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Category Archives: Action
Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 1)
DA (Part 1) DA (Part 2) DA (Part 3) Late night, Monday, 20 December 2010. Five nights before Christmas. I was staying at my eldest sister’s home in rural south-east Queensland. She and her family had all gone to bed, … Continue reading
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Jump (Part 2)
Part 1 I landed in a crouch. I stayed on my feet. Everything was fine. I grabbed the handle of my suitcase and stood up. Less than a metre behind me, the train began to move. I quickly began walking … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Confidence, Life Challenges, Life Strategies
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Jump (Part 1)
For the past few months, I’ve been helping a friend who will soon be staging a play for a local arts festival. Most weekends, the group of us doing the play have been meeting within and without Sydney to rehearse … Continue reading
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WTF?!?
Late night, Friday 3 August 2012. Thanks to my employer observing August Bank Holiday (because our clients include major Australian banks), a long weekend lay ahead. Speaking of work, I was only hours away from finally completing a major and … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Anger, Depression, Life Challenges, Life Strategies, Pain, Therapy
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The four garbage bags of wisdom
Originally, there were going to be two separate posts about what eventually became ‘Building all through the night’. One post was going to be about the main theme of ‘Building’ – rediscovering the joys of LEGO-building and how that’s become … Continue reading
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Building all through the night
Related posts: All through the night Reading all through the night Late night, Wednesday, 13 June 2012. Finally, it was time. I’d been thinking of doing this for months – but thanks to the usual inertias, laziness and many something-elses … Continue reading
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Antidepressants and me (Part 5)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 A funny thing happened as my daily routine changed dramatically during the past month. Sometimes, because of the strange hours I was keeping, I forgot to take my medication. Every second day … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Depression, Hope, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies, My Story
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OFFS! (Part 2)
Part 1 Saturday evening was just beginning, so the pub downstairs was already quite lively. Fortunately, there were several counters, and the one where I’d checked in yesterday wasn’t very busy. One of the two staff there was a young … Continue reading
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OFFS! (Part 1)
Ever since mid-2007 when I began my recovery, it’s always inspiring and rewarding to learn and apply another lesson about living that enables my life to keep getting better. But sometimes for whatever reason, intentionally or unintentionally, you forget what … Continue reading
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All through the night
A funny thing happened after I began working from home in October 2010. My approximate bedtime of 2am most nights soon became 5am most nights. Because I no longer had to think about waking up by a certain time each … Continue reading
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