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2020 Manifesto

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2020 manifesto. Instead of having a New Year’s resolution, the past 8 years, I’ve been living by these lists of MORE and LESS. 2019 was an adventure. Being a freelancer has allowed me flexibility which I am truly grateful for. We spent a month in the Philippines where we learned to SCUBA with friends. We swam, snorkelled and dived with sea turtles. We island hopped and visited countless beaches and waterfalls. There, we celebrated 10 years of marriage. View this post on Instagram Happy 10 year anniversary to us! Celebrating today with a little scooter road trip in Bohol. Best adventure partner @budafist šŸ˜ #bohol #philippines #anniversary #10yearanniversary A post shared by G E N I E (@bunnyeatsdesign) on Apr 17, 2019 at 5:04pm PDT View this post on Instagram After a couple of errands in Dumaguete, we headed up to Valencia to visit Casaroro Falls. My word. The most stunning waterfall I've seen. A narrow 30 metre drop to deliciously cool swimming spot, completely surrounded by lush forest. A long steep staircase and a …

2018 manifesto

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Christmas has been super chill. The weather was stunning, I glazed a ham, The Koala and I went to my sister and fiancĆ©’s house, we played with their pup, we walked to the beach, we had our first swim of the summer, we ate. We have plenty of leftover ham (just as I hoped) and this afternoon The Koala and I will have our first barbecue of the summer. We didnā€™t manage a single barbecue last summer so weā€™re already doing OK. Each year, I write a list of 5 things I intend to embrace and 5 things I hope to surrender for the year. Today I look back at my manifesto for 2017, my motives were: More:Ā Patience, courage, collaboration, generosity, grit Less:Ā Haste, doubt, worry, gluttony, mess I loved this list. Iā€™m not quite ready to let them go. Patience, grit and courage are three things I find myself summoning regularly. Take a breath. Conjure patience. I dislike impatient people so I wanted to be more patient. I’m getting there. Doubt and worry are often …

“All The Time We Laughing”

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The Koala and I are celebrating 6 years of marriage tomorrow. I canā€™t believe itā€™s already been a whole year since we went glamping on the West Coast. It was really good to get off the grid for a weekend. More than one wise person has said that you should marry someone who makes you laugh. The Koala has a wicked sense of humour. If jokes and humorous stories (OMG, the STORIES) were currency, weā€™d be rich! The Koala and I laugh together every day. We have an intricate web of personal jokes that spanĀ various languages and time periods. It keeps us tight buddies. When I tell people weā€™ve been married for almost 6 years, it often surprises them. I guess everyone has ideas of what a marriage is and this changes with each generation or even group of friends. I donā€™t have many married friends and it seems that my generation prefer to have children or buy houses beforeĀ getting married. In case you’re wondering, we didn’t marry in a whim either, we were together …