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Having to travel for work seems so cool, exiting and fun but the reality is usually none of those things; sure, the first few times travelling in business class and with a company expense card, staying

Not too long ago I was contemplating the differences that exist between people which prompted me to use the topic as the basis for one of the #weekend-engagement topics in the WEEKEND EXPERIENCES community.

I've spent a lot of time in outback South Australia; I feel comfortable there with no one else for hundreds of kilometres and the need to be self reliant, prepared and knowledgeable. Getting those things

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. - Victor Hugo - That's one of my favourite quotes (above). Holding to values and ethics, a sense of honour, respect

Coffee and I are old friends (coffee is older than me of course) and I do a lot of thinking over coffee. With this in mind I decided to start a little concept called thoughts over coffee which I'll be

I have a busy life: Relationships, health, work, social activities, down-time, sleep...these things and others all demand time and with only 24 hours in a day (that's 10,080 minutes in a week) every minute

I've worked pretty hard over the last few weeks for quite a few days in a row, long days of over 12 hours each, and I arrived at this weekend - my first two days off in a while - feeling pretty drained.

Coffee and I are old friends (coffee is older than me of course) and I do a lot of thinking over coffee. With this in mind I decided to start a little concept called thoughts over coffee which I'll be

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. - Voltaire - Miserable? Well fuck that shit, it's the weekend so snap the fuck out of it and go make your life better because

I was thinking about trust the other day and came to the decision that how I approach it, who I give mine to and who I do not, is exactly as it should be - that is to say, I'm slow to trust people but

I had an idea to do a little series of posts about things I've learned and applied to my personal and professional life. I'll keep these posts quite short but hope someone reads something they can fit

Ok folks, here's a quickie for you...It's easy, you hardly have to do a thing. Find a single photo that you took personally (and which you really like) and post it into the comments below telling me where

It's not a destination I'd usually choose - there's so many other places I'd prefer to go - but I had a reason and considering how much travel I'd already done around the world I decided it was time to

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. - Plato - It's Monday folks...that's shit. It's not long until Friday...and that's

There is more than one hundred and thirty public (government) libraries in the State of Australia in which I live...that's a lot of books right? The thing is, it's not just books; they have other services

Coffee and I are old friends (coffee is older than me of course) and I do a lot of thinking over coffee. With this in mind I decided to start a little concept called thoughts over coffee which I'll be

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. -

I put a lot of energy into my weekends because I put a lot of effort and energy into my working week; it's the, work hard play hard, ethos I suppose. I'm one of those people who doesn't believe in the

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself. - Publilius Syrus - Well then folks, here we are at another weekend and thamk fuck for its arrival because I've been flat

I wasn't able to go for the entire time but was not about to miss the opportunity to combine fire, seared flesh and four wheel driving so I went for the length of time I had available and had an awesome