Category Archives: PERSONAL WRITING

Monday (15/07/19) The kids slowly drag their arses out of bed at a snail’s pace and brush their teeth with their eyes still shut. This is while I am shouting like a banshee from various locations of the house “hurry up we’re going to be late”, “we overslept, brush faster” and the more colourful “IContinueContinue reading “Dearest Diary#2”

For years, I have been advised to keep a diary, but life has just been too busy. If I did find the time to draw some letters upon the page, I would either be so tired that my writings were illegible or the dates were so erratic that when reading back, my diary read asContinueContinue reading “Dearest Diary #1”

I have been the ‘young mum’, the ‘stay at home mum’, the ‘working mum’, the ‘trying to hold my shit together mum’ and now I am a ‘student mum’! I feel like I have many hats to my experienced shelf but that does not stop me feeling a little lost sometimes. Trying to be theContinueContinue reading “Holding up my family –”

Since starting my Creative Writing Undergraduate Degree in September (18), I have struggled with time management. Not in the ‘normal’ sense of leaving work/reading until the last minute or forgetting to complete a task; more that I have found myself not stopping from my 6am wake up call, until I hit my pillow at 10pm.ContinueContinue reading “Multi-tasking Mum”

In life all we can do is make promises and plans for ourselves. Setting goals and planning our futures gives clear outlines to our life/writing journeys. To grow and mature, we must put ourselves in positions and situation that push our boundaries. We learn by listening to/observing others, research, preparation, trial and error. To ensureContinueContinue reading “My Manifesto”