42 on a Monday is not a glamorous sentence but that is what I am. Today is my 42nd birthday and I sit at my desk surrounded by the chaos of my life: big brown cardboard boxes stamped Mullumbimby Removals 6684 2198, piles of bills, CD's, the remains of a Vodka Lemon & Soda (I'll admit it's 11.37 but it's my birthday c'mon!) my office packed in Chinese inscribed chest, a Ben & Jerry's plastic cow hide cooler bag with a life time worth of video that I've promised myself I'll edit, bank statements that I've promised to neatly file and a picture of Scarlett Jonassan - I'm going blonder this week in preparation for my big adventure into the unknown.
I had a bit of an emotionally wobbly weekend but have tried to still myself with a post-it note I'd written to myself long ago and that I found just at the right time that reads: There is no security in following the call to adventure. Joseph Campbell.
I'm leaving Mullum on Friday for a long long slow road trip to Melbourne. I love Mullum and have made some beautiful friends here but my life is kicking me in a new direction and although it is scary, I've always found great leaps of faith result in life filling the vacuum with just what you need.
I've decided to blog my trip and share my adventures, which is rather unlike me, even though I am a writer, I feel there has always been a safe anonymity, even if I do turn up in Marie Claire wearing red thigh high mini skirts and basque tops on occasion, I was wearing a mask and changed my name as there is something scary about the inside on the outside. So here it is: my little soul laid bare.
You're welcome to come on my journey with me. xxx
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look forward to all the mad updates lol, and good on you for plunging into change with style !! it looks the big aussie road trip is back in fashion and if Paul Hogan can do it why can't you ? Hope to see you on the Mid North Coast when you come through and we will have a cup of tea waiting for you :>)
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