’s eve? The weather here in Melbourne is somewhat overcast and moody. Perhaps an indication of what my year was like. I was doing some bloghopping recently and came across this lovely post by Maxabella Loves. She asks us to answer 10 questions to say…
CHRISTMAS IS OVER, NOW ONTO NEW YEAR
Boxing day here. Sitting here still feeling somewhat strangely beautifully bloated from yesterday’s festivities. How was your Christmas beautiful you? Was it good? Did you get to spend it with people who make you feel special and loved? Or was it like pulling teeth and you could not wait to get through it, wishing like…
Tony Abbot appoints Scott Morrison to the role of Ministry of Social Services – heaven help us all!
Let me be perfectly clear. Scott Morrison is a man who, until a couple of days ago, was the Immigration Minister in Australia. He is also personally responsible for the inhumane treatment of thousands of asylum seekers to this country. No matter what your views about the validity of asylum seekers who come to this…
At the heart of the Sydney Siege was Domestic Violence and a legal system that failed us
I was having lunch with a friend of mine when news of the Sydney Siege hit the television screen. My friend and I watched in disbelief at what was unfolding in Martin Place. When I got home, I immediately threw on the TV and had the commentary going on in the background trying to make…