I am neurotic

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Sometimes worries take over and there is nothing else. I retreat from living and spend time alone with my troublesome worries. Even more troublesome is the fact that each individual worry is really nothing, nothing worth worrying about anyway, but they take over pretty quickly anyway. I don’t write or blog or laugh or enjoy [...]

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Confidence vs Humility

It’s amazing how hard it is to say ‘I’m proud’ or ‘I’m good’ or even ‘I’m great’ without qualifying it in some way. As though, if I admit to it the universe will strike me down for my presumption. And if I don’t I risk the ridicule of others for being arrogant. And while humility, [...]

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10 Things

5 Things I Love Toddler dancing (Riley’s especially, but really all toddler dancing in general) Riley being too busy charming spectators to focus on her swimming lesson Snuggle time under the doona with the rain outside Riley raiding my wedding jewellery (see exhibit A below) Food that is truly, truly bad for me 5 Things [...]

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Bloggers Without Makeup

I’m participating in Bloggers Without Makeup this Friday. Idea courtesy of the brilliant Jodie. Jodie wrote about the idea that although, we’re all about putting ourselves out there with our words, but perhaps are a little bit more insecure about our looks. I have no idea what she is talking about. I certainly did not [...]

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Seven Deadly Sins

Megan from Writing Out Loud, who also blogs here, tagged me for this. Megan is a beautiful lyrical writer with passion to burn. Well worth the hours you’ll lose on her blog. Gluttony. What can’t you get enough of, even though it’s bad for you? Laksa. Sure there is tofu and vegetables in it, but [...]

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Guest Post @ Write to Done: 5 Battle Strategies for Winning the War on Perfectionism

I’m guest posting today over at Write to Done. Head over there to check out my post on how perfectionism is not your friend, or even your frenemy – it’s an albatross around your neck. filed in

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The Non Comformist

That’s the awesome thing about toddlers. They don’t conform to anything, ever. And not in the Emo way of we’re all so different unique flowers but mysteriously we all look exactly the same. In the genuine, I have no concept of societal norms and will do what interests me and makes me giggle. I was [...]

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Tips from the Isolation Tank

It’s hard to know why, but some days, despite having a glorious toddler who is great company, a loving husband and a great family, I feel alone, isolated and sad. Perhaps it’s a shade of depression, and if that’s all I’m left with, that’s pretty damn good. On those days, I miss my mum (Hi [...]

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Nature vs Nurture

Personality. It’s a strange beast. Every day, a little bit more of Riley’s personality emerges. But it can be hard to tell what is actual personality and what is her being a toddler. It is hard to tell what she was born with and what she has learnt. She’s extremely gregarious. But not around toddlers. [...]

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Banality of Cliques

Reading this post at Three Ring Circus today I could relate. I never made friends easily, in part because we moved around a lot and at school, everyone seemed to have known one another since Kindergarten. It was hard to break into cliques. Especially as a naturally shy person. One time I did push past [...]

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