Originally published on Kiki and Tea, May 21st, 2015 Have you ever had to recognise your thought patterns to weed out unhelpful ones? I have. And it wasn’t easy. One of the original taglines for my blog was “a journey towards positive thinking and weight loss”. In fact, my first posts were just […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
Be Uplifted Op Shop Zillmere
I found this op shop by accident – which is the best way! Be Uplifted Op Shop Zillmere I didn’t get to spend much time in here as Ben had an allergy attack as soon as we stepped out of the car, so I only got a very quick look around. […]
10 Steps To A Perfect, Magical, Super-Fantastic Long Weekend
Last week, some of the country got a long weekend. Despite having been in a job that actually pays me for long weekends for nearly three years now, I still find them utterly strange and bewildering. But, if you’re a blogger, you’re also an expert, so without further ado, let me present to you, via […]
Planning On Paper
Despite blogging being such an electronic medium, I actually don’t work that well on computers. I can type fast, get my images set up, and schedule links, but I can’t plan digitally. Planning On Paper Maybe it’s because I’m just young enough that I largely grew up without computers, and when […]
Shiny Organisation
The thing about having and embracing shiny object syndrome is that it’s also hard. Don’t let anyone lie to you about this. I run 90% of blogs, ideas, projects, future books, podcasts, youtubeseseses, services and whatever else I do via NormalNess. Because we are all normal to ourselves. For me that means a lot of ideas. […]
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Community Trust
There was an article was on the ABC news website about Rio Tinto and community trust. While I’m far from across the details of the scenario, and don’t think there is enough information for me to comment on the specifics mentioned in the article, it prompted me to want to write about community trust. Community Trust […]
Health Fund Swap Fun
I signed up for extras cover with health fund A about a year ago. After a check up at the dentist, I decided that I would swap to health fund B as I could get better coverage (eg unlimited general dental for a lot of needed maintenance work) for a much better price than health fund A […]
(Fake) Newest Home Fads
Firstly there were new home fads, then newer home fads, and today I’m very happy to present the newest home fads! Get your theoretical credit cards prepped and have them at the ready… (Fake) Newest Home Fads Self-Aware Cleaning Robots The best part about self-aware cleaning robots is that you can program […]
Ideas For Business Blog Posts
Do you run a blog for your business? Or are you an employee who has the responsibility of writing the blog of a small business? Well, this is the post for you. Ideas For Business Blog Posts The Four Main Types of Business Blog Posts 1) Utility FAQs Industry News […]
6 Things I Believe
I think I started this post from a prompt sometime in 2016. I’m really not sure where from! But I found it in my archives and thought that it would be good to get to finishing it. 6 Things I Believe Patience is a virtue I will never have I can pretend […]