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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity

• Ellen Parr

My little girl is having her first job interview right now. McDonald’s, where else?

Set a new blood pressure high score today: 190/110 - I suspect my place of employment is finally having an impact on my health…

Climb out of your head. Climb into your heart.

A lawn bowling victory over Tiger Woods is meaningless. You are not a great just because you beat Roger Federer in Ping Pong. Beating a middle-aged MMA star in boxing is no different.

Honest question: If you are an anti vaxxer or an “informed careful “, what are your resources? Your GP, YouTube, your Church, your children? I’m really interested. Please name your sources, whatever or whoever it is.

Dear App Developers, Just because I live in a specific country (i.e. Australia), does not mean that I’m in any way interested in content from that country. Please stop geo-punishing me with sub-par content.

If you let go a little, you have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you have complete peace. — AJAHN CHAH

Thanks for wearing the mask. Only thing I could think is that you may have worn it a little too long.

With a price tag of $57 for a kilogram, the Honey Coated Nuts I bought earlier tonight may not become a household staple.

Last night at 02:45, when I double checked that the door to the patio was locked, my Border Collie excitedly ran up me to with her favourite ball. It was such a beautifully innocent gesture that I almost cried. I wish I could approach life this way.

“It’s okay to like what you like. It’s okay to like things for literally no other reason than because you like them and not because they are cool or clever or popular.

One more unsuccessful job application came back today saying that “there are a few candidates who are less experienced that they prefer to interview first.” It’s all about the money, I suppose. Or maybe it’s just me.

It is a sad fact that so many things that make you feel better in the short term make you feel worse in the long run. You distract yourself when the most important thing is to know yourself.

“WORRY IS A small, sweet word that sounds like you could keep an eye on it. Yet worry about the future – the next ten minutes, the next ten years – is the chief obstacle I have to being able to live in and appreciate the present moment.” -Matt Haig. “Notes on a Nervous Planet.”

“Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it” - Salvador Dali.

“A beautiful stage undoubtedly; an empty stage unfortunately.” Sports in the era COVID and its multiple variants.

Greetings, Boomer-age employers: Please do not request something at ten-to-five on Friday and expect completion at 8AM Monday if your company does not work on weekends. ‘Freelance’ does not mean that the person will work on weekends if your company does not.

I hate those days where yesterday’s version of myself hasn’t taken the future version into account.

Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?

As my children grow older, I feel dread; I don’t want them to leave. Should we try to have more children to fill the void, or should I accept the reality?

I recently turned 40 and my eyes are giving in. If my body was a consumer product, I would have requested a refund. Were Apple to design humans, this would have been a better experience!

We are nothing but animals unable to control our urges. I can’t, no matter how hard I try, overcome spur-of-the-moment impulses. Recently I’ve invested in a lockbox with a timer lock to control my inner lizard. I suspect said lizard is about to order an axe to gain entry.

Say it with me: you don’t need to get up at 5 am to be successful.