Ages ago, there was this guy who went fishing everyday in what I think was a tiny village in Greece. Effortlessly he caught fish after fish. He did it for no more than 3 hours a day, catching no more than he and his family needed. The rest of the day he spent with his kids, grandkids and wife, sitting…
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Matt’s one of my favourite people. Whether he meant it or not, he’s taught me how to be better at my relationship, at friendships and at life. He’s also taught me a lot about awareness. In 2008, we went to see You Am I at a pub in Melbourne. My girlfriend at the time had done something to her ankle that…
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Just under 2 months ago, a guy died on the set of a music video in Brisbane. The way it was reported though, coincidentally or not, linked the band whose video it was to the death. The band was Bliss n Eso. But from the reporting, you’d think they had something to do with it. A bunch of rappers, from Sydney,…
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‘My memory is so bad’. You might’ve heard that. Is that a legitimate reason to not remember things? Or is it an excuse? What did people do before photos? Just blank on all significant moments of their lives just days after they happened? For example,,, Person A: ‘Wasn’t our wedding wonderful?’ Person B: ‘Wait, what wedding?’ They either wrote about them,…
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How much do these two things affect who we are and the lives we live? When you get something challenging to do, instead of thinking, ‘Damn this is hard…’, is it possible to think, ‘Great! This is hard’? How much greatness has come out of doing easy things? Same thing goes when it’s raining or you miss the bus. One…
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Every writer who’s afraid to be honest, holds back or tries to sound smarter or wiser than they actually are is shit. The author of Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott, has a bunch of voices in her head when she writes. One voice says, ‘Well that’s not very interesting, is it?’, another persecutes her for her crazy thoughts, another is her parents…
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This guy I know –Micky’s his name– was a Sergeant in the army. And when making a decision, let’s say in a highly-dangerous situation in combat, he says the worst thing he could have done is nothing. Go left, or go right, but don’t do nothing. If you go left, or right, whichever way you pick, it could turn out…
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VICE does good work. And it’s cool too. But I’ve never thought the trendiness or coolness, whatever that is, is what defines it. It’s the investigative journalism and trying to get to the truth that does. But I would say that though, wouldn’t I, because when I interned at VICE USA in New York in 2007, everyone there was at least…
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I’ve written before about what a load of goatshit Murphy’s Law is. As a theory it’s about as accurate as ‘A watched toaster never pops’ or ‘Don’t look a dragon fly in the eyes or it’ll spit fire at you’ (my brother told me that one when I was about 8). Whenever something happens and a person says ‘Murphy’s Law…’,…
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When you work in a bar and it gets quiet, they send some bartenders home. ‘We don’t need you – knock off.’ So then what happens? It gets busy of course. And inevitably one of the remaining bartenders remarks, ‘Isn’t that always what happens… Whenever they send people home, it gets busy. Murphy’s Law…’ That rationale is exactly like saying that every…