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This Week: My Birthday

May 4, 2013 in Lifestyle, Self, Work

We haven’t caught up for two weeks so I’ve got a few photos to share with you today. The last two weeks have been fairly eventful and today is my birthday just in case my constant updates left you in any doubt. So be warned that next week will be all about my birthday, even though it’s actually today. The first big thing in the past two weeks has been JJ stepping back from blogging, which has had a huge impact on the site but as always I’m behind him 100% in what he wants to do and I can’t wait [...]

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Stay Young? No. Stay Happy.

April 30, 2013 in Body Image, Face, Gender, Health, People, Society, Style

When we are young, we often don’t think about the person we will be when we are 30 or 40. In fact, we don’t even think of ourselves reaching that age. It all seems to come back to the stigma attached to growing old. But, it doesn’t have to be such a bad thing. We often hear middle aged women talk about how young people should, ‘live while you have the chance’, or thinking aloud with, ‘I wish I was your age again.’ Why do they have such strong views on youth? It’s one of two things: the regret of [...]

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Too Young For War, And Now (Perhaps) Too Old

July 18, 2012 in People, Society

I was born in 1966. My brother, who is 21 years older than me, was in the Army at that time. He had been conscripted to serve during the Vietnam War. As circumstances would have it, he was badly injured in an accident before he was shipped overseas and was discharged from the Army. Two of his childhood friends weren’t so lucky (if you can call a badly broken arm lucky). They never came home. I’ve never really had to face the prospect of going to war. The next major conflict that Australia was involved in was the first Gulf [...]

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6 Things I’d Tell My Son

March 12, 2012 in Body, Body Image, Gender, Mental Health, Self, Sexuality, Society

I don’t have any children myself, but I thought it might be an interesting exercise for me to articulate what I feel about being male. (Well, being a straight male at least.)  To think about what little gems of wisdom would I pass down to the younger generation of men. So here they are: 1. It’s OK to be successful The fact that gender-inequality still exists doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to be successful. Be ambitious and strive for greatness if you want to. If you do end up in a position of power and influence, take this chance to [...]

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