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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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What a week… month?
After four days of conferences this week (across two different locations), I’m finally home and feel like I can take a breath, and write...
Jun 7, 20242 min read
Mini work retreat plans
Today I have planned a mini solo retreat to do some idea development and planning for some major research grant applications due in...
May 30, 20242 min read
Vancouver, and home
So I arrived home from my Canada trip at 7am Friday and I was SO glad to be home. I’d had a final day in Vancouver (I had a 10 hour...
May 27, 20244 min read
A few days in Nova Scotia
After Montreal, I spent 3 days in Nova Scotia (a night in Halifax and two visiting friends in a more rural area). And it was SO lovely!...
May 23, 20243 min read
Bonjour from Montréal
I’ve been here since Wednesday and it’s been a whirlwind but going really well so far. My work meetings and the conference has been great...
May 20, 20242 min read
What would Care look like?
My 2024 word of the year is Care. I chose that word after an intense and stressful (at times) 2023, where on reflection I didn’t always...
May 13, 20242 min read
Canada trip in t-minus 4 days
Next Wednesday I head off for a solo work trip to Canada for 10 days! As an academic, this is to present at a conference, at another...
May 11, 20242 min read
May Goals
Somehow it is already 5 days into May! It was a busy start to May with ALOT on at work and family (Al’s parents and sister) arriving to...
May 5, 20242 min read
Early morning kid challenges
I woke this morning at 4.45 (naturally, no alarm) and was SO looking forward to 1-2 hours to myself before my kids woke up. As you can...
May 2, 20242 min read
Cool Bloggers Walking Club - April Recap
During April, I joined in with the CBWC, initiated by Elisabeth. The idea is to walk at least 10 minutes every day. By setting the bar...
May 1, 20242 min read
DITL - A Saturday
I’ve been enjoying quite a few other bloggers posting these Day In The Life posts (SHU, Elisabeth, Jenny among others) so I thought I’d...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Thankful for modern medicine
Almost inevitably O is now sick (and Al too, but mildly). Exact same symptoms as E (high fevers, cough), so it looks like it has a long...
Apr 26, 20242 min read
How the 1% experiment is helping me write a novel
This year, I chose to nominate one of my goals each Quintile to be my 1% goal. What does that mean? Well, Brooke McAlary, a great writer...
Apr 23, 20243 min read
Weekend Updates
It’s Saturday 3pm, I’m sitting with a cup of tea, the kids are having screen time, and it’s blog post time, hooray! E finally recovered...
Apr 20, 20242 min read
Life Updates
E is still sick. She's had 9 days of fever, headache and cough. Thankfully she hasn't been acutely ill: she's been keeping up her fluids,...
Apr 15, 20243 min read
Sick
I’ve had another blog post sitting in my drafts for a few days about all the fun stuff I did last week (couples night away! Saturday...
Apr 9, 20242 min read
Hello Q2!
When I do my seasonal planning, I divide my years into Quintiles (5 seasons), inspired by SHU. In Australia, the school year runs January...
Apr 4, 20243 min read
Happy Easter
Today is Easter Sunday, which in our house means the day starts off with an Easter Egg hunt. So much fun, for the kids but also for me- I...
Mar 31, 20242 min read
The week that was
Well, what a week. It ended up being a really good trip, but as I predicted very intense, in fact even more busy than I thought. There...
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Manifesto for a busy week
The weekend just gone was busy and parenting heavy- multiple play dates, lots of solo parenting, lots of home chores and errands. It was...
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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