moving towards life
a very intelligent friend of mine left me with two big questions to consider for my secondment and, guess what - I'm sharing with you, fam (over-sharing?):
1. while you were there what:
(a) gave you life
so, no kidding, I am big nerd and I love doing work REALLY REALLY WELL. I like being the golden child and universally adored. I am being suhhhhhh honest here (eeeeek).
but really, I am totally motivated by being given a project and finding all of its edges, talking excitedly with other people who also want to find those edges, and then whizzing up a beautiful looking (and sounding) document to cover off what I've learnt. hopefully all the while doing it in a way no one has already done so that people get new insights from my edge-finding expedition.
not to say i'm the smartest in the room, because i'd get off on that way too much and there are many smarter kids out there, but to really listen, try to find the right questions and then distil and compile that in a new way well that's my jam.
(b) stirred you
to do this one I had to google the word stir and the dictionary tells me this means "to arose strong feeling in, to move, or excite".
for some strange reason, I love being on the road. as much as I love my bed back in Kingston. as much as I hate trying to fit all of my stuff back into the dreaded backpack. as much as I love sitting on my couch, eating maccas and watching Netflix. as much as I hate walking into a room full of strangers.
it's a weird mix, right?
I love seeing new places and meeting new people. knowing i'm heading on to a new place every week makes me feel so alive! (and not every second day because then I get tired and my backpack really becomes unbearable and you see cross-nikki - she's not pleasant).
and this part of Australia is BEYOND PRETTY. I mean srsly, you all gotta go see this stuff (you could even go in a cargo ship up the coast I AM NOT KIDDING, see for yourselves: https://www.seaswift.com.au/cruise).
more travel on the cards for me, then? what's that? YES!
(c) disturbed or challenged you
I can quietly go about my work (while being loud and disturbing people next to me with the latest non-work related goss/cool video/random thought-bubble - sorry, not sorry). and I feel like people see me as diligent and capable. which is an image I want to project, sure.
and I can hang out with the group and have fun and chat for days, as we explore whichever tourist spot that has been chosen.
but sometimes I get cross, because it's not what I wanted. and I don't notice until i'm there and feeling annoyed and then I only have myself to blame.
this is my challenge and i'd written about it in DAYS 20, 21, 22. no one else is responsible for my happiness but me, and if I want something I need to just go get it. even if I have to go alone, I will! (or at least I will take the first few steps to try that).
2. what will you take back to your work in Canberra?
that bit above, duh!
AND - a more intense interest in Aboriginal Australia. like, there is this piece of art here that I may bring back from Glenn Mackie (check him out but do not buy the Skull or the Puffer-fish, I'm not sure which one I want yet).
have a good weekend, kids!