#Trust30- Travel

Travel by Chris Guillebeau

If we live truly, we shall see truly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not everyone wants to travel the world, but most people can identify at least one place in the world they’d like to visit before they die. Where is that place for you, and what will you do to make sure you get there?
(Author: Chris Guillebeau)

I have already posted about my love of Travel with my post about Belief, but narrowing down one place that I would like to visit before I die That is hard. I have a list as long as my arm of places that I would like to visit. But I guess the one place that would be a must see for me is Rome (or maybe Pompeii...) When I was in England, I did a day trip to Bath, trouble is it was boxing day... nothing open. So I never actually got to see the Baths. Just admire then from the outside. 

B already knows of my desires to travel. I will visit these places before I die unless of course if I die tomorrow... The budget is to tight at the moment or in the foreseeable future to swing a European holiday. But it WILL happen, you can bet your bottom dollar.

#Trust30- Post it

Post-it Question by Jenny Blake

That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton? . . . Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Identify one of your biggest challenges at the moment (ie I don’t feel passionate about my work) and turn it into a question (ie How can I do work I’m passionate about?) Write it on a post-it and put it up on your bathroom mirror or the back of your front door. After 48-hours, journal what answers came up for you and be sure to evaluate them.

Okay, so like every mother that has ever walked the earth. I am finding that I don't have enough time to do things solely for myself. No big miraculous discovery there. But I am certain that I will be making time for myself.

So just how am I going to make more time for myself?

Well one day a week on B's days off I will have at least 3 hours to spend doing what I want. Be it sewing, reading, actually leaving the house without any offspring, blogging...

B has agreed that it is fair since he has at least two footy training sessions and a game every week. We even put this into action yesterday. B did the fun stuff I would usually do on a Monday like mop the floors and I disappeared to my sewing room aka half the garage and busted out my brooches for the Brooch swap I am taking part in. And you know what? I was calm and stress free for most of the day. It really helped with my mood and is book in again for next week so I won't have to wait until all kids are peacefully sleeping to be able to have some me time!

#Trust30- Belief

Prompt No. 3- One Strong Belief by Buster Benson

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
The world is powered by passionate people, powerful ideas, and fearless action. What’s one strong belief you possess that isn’t shared by your closest friends or family? What inspires this belief, and what have you done to actively live it?

(Author: Buster Benson)

Honestly, I have struggled to write this post. I know there are many things that things that my Friends and family don't agree with me on. Small things like the fact that we use cloth nappies (friends don't understand this), that we have 4 cats, 3 dogs, birds and 2 guinea pigs (We are known as the farm...), The number of children we have (My in-laws never congratulated us when we told them we were pregnant with Ethan, they only asked B if it is what he wanted...) I asked B what is one thing we don't agree and all he said was Travel...
Yep, B and I certainly do not agree on the need to Travel. He hates travelling. Yes hate is a strong word, but it's true. He is happy to live in and experience his little pocket of the world where as I have big dreams of seeing the world. Before I met B I had travelled to Japan and since meeting him (I was 16 when we met) I have dragged him to Fiji, England, France,Vanuatu and even managed to get him to leave the airport in Shanghai so I could see the city for just one day. I believe it is important to experience other cultures and lifestyles. By doing so you can see the world from different points of view.
B isn't the only one that doesn't get this my own parents have no desire to travel outside of QLD. Which I think is truthfully strange on my Mums part seeing as she was born in Scotland and grew up near Canberra. Maybe he choose has more to do with her relationship with my father...

I want my children to experience the world and not want to stay in there own bubble. I hope that I am able to raise them with that belief. At the moment finances are to tight for me to be actively living out this belief. But my dreams are alive and a savings account is slowly building to enable this to happen.


What do you believe in that others have trouble understanding?

#Trust30- Today

Prompt 2- Today by Liz Danzico

Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing. The force of character is cumulative. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

If ‘the voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks,’ then it is more genuine to be present today than to recount yesterdays. How would you describe today using only one sentence? Tell today’s sentence to one other person. Repeat each day.

(Author: Liz Danzico)



Today... hmmm, that is one hard sentence...

Today is just the beginning of a new opportunity.

#Trust30- So I just discovered that I have 15 minutes to live...

While wasting time on Twitter yesterday I came across a tweet  by TutuAmes about the #Trust30 challenge. I was intrigued and had to find out more.

#Trust30 is an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Use this as an opportunity to reflect on your now, and to create direction for your future. 30 prompts from inspiring thought-leaders will guide you on your writing journey.

For more info or to join up pop on over to http://ralphwaldoemerson.me/

So over the next 30 days, I will be taking part in the #trust30 writing challenge.  This initiative was inspired by the Domino Project, and is part of a celebration of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 208th birthday – a great thinker, who encouraged self-reliance and betterment.
Seeing as I am signing up late I am going to try and cram a few posts in a day for the next few days... Wish me luck!

Day one prompt- Gwen Bell – 15 Minutes to Live

We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

You just discovered you have fifteen minutes to live.
1. Set a timer for fifteen minutes.
2. Write the story that has to be written.

(Author: Gwen Bell)

Okay well first I will no doubt panic. I have an immense fear of death. That may sound funny coming from someone who only 6-8 months ago was extremely suicidal and it was something I wished for everyday. My fear of death is probably what kept me alive...

 I would want to record something for my children to keep. Either letters or voice/video recording. I would also record something for B. They would all be told the same thing in one way or another. They have changed my life in many immeasurable ways. As I tell them daily, I would tell them one last time that I love them to the moon and back and that they mean the world to me.
I would quickly call a few select people hoping to only get voice mail as I am on a deadline people. Whilst doing this I will be downing a bottle of Moscato as fast as I can.
I would give my kids one last cuddle and kiss and disappear with B to say my last goodbye.
Fifteen minutes would be over in a blink of and eye. But it is more than a lot of people get. Our lives are fragile. They could be over in a second. So for that reason try to live like there is no tomorrow. By this I mean, don't leave things unsaid. There is no point bottling up feelings. Release them, tell people what you think even if they won't agree with it. No doubt it is a discussion that needs to be had.

So what would you do if you only had 15 minutes to live???