Australia Day has always been one of those odd holidays that really didn’t mean that much to me for a long time. I understood its purpose, but never really connected with the day itself. I felt the day was simply just another day where I didn’t have to work. Like nearly all public holidays we…
Welcome to fatherhood
If there’s one thing you’re never truly prepared for, it would undoubtedly be the arrival of your first child. No matter how prepared you think you are, no matter how well your wife plans everything out (be honest, as the father, you didn’t plan a thing did you!), no matter how much stuff you have…
The Le Jon Jon Experience
Let me tell you a little story. Once there was a man who had started to grow a beard, this man didn’t really have any idea on how to care for his beard so started to seek out products and advice on beard care. After sampling a small selection of products in the early days,…
Write Write Write
When I was a boy I loved to write, it would consume just as much time as drawing. I think it was one way in which I was able to step outside the harsh reality of my childhood and create my own world in my writing. I loved it so much that I would even…
What do I want more?
This simple question has been at the forefront of my thoughts over the last several weeks. From which day is the best day for me to write, to my hateful plucking of my beard. Trying to figure these things out and decide what I want more has led to a whole heap of procrastination and…
Unraveled Routine
Over the last several months I’ve been doing an extensive amount of travel for work. While it’s great to get out and see the world, something for which I feel very fortunate, it can wreak havoc on my routine. Conversely over the same period of time I’ve been going to great lengths to establish a…
The Criticism Bear
Lately I’ve been pushing myself so far out of my comfort zone that I find myself doubting myself more and more. Over the past several months I’ve felt like I have gained great momentum, and while things have been uncomfortable (even in the physical sense), they have been endurable. I’m starting to see the results…
I second that chance!
Over my life I have made many errors and lost my way. My upbringing wasn’t great (that’s a bit of an understatement), there are many times when I could have given up and stayed lost to the fate many thought would befall me. In fact, it would have been easier to accept that fate and…
Walk This Way
Going for a walk isn’t something that one would think of as exercise, even if that said walk was to get your lazy ass to the pub. But, in a would where people overthink what the words “exercise” and “workout” mean, its very easy to overlook this simple routine. Over the last 4 weeks that…
Sacrificial Enlightenment
One of my favourite all-time movie scenes is from Scoob Doo: The Movie, when Scooby declares “I’m a Sacrifice”, it still makes me laugh to this day which probably tells you a lot about my sense of humour. For those of you astute enough to notice that there was no blog last week, this is…