One of the keys to converting dreams is to focus on the things you can control and be aware of the options available to you… When I first decided that my long term goal was to go cruising, it was exactly that; a long (very long) term goal. The decision pre-dates this blog by many years, although this story records the beginning of…
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Re-writing Murphy’s Law…
Spoiler Alert!!!! Graphic images of post-op foot below… don’t read if looking at bruises and stitches makes you queasy! How many sayings could apply to this past week? Let me come up with a few… It never rains, it pours. What is it that comes in threes? If something can go wrong it will… Monday started out well enough… day…
How did you get to work this morning?
This was the view of my office building as I came in to Victoria Harbour under the Bolte Bridge yesterday morning … Cheaper and more relaxing than catching the train! My work clothes are in the gym locker, the boat is stocked with muesli, dog food and sauv blanc and I’m getting used to living aboard (and so are the pooches).…
For sale!
Finally! The decks are freshly painted, the new boom bag is on, the boat is clean and Children of Phoenix is up on the broker’s site for sale. Now the waiting game begins… it could take 5 weeks or it could take 5 years… this is one of those elements I will have very little control over. Richard has sold Terra Novae,…
Figuring out what matters
Part of getting serious about converting a dream is figuring out which parts of it matter. It’s great to have a specific goal in mind, to have a definite picture of what it is you’re trying to achieve. Knowing exactly what you want gives you something very concrete to strive for. But to make it an ‘all or nothing’ deal…
Launching a community of dream converters
It’s been a few months now since I began working on this blog and refining its purpose and content. I’ve run it past a few trusted and loyal friends so far, but the time has come to launch it more broadly and convert it from an idea into a community. When I first started writing the content, it wasn’t a blog; it…
Friday 20th June 2014 – The season in review
Well that’s it for another year, and I could’t be happier with the outcomes. It was a fairly typical season in many ways; starting with a large group of crew (in fact, larger than ever), some of whom became regulars and others dropping off as the season progressed. Difficult to train a crew up when circumstances mean you can’t schedule…
Tuesday 29th April, 2014, 5:00am
One day back at work and slept like a log last night for six and a half hours! Yay 🙂 OK, time to start figuring out with a bit more confidence how much I would need to budget. I have been working with a vague memory of someone telling me $30KAUS per year for a couple on a 38 foot…
Tuesday 22nd April, 2014
Bay of Islands is every bit as beautiful as Richard described it. I could happily cruise around here forever; it seems like there’s a decent sized cruising fraternity that is doing just that. We’ve both unwound in Samoa and recovered from our respective bugs, so now we can really just enjoy our time here. So… what would need to happen?…
Sunday 20th April, 2014
I may not have had the chance to get to know the waters of Samoa, but I’ve had a week with my sister and a chance to get to know her. The age difference meant Joan had moved out by the time I was eleven or twelve. With all the travelling she’s done in the intervening years I don’t think…