The positives of neuroticism
I’m doing a ‘People and Organisations’ class this semester and in its first few weeks we have been looking closely at personality traits. This has involved doing a couple of questionnaires to determine our own personality type, including the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the five factor model, also known as the Big Five or […]
My study corner
This is my study corner where I’ve been spending most of my time lately, most of the day and well into the night. The old corner desk is not really the right set up for handwritten notetaking but I have adapted. I like it because of the shelves and nooks it has, it’s allowed me […]
Sorting books
Sunday was book sorting day at Jo’s place. Jo has occasionally stated that she may become a book collector. I think that she already is a book collector, she just hasn’t specialised in a particular area. Jo has books on dogs, cooking and nutrition, self-development and spiritualism, writing, art, music, gardening, biographies, fiction (‘story books’ […]
It’s perfectly normal… menopause
The Ipswich Library hosted an information session about menopause last night and I decided it would be a good opportunity to learn more about what to expect. There were about 50 of us who attended this online session on Zoom. Co-host Lissie Turner (a former Triple J radio announcer) instantly caught my interest when she […]
The art of communicating
Thich Nhat Hahn was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and author. His book, The Art of Communicating was published in 2014. I started listening to it as an audiobook last night. The first chapter is so beautiful. Communication can nurture or toxify. The act of writing a compassionate letter or email (without even sending it) has […]
Election work
It was with a sense of the freedom I now have as an out-of-work student that I signed up to work for the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on the Federal election held a couple of weeks ago. After submitting an application from the AEC web site I received a phone call within a couple of […]