Category Archives: My Story

The year ahead and a 2010 resolution I did keep

It’s the second day of the new year, and once again I’m enjoying a Sabbath – from 20 December until yesterday, life had been enjoyable if hectic, so for the first time in almost two weeks I’m having a quiet … Continue reading

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The Black and Blue Man is still coming around

I apologise to all my readers for my recent extended absence. Don’t worry – there’s been no major calamity or emergency in my life. I am still here in one piece and living with depression one day at a time … Continue reading

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Eat one sultana for 10 minutes and see me next week (Part Two)

Author’s note about the following post: it won’t make any sense unless you read my previous post it is not endorsed or in any other way associated with Sunbeam Foods – I merely chose the above picture as an example … Continue reading

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Eat one sultana for 10 minutes and see me next week (Part One)

Author’s note – the following post is not endorsed or in any other way associated with Sunbeam Foods. I merely chose the above picture as an example in case anyone about to read the following post is wondering what the … Continue reading

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Angry Day

WARNING! The following post contains profanity that may offend some readers! Tuesday, 2 November 2010. Another day of crappy weather outside. The document I was formatting for work was driving me nuts. My internet kept on dropping out. Most times … Continue reading

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50,000 words in 30 days – the joys of doing NaNoWriMo

It’s almost that time of year again – National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short, or NaNo for even shorter. If you’re unfamiliar with NaNo – starting from midnight on 1 November and finishing at 11:59pm on 30 November, … Continue reading

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Confidence and first-aid recertification

Hundreds of years ago back in late 1997, my then employer invited staff to gain first-aid certification with St John Ambulance Australia. I decided to give it a go – partly to gain some useful knowledge, and partly because I … Continue reading

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Zen and the art of model-railroading

I can’t remember what started it all, but during 1999-2000 I became very interested in model-railroading. I didn’t get around to doing any modeling myself, and for various reasons I went on the other things, but for a few months … Continue reading

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Maintain course!

It’s funny indeed how life sometimes follows art, and blogposts. The day after my previous post, I was walking down my local main-street when, for the first time in ages, I saw a local nemesis coming my way. I don’t … Continue reading

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Confidence and the way I walk

During the past few years as I’ve learned (and continue to learn) about living with depression, my overall thinking has changed and I’ve come to understand many important concepts. One of those concepts is confidence, something I had completely misunderstood … Continue reading

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