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There is no day of the week called “Someday” Dr Phil told me that, by way of the chat he had on the Joe Rogan Experience this week. It was like someone – no wait – it felt like Dr…

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 5.30pm. I was sitting on the beach after a quick dip in the ocean. First of all – I know right? That’s not like me at all. I’m terrified of waves, I often get anxious thinking…

I nearly vomited in the gym this week and it was on a God damn weights day. I had it coming. I was still getting over a virus/head cold-flu-thing/sinusitis that knocked me for six. I also took a lot of…

I went stand-up paddle boarding for the first time today. IKR. The activity that people have been doing since the 1940s; the one that people do with their dogs onboard; the one that apparently even the most balanced-challenged have been…

Well, here it is. The obligatory wrap-up-of-the-year post. It’s the time of year when many of us reflect on the previous 12-month period and slap it with a sticker of “good year” or “bad year”. Many of us humans (including…

I read an article a couple of days ago about a high-profile Sydney GP who said millennials need to “buck up and get on with it”, referring to the nationwide anxiety epidemic amongst youth in Australia. Ironically enough, that gave…

I survived my first week back at work after travelling through Vietnam and Cambodia for almost a month. This is how my first week went: Monday: anxiety is neck-level, but I’ve got my holiday glow on and it’s not so…

Ah, here I am again. Anxious as all hell about returning to work and training, approximately six kilos heavier (legit), and with a weird rash under my left arm that mysteriously appeared whilst in Vietnam. I’m contemplating the theory that…

It’s a weird sort of feeling, finally writing the last in the series of 10 chronicles only hours before I get on a plane to head back to the wondrous worlds of Vietnam and Cambodia. It’s only taken me a…

My sister’s beautiful German Shepherd had to be put down yesterday. Sorry for any dog lovers out there who undoubtedly got a lump in their throat from reading that line alone. Extra apologies to my sister if she’s reading this…