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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...

ProfessionalGratitude
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Crocheting

LifestyleCreative
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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...

ProfessionalFinanceProperty
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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...

ProfessionalWork Life
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Lunch with Friends

SocialFriends
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Nothing

PersonalReflection
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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...

OpinionGovernment
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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...

PersonalFamily
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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...

PersonalTravel
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Nothing to report

Personal
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Day 20: Custom Work in a Commodity World

[![](https://bendechrai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/day20-300x138.jpg "day20")](https://bendechrai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/day20.jpg)A husband and wife operation, the guy tells us he can mak...

LifestyleShopping
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Day 4 (again): Technology

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