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Our first steps: on continuous learning and growing

My 10-month old has started taking her first steps and in addition to being wildly excited about all of this, I also found myself in awe. Well of course I’m biased, she’s brilliant, but she also gave me this opportunity to reflect on learning and growing in general. I mean, how do we learn how to walk? It looks like we do it by falling an incredibly large number of times. She also needed to learn how to let go of things that she could hold on to, in order for her to take her first steps.

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The bright side

As you may know if you’re a regular reader, I’ve previously challenged myself to write at least one upbeat, positive post a week. This has been one of the hardest things to do! 

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Waste of time

I sit in a room I don’t want to be, listening to someone say things I am not interested in, as part of a life I am not excited for.

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Walking every day

I always used to tease mum and dad for thinking that walking was exercise. In a twist of fate it is now the major source of fitness that I engage in. Every day now, I walk around the park near my house.

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Hatred and blame during lockdown

Sunset over a city

The memes, jokes and hate have already started flowing after an individual who contracted Coronavirus deceived authorities and lied, but does this individual deserve the anger and blame that is currently being directed towards them?

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Turning to appreciate the jacarandas: on circuit-breaking and truth-telling

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Lockdown 2.0

An empty street

What we all feared has come again, another lockdown (or circuit breaker if you will). However, perhaps it is a blessing in disguise.

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