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The Power of Enjoyable Work
I finished my boring work ahead of schedule today, so was given some of next weeks work. This was a project I knew well, that I had scoped changes on and been part of the process of from the beginning...
Crocheting
To Let or For Sale
Monday we email him. We've bought a house, now where's the money? I also organise for a building and pest inspection. Our money man tells us he needs a valuation of our house in case we sell, and a re...
Flexible Working Environment
While the company as a whole is fair, and the loudest voices are not necessarily on the same page, it felt good today to be there for 9.5 hours and only do 8 hours work. I could have argued that I was...
Lunch with Friends
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Australian Government Systems
In a similar vein, I'm also impressed at the amount of stuff you can do online in this country. My first ever experience of the Australian government was when I applied for my Working Holiday Visa alm...
Go Slow
One of the things with children's educational institutions is the close proximity of children in your household with children in others. I don't remember the last time I rubbed my head against that of...
Coming Home
The cab ride to the airport was uneventful and got us there with 2 hours to take-off, so we stopped for coffee and cake before going through security. Button wasn't too keen on having her toy put thro...
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Day 20: Custom Work in a Commodity World
[](https://bendechrai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/day20.jpg)A husband and wife operation, the guy tells us he can mak...