Category: Daily Life

With the freedom of being an out-of-work student, I decided to do something I had never done before and signed up to work for the Australian Electoral Commission at the federal election.

A First Aid class during lockdown was memorable enough. Putting the lesson into practice on myself less than an hour later was an unexpected bonus.

The beginning of a long journey back into study – daunting at first, but also exciting to be learning again.

A piece of advice about shyness stayed with me because it shifted the focus away from trying to perform well socially, and toward something much simpler: being genuinely interested in other people.

A year later, seeing the CCTV footage brought the whole incident back – the relief that it could have been much worse, mixed with one or two moments that were impossible not to laugh at.