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Category Archives: Inspiration
Feeling angry, down, frustrated, all of the above or more? (NSFW)
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Posted in Having a Laugh, Inspiration, Life Strategies
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Reading all through the night
Related post: All through the night Apart from sleeping and working better, my new routine of staying up all night has led to something else to look forward to after midnight. Several weeks ago, this article at Slate introduced me … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Happiness, Inspiration, Life is Good, Reading, Resources
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Poor Man, Rich Man: DA (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 A week later, I went back to DA. And for the next six months I went back to most meetings, unless something suddenly came up that night. The routine very quickly fell into place – catching … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Gratitude, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life Strategies, My Story, Pain, Poor Man Rich Man
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Poor Man, Rich Man: DA (Part 2)
Part 1 A funny thing happened on the way to my first DA meeting. A couple of hours before the meeting, I caught the train over to the major suburb near the meeting venue. I did this to have dinner … Continue reading
2012: A Canberra Odyssey (Part 1)
Wednesday, 29 February 2012. I was involved in three separate big-arse projects at work. I was also helping to fill in for a colleague who two weeks before had just begun five months’ leave. As well, earlier that day I … Continue reading
Posted in Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges
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The Longest Day (Epilogue)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 There are several things I’ve gained from my first experience with major dental pain. First, as advised by my dentist, I now floss my teeth at least once a day. Previously, I’d … Continue reading
Antidepressants and me (Part 2)
Part 1 So in late August 2007, as advised by my psychiatrist, I began taking one Prozac capsule a day. Four weeks went by, the time in which my body should have adjusted to my new medication. At the end … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Confidence, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies, My Story, Therapy
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15 Minutes (Part 3)
Continued from these thrilling installments: Part 1 Part 2 Down Oxford Street again, for the second time within an hour, but walking as fast as I can. Back across Hyde Park South, but instead of following the north-west path to … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Gratitude, Inspiration, Life Challenges, My Story, Resilience
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Kindle, again
(Continued from this previous entry) It’s been just over a week since I began using my Amazon Kindle. And already, my life has changed in several ways. * The first ebook I purchased and read on my Kindle was Andrew … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Bibliophilia, Gratitude, Happiness, Inspiration, Life is Good, Life Strategies, Reading
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When half a metre makes a world of difference
To my regular readers, my apologies for missing last week’s post. Unfortunately, during most of the past week and a half, I had a major bout with the black dog. It disrupted a lot of my usual routines and sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Anger, Depression, Happiness, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good
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