It’s been a couple of years now since AI really took off, with ChatGPT becoming this widespread, easily available tool available for free* (of course, with ourselves being the product) for people to use. Although early reactions to AI were – and continue to be – mixed, I also find it hard not to believe […]
It took me several years of trial and error, but I think I’ve finally cracked productivity journalling. I tried bullet journals – couldn’t stand having to draw my own designs for everything. I tried a range of pre-made journals from regular stores, but I found these either weren’t fit for purpose or not too broad. […]
I started running in 2017, the same year I (coincidentally) started my composition degree at ANU. Although I was often told in high school that being active and being creative are interlinked, it wasn’t until I had these practices for myself that that really started to click. Long distance running (the sort I do) provides […]
Each year, I like to reflect on the media I interacted with in. Since 2023, I’ve been tracking everything that I finish in a big list in my diary. In 2024, I finished 122 things, which I felt was a good effort! In this post I’ll detail my recommendations so you can find the best […]
Finally, it is the end of 2024! My family has been joking that we cannot wait for the year to end, as it has just been a shocker. For context, I broke my ankle a few days in to 2024 and that wasn’t even the worst thing that happened. So, yeah. Normally I don’t get […]
I always enjoy this end of the year period. In Australia, it’s summer time so it’s school holidays, which I think are always nostalgic even if you’re no longer in school. It’s also Christmas and the New Year, so people come together more frequently than normal. The cricket’s started, the tennis is about to begin, […]
This week the wifi went down at my residence in Bali. I think it says a lot about the state of the world we live in right now that I felt immediately that this was a big hinderance to me. In some ways I think this is justified – the internet is how we stay […]
This week, I had the pleasure of joining in a Hindu ceremony in my local village in Bali. It was meant to start at 3pm, at 3pm I went out of my house and Grandma (not my Grandma, but she’s the Grandma of the homestay I live in and sure acts very grandmotherly towards me, […]
You’ve probably heard of a composer called Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach is widely considered one of the greatest composers in western music, if not one of the greatest creatives ever. He was the only musician to be represented three times on the Voyager golden record surmising all of humankind’s music. In music class, we were […]
The Woman in Me is a tough book to read, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it is hard to read through the actual content of the book. Britney details incredible amounts of toxicity and abuse in her life from her family, her partners, and the media. It’s not really a book you can say […]