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A three step journey for the hard of hearing
May is a month that’s full of chronic illness/disability awareness, so it’s a busy month for me as I’ve collected chronic illnesses like Pokémon. It’s not that I’m not aware of my own disabilities, but like many others who struggle with their own realities from time to time, it can be hard to allow myself to think about it.
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The importance of slowing down
Recently, I was hit with a cold, and instead of being kind to myself and slowing down, I ignored that little voice in my head and pushed on.
Docuseries reflection: The playbook (Netflix)
My mother, very often fondly recalls how I learned to swim before I learned how to walk. From then it wasn't long until I started formal swimming lessons and began training for competitive swim meets. I swam competitively until Year 7, when I took first place in every single heat, with the exception of the 100-metre butterfly, where I scraped in at third place, taking home the bronze medal for that heat. Over-all, I had the best time, for both the girls’ and boys’ divisions. Despite all that so-called ‘success’ and ‘achievement’, my heart ached a bit at the sight of that solitary bronze medal. I was training towards an all-gold year. Looking back now, as a mature-aged student and solo parent of a toddler, I realise that the ‘loss’ was more valuable than the wins. I was prouder of that bronze medal than I was of all the gold medals that year. I became a better athlete because of the experience of failing and learning from disappointment. The loss, as painful as it was as a 12-year old, helped build character. I learned to accept defeat graciously and how to pick myself up and train better, not harder. It brought our team together too.
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End of semester stress
The end of another semester has come. The final push up the hill is on before I find myself at the top with a pretty sweet lookout. As always, it can be stressful.
Social media shenanigans: was deleting TikTok the right choice?
I have a love/hate relationship with social media (don’t we all), but recently made the decision to delete TikTok after recognising the dependency I had on it.
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Six types of rest
I’ve just had an incredibly marvellous weekend! One that I’ve been looking forward to for ages and at the same time, I feel completely drained. A friend I spent most of the weekend with, felt the same way. She was exhausted enough to suggest we should cancel lunch and take a bit of time to recharge and maybe take a nap. We were all together several times throughout the weekend anyway. She works interstate and is only here in Adelaide for a visit during her birthday.
Checking up on friends
With so much going in the world, I am trying to remember to check up on others and myself.
Reconciliation Week 2021
2021 marks twenty years of Reconciliation Australia and the theme is “More than a word. Reconciliation takes action,” urging the reconciliation movement towards braver and more impactful action, and more than just raising awareness and knowledge. Reconciliation is about Indigenous and non-indigenous people uniting and being one as a nation and as a people.
A letter to my fellow neurodivergents...
I’m sorry if you’ve grown up hearing that you’re not doing your best, that you’re just not trying hard enough. I’m sorry if you’ve grown up teaching yourself that you had to push through discomfort only to realise you still can’t do all those things your peers could. I’m sorry if you grew up knowing you were so different from everyone around you, yet you weren’t cared for like you should have been.