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I wasn't sure on posting this yet but since the tram driver was nice enough to slow down for me for enough time to stand on the tracks to get my shot I think I better share it.
I've been wanting to get this shot for a couple of weeks now and after yesterday being a nice moody autumns day I thought I better get it done before all the leaves fall off the trees.
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17 years ago this month my darling dad passed away. I spent ten of those years as a very unhappy girl.⠀
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Some of the teachers at school used to call me “smiley” - they didn’t realise that smiling was my way of pushing down the sadness.⠀
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But it got to a point where I couldn’t keep going like I was.⠀
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I moved back home with my mum, and started working on myself. I left myself feel the grief for the first time and slowly shed the heavy cloak of sadness numbing me from the world.⠀
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I started getting to know myself again as “me” and after so many years of spending my energy pushing down the grief, I began feeling more, the world became more colourful - and my resolve got stronger: ⠀
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I’m not here to settle. ⠀
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I’m not OK with “OK”.⠀
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Quitting my job?⠀
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I can always get another one. ⠀
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Launching a new business?⠀
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I don’t have to have it all figured out at get-go.⠀
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I want to know that I’m giving myself the best shot. To keep thinking bigger, however scary, silly or impossible it seems, and then keep working on it. For me.⠀
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And now, when I meet people who might seem a little crazy to others, who are running their own race, trying, failing, and trying some more, I know I’ve found my people. ⠀
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It doesn’t have to make sense to anyone else. You know you couldn’t feel happy if you didn’t give this a go. Keep going, you’re doing amazing - I know that’s what my Dad would say.
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I have one rule with yoga and that’s no drunk yoga ! Ever. but something came over me Saturday night around midnight and of course I wanted to do the Bird of Paradise which I haven’t done in forever. Somehow I managed the perfect ‘bird’. I try this morning and it’s just a struggle, even though I got there. Must have been those vodka goggles making me so damn perfect !
So thrilled to be working with the amazingly talented Bella from @bandcobeauty The perfect Collaboration with the stunning @dakotablake Absolutely flawless makeup and hair @bandcobeauty Featuring New Arrivals in store The Diana blouse by @rowiethelabel and Northside Blue Jeans by @leejeansaustralia @bohoandblushboutique Don’t forget we are OPEN until 6:30pm tonight #ballaratbusiness #ballaratfashion #collaboration