Summer!!!

Only one sleep to go and although today it is still spring (and currently 30 degrees at 8am!!) I can't WAIT!

It is summer time! My favourite. Look out long lunches, swims in the ocean and fresh pineapple.

 

 

 

 

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Bikinis... Eeeek!

I can't quite believe that it is nearly bikini time. Times has really flown over the last few months and it will be summer in 23 days. 23 days! Ahhhhhhhhh

I am digging deep for any inspiration I can find as I feel like before I know it, I will be enjoying summer holidays not quite feeling bikini body ready.

So, I am going to create a new playlist, get my running gear ready and get back into it. Here is to hoping this post is what I need to maybe end up with a body like this... or just a healthier version of what I actually have! haha

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Spring Clean

Last week I had the week off work and as much as I was dreading it, it was definitely time for our humble abode to have a serious clean out.

So, I did it. I filled garbage bags with clothes I never wear (this is huge for me as I am emotionally attached) and got out the cleaning gloves.

I organised the wardrobe, filed all my papers (what a terrible job!) and now for the first time in a year I feel cleansed - and the apartment looks amazing.

It is incredible what a clear out can do for your peace of mind. I can't even remember which clothes I gave to charity (clearly the emotional attachment needed to go) and feel all the better for it.

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Experience

It is funny the way life works. I have just read back on the blog posts I wrote over the last few months and realised that I wasn't loving life like I normally did.

I was working in a job that didn't suit me and didn't bring out my best. The biggest problem was, at what point do you give up and at what point do you keep on trying?

I went to Hawaii and New York for a fabulous getaway and whilst sitting in NYC I realised I was dreading going back to work. That was when it hit me that life is too short to be doing something that doesn't make you happy.

So, I have left that job and am just about to start another - a role that suits me MUCH better. I guess you never know about a job until you try it. Experience really is important - it makes you who you are.

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Inspiration for the day

 

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Breathe

In less than two weeks I am away. Away to the beach and the big city. The biggest problem is that there is so much to do before I get there.

I feel like for the last few months everything I have blogged about has been work and how stressed I am. Stress is such a terrible thing.

I have always been one of those people that could shut down my work life and live my normal life but recently it has all merged into one. Sleepless nights and working on the weekends is not making me all that wonderful.

So I think I just have to pack and get on the plane. Work will always be there and I think a holiday is exactly what I need.

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Working

I have been stressed and working hard the last couple of weeks so my focus has been on work and I haven't had a chance to stop and enjoy the good things.

I am however finding inspiration in things like this..

I am sure it will all calm down soon but in the meantime, I will continue to indulge in fresh flowers and dream about up and coming holidays.

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Yikes!

I am the fourth week in to my new job and wow, am I busy. So busy I can't quite believe it. We are halfway through winter and I have hardly noticed.

Change is such an interesting thing. I had forgotten how hard it is to leave somewhere you know and are so fond of to start a new adventure where you don't know everything. The systems, the people and the work. All new and somewhat overwhelming.

I have also committed to commuting to my new job which has made me have lots of thinking time as well as lots of time to chat to friends overseas and locally. The lucky things - very good friends indeed.

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