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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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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

Five on a Friday

I started this post on Friday, though it is Saturday now because apparently it takes me at least two days to write one post! Proud mum...

Mar 16, 20242 min read

A week in the life - weekdays

My day always involves multiple cups of coffee I originally started to write a post about how I organise my life and time right now, but...

Mar 14, 20244 min read

Weekend recap

So, how did I go implementing my strategy for a improved weekend discussed in the last post? Well, it was a mixed bag but overall pretty...

Mar 11, 20243 min read

Weekend challenges (and solutions!)

Now that the kids are older, weekends are definitely more restorative and less exhausting than they used to be. 6.5 and 3 is easier on a...

Mar 9, 20243 min read

What I'm reading

I've been in a real non-fiction trend lately. My favourite genres for non-fiction tend to be self-improvement, time...

Mar 8, 20244 min read

March Goals

February was a very busy month with two work trips, high workload and some challenging financial stuff Al and I had to navigate. So by...

Mar 6, 20244 min read

Camping adventures

We just arrived back from two nights camping at a local campsite with another family. This was our first camping trip as a family (now...

Mar 3, 20245 min read

Why start a blog?

Its early morning here and I'm drinking my second cup of coffee (yes, I may have a problem!), and can hear my kids playing in the other...

Mar 1, 20242 min read