The day came where I had to choose. My choices were stay the same, or change. I chose change. \ R6__9716 ...
It's been a crazy few months since I last wrote. Time flies. Between studies, medical appointments and general life it gets hard to find time to write. In this episode I'd like to share what I've discovered since I last wrote. I feel there's been a lot of new things in my life. All of it useful to me but no doubt not useful to everyone. Day One App I've been journalling in this app over the years…
It’s hard to explain. What is it like living with a dog for 12 years. It’s a family extension that seems to happen unexpectedly in most cases, and then quickly becomes one of the closest relationships that a human will ever have. Now I don’t think all humans form a strong bond with their dog, however a lot will. Those that look beyond the fact that a dog is a mere animal but in fact an extremely…
It’s taken a while but I did it. Since a kid I’ve had idols like Bill Gates (definitely shouldn’t be anyone’s idol at the moment), Steve Jobs, and even Elon Musk (again not a good idol in this day and age). Having power, prestige, and money through technological advancement and beautiful products was something that always inspired me to be an engineer. Until I retired. Even for the first two years…
Choosing not to have kids is one of the toughest decisions my wife and I have had to make. I mean what can be harder than going against our DNA which is basically to reproduce. Which animal on this planet has the opportunity to say “Let’s not have offspring”. Like none. Zero. In a way I feel that I played the bigger part in making that decision than my wife. Even though I said to her if she really…
I’m born to a first generation immigrant family. I have an Italian Dad and a Portuguese Mother, and I am married to an Iranian. I live in Perth, Australia. Our family grew up with not a lot of money. We were poor. It’s my frame of reference to life. Money weighed heavily in every decision I made. What career will I go into? What can I buy that is good value? How can I afford to do that? Or buy…
Balance is a word that the world has forgotten. We’re pushed via social media, and the dopamine addiction that our phones have become, to truly alienate any internal sounds that may be coming from within our body or mind. Instead we see other people performing at the top of their game which constantly hides the depths of despair that we feel with our own mundane life. We then try to imitate other…
The start of 2026 was unusual. For the first time in that I can remember, I had the over-whelming urge to do something new. It wasn’t the general New Year resolution thing that people usually do. New Years resolutions never seemed to work for me. This feeling though was something else. It was like this year can’t be the same as last year. Actually it was more like, THERE IS NOT A CHANCE THAT THIS…
Since retirement I’ve managed to write a decent web app, start and stop a business, lived in Portugal, read a lot of books, learn how to snatch and how to do the clean and jerk, start to learn Kung Fu and Tai Chi, and unfortunately have also seen the inside of more Emergency Rooms in hospitals than I care to. I’m not going to talk about my health issues as it’s depressing. Maybe one day. When I…
It’s been a good two years since I retired. There’s been memorable moments, moments that will keep me excited about what is around the corner. There’s also been some struggles. That’s life. I quit my job two years ago when I was 48. I had been in the same company for 10 years and it was starting to wear thin. I had been working at BHP, which is one of the biggest mining companies in the world, in…