February. There is a cool change in the morning and late evening air. It lingers and you know what comes next, but you're just not ready to let go of summer just yet.
The month has been a big, fun blur. It started by farewelling a good friend who is off on her own adventure on the other side of the world. The goodbye closes out a chapter in my life that I'll always look back at with rose coloured glasses because they very may well be 'the good old days' but who knows. It feels bittersweet to leave those days of humour, heartache, and revelry, but I also know there are many wonderful things that are unfolding for me. At the moment, the page is being turned, and in the next month or so the new chapter will begin.
This month my best friend had her first baby, a little girl. Seeing my friend, who couldn't believe she was pregnant when she found out, to now being an incredibly easy going, fuss free, confident new mum has been an incredible experience. I am once again reminded how women are incredibly strong, resilient and adaptable. They never cease to amaze.
My sister turned 23 and my Dad turned 59 within the same week. We celebrated my sisters birthday listening to a covers band, eating fresh pizza and drinking endless espresso martinis at a grungy bar in a back street. Dad's birthday celebration was a seafood buffet, which if you knew him, you knew he loved every minute of that.
Sydney's summer has finished up early. The temperature has dropped off and we've had lots of rainy days, so unfortunately there is no holding onto those summer days as we transition into autumn, in a week no less!
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I have been going to yoga as often as I can. I am well and truly, deeply, in love with the practice. It's always a challenge, some days I feel like I'm getting better, and I always leave feeling a million times better than I did when I entered the room.
Although I have fallen off the wagon of daily meditation and need to be more disciplined around this practice. It's easy to think because it's only 10 minutes a day that it's not worth doing, but it most definitely is. I notice a huge change in my focus and concentration, and lack of it, on the days that I do and don't meditate. The days that I meditate are clear, focused and calm - nothing stresses me out, there is no little rushes of anxiety. I'm so incredibly stable. It's wonderful.
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In other environmentally friendly news, I've taken my period completely waste free. I know that's probably too much information for the internet, but I'm really proud of it. I've invested in a menstrual cup, which has been game changing, and a pair of Thinx (period underwear) after being 'influenced' by one of my favourite green Instagrammer's Venetia Falconer. I honestly feel so proud for having implemented these changes because they have not only improved the dreaded time of month, I'm no longer contributing piles and piles of waste to landfill or spending at least $20 every month on single use pads and tampons that all come covered individually in plastic.
~ New In - The Secondhand Edition (occasionally feat. new enviro friendly products) ~
Who Gives A Crap box of toilet paper
~ Read, watched & listened ~
The Cry (ABC) - LOVED! I love a psychological thriller! This one was especially dark, sinister and sometimes hard to watch but I particularly loved the beautiful scenic backdrops of Australia and Scotland. The whole cast is fabulous too.
Call My Agent! (Netflix) - A French television series on Netflix about a busy talent management firm who have to please their actor clients, whilst keeping their agency running. It's very funny and I think I enjoy it that bit more as it's a similar industry to what I work in. I can relate to a lot.
The Girls - Emma Cline - Finally finished this book after what felt like months. I'm really not a good consistent reader, still despite wanting to be. This book was a bit of a slow burn, mostly because it was a bit wordy, but I did really like it in the end. The novel is set in the late 1960s California and it loosely mirrors the Manson Family cult.
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