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Category Archives: Hope
I miss the night
About a year ago, I began living a period of my life that I recounted in All through the night – going to bed at dawn, waking up in the afternoon and staying up all night. This period lasted for … Continue reading
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Before Black and Blue Man: Introduction
As I’ve previously mentioned, years before I was diagnosed with depression in mid-2007 several people (including myself) suspected that I was already suffering from mental illness. Most of the time I dismissed my problems in life as “failure of character” … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year Two
Year One 2012 wasn’t one of the worst years of my life, but it certainly wasn’t one of my best. There were good periods and successes, as described in some of my posts throughout that year – but often there … Continue reading
Poor Man, Rich Man: Two Seats (Part 1)
Hundreds of years ago during my mid-teens in the 1980s, I began reading the 1968 Herbert D. Kastle novel The Movie Maker. I didn’t get very far into it because it wasn’t really my sort of story, but there was … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Poor Man Rich Man, Travel
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Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year One
As regular readers will know, Valentine’s Day is a special day for me because on 14 February 2011 I was officially declared bankrupt. Two years ago! As the recent Valentine’s Day drew near I looked back at the past two … Continue reading
Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 4)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Most of the time, I have a good memory – which has been both a blessing and a curse. I remember a lot about when I applied for bankruptcy, but not everything. Most of … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 Mid-morning, Tuesday 21 December, 2010. My eldest sister, her kids and I drove to that town near her home. Sis dropped me off at the dentist and went away for the next few hours to do … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 2)
Part 1 The website was called Bankruptcy Saves Lives. As I mentioned at the end of my previous post, those words had seemed too good to be true. But as I began reading, and continued reading, I was astounded and … Continue reading
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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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
Posted in Action, Anger, Gratitude, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies, Pain
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