Wandering Aussie

Year in Review

Well it’s a wet cold day in Sydney town today, and there isn’t a single thing for me to work on. So seeing I’m pretty much flat out now to new years, primarily getting drunk, and visiting my childhood buddies for the next two weeks, I thought I would give a quick run down on this momentous year.

As I look back towards January I knew it was going to be a big year from the onset. The October before I decided to kick off my health kick, and knew that the new year would force things into high gear.

January was seen in by Armin Buuren in Melbourne.

It was when I started to ramp up my walking, and trying to eat a lot cleaner than I was use to. I was waiting around for a sleep specialist appointment that seemed to take forever. I was still in intensive trauma therapy for a number issues from my past, and I felt very trapped and non responsive. Still very hung up on my ex, and not really sure what this year would bring.

Sleep Apnoea

As the year moved on I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnoea, and went through the motions to find out why. It involved sleep surveys, and visits to expensive specialists and surgeons, and to the eventual removal of my tonsils in late July, and recovery through August and September. The sleep survey in October confirmed what I already knew, that I was sleeping through the night again.

Good news was it was gone. Bad news was if a GP had listened to me sooner, and noticed that my tonsils were massive, I wouldn’t of had it in the first place.

Mental Health

This ended up being a big year for this. I was in trauma therapy already for a past I couldn’t handle. That had never been treated, and I’ve talking about this elsewhere. That wrapped up about July. Now that I through that, I was open enough to deal with other things in my brain.

Started to see a new shrink, and it has done wonders for my self esteem, and dealing with things that were long since gone. Automatic patterns formed over half a life time ago, and no idea why were affecting my every day things. Discovered some skeletons in my closet that have been eating me away inside since I was a child, and things can only get better from here.

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Dear god, I discovered a place full of wandering idiots, fools, reprobates, scoundrels, nerds, gods, hotties, and insane glorious mad creatures. I’m proud to call you amongst the closest friends I have that I’ve never met. You continue to make me laugh, smile, and never take myself seriously. I’m so glad one of my friends suggested it, and although I got off to a rocky start, and deleted once I’m pretty much here to stay.

I’m glad to say there isn’t a normal one amongst you, and it’s those wonderful differences, and craziness that continues to make me come back each and every day to see what everyone is up to.

Thank you!

Fitness and Injury

I started off with a bang. Started the year at 165kg, and ended the year at 145kg, and lowest I was 139kg. A combination of exercise, and good eating. Trying new things like kettlebells, and jogging. And trying to challenge myself every other day.

I got a solid reminder that Im not 20 something year old any longer. From feet that refused to heal, a knee that gave out on me, and several other niggling injuries that have slowed everything down the past few months. It’s a temporary set back, and my mental health also played a part as I was getting use to the new equilibrium.

As I’ve pointed out before, your mental health is so important, you can’t have proper physical health if you can’t fix up the mental side of things. How you see the world, the way you look at yourself, and the way you understand your own mind are just as important as what you are point in your body.

Love, life & friends

I’ve streamlined who I call friends. I was trying to satisfy too many masters, and was spending time with people all the time as an excuse not to look at myself. For the first time I can say I’m really starting to get comfortable with myself, and starting to be very good company for myself. As a consequence I choose who I spend time with. I make the effort to see friends and no longer expect them to contact me. It is a great feeling when you are happy in yourself. 

Love life is practically non-existent. It hasn’t been a priority due to the fact I was still getting over the past. I also needed to sort out my mental health as I was making bad choices, and treating people bad because of my own insecurities. I’m happy to say I’m still friends with my ex, and I hope that will continue. We both needed to sort things out, and that bond will grow other time. Spent 6 years of our lives together, and I’m not willing to throw that all away.

What’s up for 2012??

Really it’s three things.

• Satisfy my Wanderlust 
• Get back into the dating game
• Keep satisfying my fitness / health mojo.

Thank you!

Big thank you to my friends, family, tumblr, and anyone else that has helped me through this year. I wish I could reach out to all of you and give you a massive hug.

This is just the beginning baby, and there is damn whole lot more to come.

BRING ON 2012, cause I have a feeling it’s going to be fucking amazing :))

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