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Freedom

Posted on January 3, 2013October 24, 2013by Vanessa Smith

Freedom is why I want to work for myself full time.   Today, I showed up dutifully on time at my day job. Due to me being in the middle of three different contracts right now, things had gotten mixed up and long story short, I only had internet and email access. No databases, nothing […]

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Did I lie?

Posted on December 20, 2012by Vanessa Smith

Ever since telling you thatI’m ba-ack I haven’t posted much. Whoops. Sorry for lying. Work is draining me right now. I’ve succeeded in geting a 6 month contract for next year, thankfully in an area at least relating to my education. But currently I’m tying up the loose ends of the job I’ve had since […]

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I’m ba-ack!

Posted on December 11, 2012by Vanessa Smith

I haven’t blogged in a week. Maybe two. I was tired, sick & a bit depressed (from being tired & sick). I feel better now. I slept 10 hours on Friday night & also slept until 8am both Saturday & Sunday. That is awesome for me. My body clock feels a little worse for wear […]

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To Tell?

Posted on November 27, 2012October 24, 2013by Vanessa Smith

I’ve mentioned on twitter that my day job is having a crazy amount of Christmas parties this year. It’s getting a little silly when you’re invited to five different parties. The main one is a cocktail-style party that I organized with a person from the other department on my floor. It’s at a bit of […]

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The Wrong Gut

Posted on November 26, 2012by Vanessa Smith

Around a year ago I had a strong gut feeling. I’d never felt anything like that before. And I’d certainly never had a gut feeling that strong before. I trusted that feeling and had absolute faith in its truth.   It didn’t turn out to be true.   I thought of that feeling this morning […]

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Too Much or Not Enough?

Posted on November 12, 2012May 5, 2015by Vanessa Smith

When I start new projects, I always have this fear that I will become totally overwhelmed with too much work, and that I’ll simply crash & burn. It has happened before. When I was at uni I had classes 4 days per week, plus study (yes I actually studied at uni), I volunteered one day […]

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People & Saying NO

Posted on November 8, 2012May 5, 2015by Vanessa Smith

I could have been on a flight to Adelaide tonight. All expenses paid and probably staying in the Hilton or some swanky place. Tomorrow I would have been taken to a place in the Adelaide Hills for a corporate team building activity surrounding cooking. Fun! But I said no. I don’t think many people will […]

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Work is Like an Abusive Marriage.

Posted on July 16, 2012October 24, 2013by Vanessa Smith

It’s no secret that right now I strongly dislike my job. I currently work for a large company (I won’t say who – but if you live in Australia you would have heard of them) and my position is split between three of their departments.   Firstly – split positions don’t work. Before I started, […]

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Practical health

Posted on July 12, 2012June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith

I wish medicine had the answers for practical questions. But I think when it doesn’t have answers it means society is broken in that area & is not working for our bodies. I commute to a day job for now. It’s not what I like – either the commuting or the job! But I’m working […]

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Shift Work

Posted on July 5, 2012November 16, 2017by Vanessa Smith

I never knew what shift work did to your health until I met my husband.   For the first few years we were together, it didn’t make much difference to me. He was working overnight shifts so basically he just wasn’t home when I was asleep. Sometimes it meant he was too tired to go […]

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