May arrives

Well, today is the first day of May, the month that my journey begins!  It is a countdown of days rather than weeks now, which is scarey and exciting at the same time.  My to-do-list is coming along nicely and I will keep working through it..  Today is not so exciting, some packing of boxes [...]

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Getting sorted

Now that I have finished working and I am spending more time on getting organised, things are moving along nicely.  I have crossed a number of items off my to-do-list and organised appointments for pretty much all the critical things.  Feeling pretty good about that.  Still have the majority of packing to get done, Thursday [...]

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Quote of the Day

“It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs [...]

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3 weeks to go

Yesterday was my last day at work, and I am now on count-down.  Up until now this has felt a bit like a ‘concept’ to me, but the reality is starting to kick-in, that I am really doing this…
This week is filled with appointments, car, dentist, podiatrist.  Who knew there were so many people to [...]

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Time to get organised!

I made a big list today, of all of the tasks that I need to get done in the next 4 weeks.  Getting everything down in writing and commencing the planning and organising process makes me feel much better and in control.  Tasks for this week :-
- Finalise a FINAL DRAFT of TAFE assignment and check [...]

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4 weeks to go

OK, I thnk I am allowed to officially freak-out with 4 weeks to go.  I have so much to organise still.  Next week I finish up at work, so there will be no income coming in, so the pressure is on to spend wisely in the lead-up to going away and not to blow all [...]

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