WordCamp Brisbane was held on 27th and 28th October. I had a virus (of the human variety) and only spent two half-days at the conference. But, I still learned a great deal. Here’s a quick summary of the sessions I attended. Talks I attended Saturday WordPress As A Static Site Generator […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
Self Care Isn’t A Magic Pill
What does successful self care feel like? The thing is, it can still feel shit. There are many things I can’t write about my (semi) recent house move. But I can say is that it was shitty shitty and very draining on both of us. While the outcome was great, a house move organised (both […]
Random Weekend Chats From My Car #13
This week on Random Weekend Chats From My Car you have a very, very special triple bonus super awesome episode. All because it’s episode 13. Or for the real reason, which is only disclosed in the video. Yep, I’m mean like that. It’s full of random rants, churros and after editing it, I think I […]
You Have To Finish Your Blog Posts
I don’t really like giving absolute rules, but I’m going to today! In 2015 and for most of 2016, my drafts folder was a giant mess of about 50 posts. Some were just headlines, others were half written, some just had one or two lines. By the end of 2016 I had reduced my drafts […]
How To Recognise Your Thought Patterns
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 […]
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 […]