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Thank you for visiting! My name is Sophie and I am an academic researcher, a wife, and a mum of two gorgeous kids, living in sunny Queensland, Australia, and I write about navigating life, parenting, and career.

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5 on a Friday, and a blog break

After this post, I've made the hard decision to take a break from blogging for the next few months. This year has already been A LOT from...

Aug 84 min read

Life Lately

We bought a car! An electric vehicle - (BYD Atto 3) I picked it up on Wednesday! This is actually the first new car I've ever owned, and...

Jul 272 min read

This past week...

Has been very social! My brother, sister-in-law and niece had a few more days staying with my parents before they headed home, so we had...

Jul 213 min read

Q3 Planning Deepdive

During my few very much needed days off, I really enjoyed doing some serious planning including - Q3 (July - Sept) planning July planning...

Jul 153 min read

Fun, family and much needed rest

After a busy Monday and Tuesday at work, I have taken the rest of the week off and it’s been great! E still has school holidays until...

Jul 112 min read

I'm back! Hello July

Last time I posted I was about to head to Sydney for work and a game plan for how to make the next two weeks manageable. Well, lets just...

Jul 63 min read

Planning for the next two weeks

After a relatively quiet weekend, it’s 6.30 am Monday morning and I’m facing a very big next two weeks. This will include: 4 days solo...

Jun 162 min read

Five on a Friday

I’m sick again! I’ve probably caught O’s cold, nothing too terrible but enough to make me feel a bit rotten and sorry for myself! It’s...

Jun 133 min read

June, Welcome!

Now all my May deadlines and stressors are past, looking forward to a different feel in June. Took this photo last week. Hopefully June...

Jun 21 min read

New planner on the way!

So, I may have given a subtle impression in my posts lately that I’ve been just a little bit overloaded and stressed 😜 One of my comfort...

May 272 min read

I'm back! Surgery, sickness, and other things

I'm so sad I haven't blogged for two whole weeks! But it was necessary as life just got a bit too much to handle temporarily. Everyone...

May 255 min read

A few updates

Things have been a bit too much for me lately - some good things, some stressful things, but just a lot! Work has been a lot (lots of out...

May 113 min read

Taking “care” during a busy season

Last year my word of the year was “care” , and I used it a lot (after a very stressful 2023). To remind myself I always have options to...

Apr 292 min read

5 on a Friday

Well! It's been a couple of Fridays since I last posted. Between work, Easter break, in laws staying with us, and the life stuff - its...

Apr 255 min read

High tea, walking update, and Mini-Break Day 1

Hello from Pelican Waters, Sunshine Coast on our long awaited kid free mini-break! (About 30 minutes drive from our house! hehe). We have...

Apr 165 min read

Q2 Goals Check In

We are halfway through the Easter school holidays, which means Q1 has ended, and Q2 is beginning. (I divide my year into 5 quintiles,...

Apr 125 min read

Cool Bloggers Walking Club

Thanks to Elisabeth , Cool Bloggers Walking Club is happening again this April. You don’t have to be a blogger, I’m not sure I’m “cool”,...

Apr 82 min read

A birthday, a busy week, and surgery cancelled

You know how some weeks are so busy they just fly by? Well, this week was so busy, yet seemed to last for roughly 9658 days! Ha! First...

Apr 53 min read

Blog is 1, and a few updates

A few weeks ago was the first birthday of this blog! For some reason I thought it was late March, but when I checked, my first ever blog...

Mar 314 min read

Finally making progress

WELL. It’s been quite a fortnight , trying to a) catch up on an increasingly overwhelming workload at work, b) tame our house that got...

Mar 243 min read