Territory Day, it's our day

It's Territory Day in the Northern Territory of Australia and I'm watching thousands of dollars being blown up in bright colours, the noise is incredibly load and the air is filled with smoke. You guessed it, every man and his dog are letting off fireworks.

On 1 July, we celebrate the Territory achieving self-government in 1978. It's our way of celebrating our unique lifestyle here in the Top End of Australia. 

Here is my ZenDoodle art for the evening, inspired by the fireworks. 

Confidence is silent, insecurities are loud

Everyone is always saying BE MORE CONFIDENT and that DOUBT KILLS more dreams than failure ever will. I know that having confidence is important but I am also guilty of being filled with too much self-doubt.

So how do you gain self-confidence? 

How do you tell yourself that YOU CAN and how do you make yourself appear confident on the outside when deep inside you don't feel it?

I have done some research and have come up with the following list of ten ways to start building self-confidence. If you are full of self doubt, perhaps you could give these tips a try as well.

La Soriee putting sensual into consensual

So last night I went along with my good friends to see the risque, highly entertaining and hilarious show called La Soiree. It happens to be the third time I've seen this brilliant show and it never fails to satisfy me. Every time I go along I end up learning something new about myself and life in a depraved, sexy and humorous kind of way. Here are the ten lessons I learned at the show in Darwin, Northern Territory on 13 June 2015:

"Come one, come all and come often to the delicious, deviant and delirious La Soiree" ~ La Soiree 

English Gents and Jess Love

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance

“The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living.” ~ Socrates

Athenian philosopher Plato conveyed and expanded on the ideas of Socrates

In a modern world where we are flat out, running our busy lives, always "switched on" and overloaded with information, it is not uncommon for us to stop questioning what is going on around us, we can unintentionally forget to pay attention to the detail.

When was the last time you stopped for a moment and took a deep breathe and reflected on what it is you do and why you do it?

Unbalanced but organized

I have a passion for all things organised and I have been accused of being pedantic (obsessive even) and one of the most organised people to know. However despite the faith (or not) that others have in me, there are times in my life when I feel completely out of control . So needless to say, I consider myself well-presented with the intention to stay organised but probably not 100% productive (or balanced).

There I said it, I’m UNBALANCED … Argh!

This now leads me to the reason for this post. LIFE BALANCE! I'm sure you've all thought about it. If you are like me you've probably skimmed and scanned (sometimes read); a lot of articles, musings and rants, ideas, viewed lists and found practical solutions on websites and blogs. I have and so I know I'm not the only person who often feels their life can be cluttered and chaotic at times or just simply UNBALANCED!