Small virtues

  Time for a life update and where I'm at. I've finally resumed part-time work instead of full-time. No more 40 hr weeks. A manageable 24-hours instead. Also, the benefit of a rotating roster. Meaning, I get 6 consecutive days off. Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Only the reality is, I haven't stopped working when I'm not at my workplace.

  Coming home from a long day of work, I saw the most tantalising scene. The moon was full and huge, kissing the top of a large rain tree. Now changing into it's autumn leaves, the canopy married the twilight perfectly. Even though it had been a long, eventful day, I just plugged into the biggest display the world has ever seen. Heaven. It's up there. Doing it's own thing - as I was busy doing mine.

  Stepping outside the office of my new job. I've wanted to share my career changes for a while, but it's had its share of misfires. Long before children, property and permaculture, I was a Legal Secretary in training. After moving to a rural city though, I left Admin behind. I haven't regretted the tree-change but re-entering the workforce after a 20-year gap came with challenges.

  Just briefly for those who followed my previous blog - you might be wondering why my new author profile shows CK instead of Chris? After a surname change in 2022 - CK became my new initials. Feel free to continue using Chris in the comments, I just wanted to mention something in-case it caused confusion about who's writing here. 

The path of least resistance makes for less conflict in your life. No-one can avoid conflict all together, but you can avoid dragging it out for long periods. For example, there were two strategies used in revamping my old blog recently, that began with facing two obstacles. They were... 

Welcome to my new blog. Which is actually an old blog. Completely refurbished this time. Because a good decade has passed since writing in this space and gone are the posts about my previous life. When everything changed 3 years ago, I was destined for a a different route to live the best years ahead of me!