twenty five / one hundred
11/03/12 • 1 Comment

Woke up yesterday and realised that it had been 3 months since my last drink. appears to have vanished along with the rest of the year. Pretty sure I am not the only one wondering how it got to be mid march already… Got plenty of wraps for getting through three months, despite it being a long time its only 25% of the way to my end goal. I knew when i started this that it would be good for me not just physically but mentally and it has been even greater than expected. The positive things keep fueling the desire and I remain 100% committed to seeing out the full year. Someone told me that time is only relevant when we consider how it is being used. 5 minutes relaxing and 5 minutes on the treadmil is same, one just seems longer. If this is the hard thing to do I\’m almost scared to [...]

Seems Crazy, Feels Right…Problem Solved
07/02/12 • 1 Comment

Have been mulling over some pretty big decisions of late, as I tend to do I think about things a lot. Came up with a pretty crazy idea, even to me it sounds silly. But somehow, deep down inside something tells me it\’s the right thing to do. There have been a few of these moments in my life. However crazy an idea may sound, when it feels right, the only truely crazy thing would be not to go ahead and jump. HSM the most recent of note, taking 12 months off drinking is a pretty crazy idea, but somehow it felt right, and it\’s going great. What will happen in this latest venture I dont know, I just know it feels right and those things make for the best memories.

Because I Choose to
31/01/12 • 2 Comments

\’All I have in this life are the choices that I make\” (Matt Damon – The Adjustment Bureau) Been a great week thus far, friend commits suicide Thursday, Tuesday I find out I\’m loosing my job unless i feel like moving to Sydney. Most people wouldnt blame me for being miserable about now, people keep saying bad luck and I could easily turn this into a sob story. (Without being exceptionally corny – hard to say when you start with a Matt Damon quote) I dont think its anything more than what I choose to make of it. Loosing my job isn\’t the worst thing, I have got a lot from it but maybe its time to move on. Loosing my friend is terribly shit, but there are things to be learnt from that as well. I could find a million things to be miserable about right now, anyone could, everyday if you [...]

Death and Beer
28/01/12 • 2 Comments

It’s a sinking feeling, we have all experienced it. Someone asks if you have heard about so and so, immediately your stomach churns with negative thoughts. This occasion is particularly hard given the person in question (X) is someone I have a lot of time and respect for. It’s 2012 meaning no one calls anyone anymore so I have found this out on Facebook via a private message which reads no more than ‘did you hear about X, can’t believe it’. I search for X’s page and sure enough that sinking feeling is going nowhere fast. X is gone, RIP. The sadness is rising as I call to find out what has happened. It takes some time and while I am searching different scenarios run through my head, car accident, heart attack, natural disaster. When I finally begin to hear some details a single word rocks my world more than [...]