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I can't help it. I can't help it. I can't tone it down. I'm just fucking excited about some things in life that we're building and creating. So it just feels good.

I can't help it. I can't help it. I can't tone it down. I'm just fucking excited about some things in life that we're building and creating. So it just feels good.

Hey, don't tone that shit down. I don't tone that shit that. The more of those vibes that are shooting out into the world, the better.

Hey, don't tone that shit down. I don't tone that shit that. The more of those vibes that are shooting out into the world, the better.

Well, wasn't it Marianne Williamson that did that quote that Then someone someone used her quote and she said, don't dim your light for fear of, you know, making others feel bad about how brightly you shine or whatever. And I'm like, I'm glad that that quote exists, because good luck. If I tried to dim it, know, fucking it'd be a struggle.

Well, wasn't it Marianne Williamson that did that quote that Then someone someone used her quote and she said, don't dim your light for fear of, you know, making others feel bad about how brightly you shine or whatever. And I'm like, I'm glad that that quote exists, because good luck. If I tried to dim it, know, fucking it'd be a struggle.

We don't want it dimmed. To tell everyone your news and then we can talk about life.

We don't want it dimmed. To tell everyone your news and then we can talk about life.

Some people, well see, I will tell people the news in a sect, but just some people don't like it, you know, like some people say, you know, you're too positive or you're too this or I've even heard you know that term toxic positivity, and oh jeez, look, I'm just being me. I'm just going to be me, right. And if I was me and I was out there hurting people and ripping people off, that would be a problem. But I'm not. We're building a charity. That's the news. That's why I'm super excited. And I've got a beautiful, beautiful man over in the States and his company is called the Nonprofit Creator. They help people get the five oh one C three if you're setting up in the States, which is the legal charity paperwork, and he helps do all of that stuff that I wouldn't have any idea how to do. And he builds the website, he builds out your fundraising campaign, et cetera. So Charles and I are going to be the proud board founding board members of a charity called the Center of Love Foundation, And this is the charity, right, So what we're doing, TIF, I don't know if you saw you might have seen the building when we were in Nugga up in the Himalaya, down on the main drag near the near the ATM machine. Just across the way there there was a building where Papu was going over and doing some stuff. We raised money before COVID to kind of fit out a little Internet school to give some kids their access to the internet, right and to computers and anyway. During COVID it ran out of money, so it's kind of not doing anything. It's just sitting there. And I thought that's no good. We need to create some kind of social enterprise that generates revenue in an ever way. So it's the revenue keeps coming so we can pay for the teachers and the electricity in a little school. And also up in the villages where we went trekking. There's kids up in those villages that don't have access to education because of the location and because of the poverty, right, so we want to provide access to education for them. So I had this idea next to the temple. Papa and Bebby gave us a bit of land to build on. Right, They've probably thought we were going to build our own little holiday home there, but I never wanted to do that. I had a vision to build a not for profit meditation education retreat center with ten rooms in it, with all with on suites and a beautiful meditation space in a kitchen you know, briga and a gunctious place where we went to dinner that night like that, Right, We're going to build our own place there. But it's nonprofit and what we do is all the revenue that gets generated through this building goes straight to the charities to provide education for the kids who can't get access right and it's called the Center of Love. And so we're creating the Center of Love Foundation, And we've got a seed fund campaign at the moment, I'll share the gofund me link with you. We're just trying to get enough money together to pay for all the paperwork to get the charity up and running. When it's up and running. This year, we're going to raise one hundred and fifty grand US to build this building and then we'll start running our retreats through it and the money that goes in goes straight to the kids. How fucking cool is that?

Some people, well see, I will tell people the news in a sect, but just some people don't like it, you know, like some people say, you know, you're too positive or you're too this or I've even heard you know that term toxic positivity, and oh jeez, look, I'm just being me. I'm just going to be me, right. And if I was me and I was out there hurting people and ripping people off, that would be a problem. But I'm not. We're building a charity. That's the news. That's why I'm super excited. And I've got a beautiful, beautiful man over in the States and his company is called the Nonprofit Creator. They help people get the five oh one C three if you're setting up in the States, which is the legal charity paperwork, and he helps do all of that stuff that I wouldn't have any idea how to do. And he builds the website, he builds out your fundraising campaign, et cetera. So Charles and I are going to be the proud board founding board members of a charity called the Center of Love Foundation, And this is the charity, right, So what we're doing, TIF, I don't know if you saw you might have seen the building when we were in Nugga up in the Himalaya, down on the main drag near the near the ATM machine. Just across the way there there was a building where Papu was going over and doing some stuff. We raised money before COVID to kind of fit out a little Internet school to give some kids their access to the internet, right and to computers and anyway. During COVID it ran out of money, so it's kind of not doing anything. It's just sitting there. And I thought that's no good. We need to create some kind of social enterprise that generates revenue in an ever way. So it's the revenue keeps coming so we can pay for the teachers and the electricity in a little school. And also up in the villages where we went trekking. There's kids up in those villages that don't have access to education because of the location and because of the poverty, right, so we want to provide access to education for them. So I had this idea next to the temple. Papa and Bebby gave us a bit of land to build on. Right, They've probably thought we were going to build our own little holiday home there, but I never wanted to do that. I had a vision to build a not for profit meditation education retreat center with ten rooms in it, with all with on suites and a beautiful meditation space in a kitchen you know, briga and a gunctious place where we went to dinner that night like that, Right, We're going to build our own place there. But it's nonprofit and what we do is all the revenue that gets generated through this building goes straight to the charities to provide education for the kids who can't get access right and it's called the Center of Love. And so we're creating the Center of Love Foundation, And we've got a seed fund campaign at the moment, I'll share the gofund me link with you. We're just trying to get enough money together to pay for all the paperwork to get the charity up and running. When it's up and running. This year, we're going to raise one hundred and fifty grand US to build this building and then we'll start running our retreats through it and the money that goes in goes straight to the kids. How fucking cool is that?

What's the benefit of setting it up as a US based charity and not an Australian based charity. Is it just because the contacts you've got that you know in the US or.

What's the benefit of setting it up as a US based charity and not an Australian based charity. Is it just because the contacts you've got that you know in the US or.

That yes, also, so a lot of the philanthropy is going to come from the States, but also to set up a charity here in Australia is a rigmarole, is it?

That yes, also, so a lot of the philanthropy is going to come from the States, but also to set up a charity here in Australia is a rigmarole, is it?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Apparently I've got friends who have been going through it, and Made of Mind down here in Torkie has just got his charity over the line. Shout out to dig Well being beautiful charity down here that we're also going to be running. Some already worked for the youth around the Talkie and Geelong region. But anyway, it took him a year. This Made of Mine in the States is going to set this up in three weeks for me. It still operates as an international legal entity, so OSSI's and Europeans or whoever can still get their full tax benefit from donating to the charity. But yeah, I've been building a pretty big community of awesome people, well globally, but a lot in the States. I'm heading over there in a few weeks to speak at a conference and hang out with some friends at an in person event, and so there's a fair bit going on over there. So yeah, look, it was just easier and more cost effective for me to set it up over there, you know, and get these people to help me with it. But yeah, what I'm excited about is that there's there's the for profit part of what we do, the retreats, and it's it's kind of married him with the not for profit with the charity, so one feeds the other. Yeah cool, and it's just sustainable. So my idea is that Papoo and Bebby when we're not using the building, they can use it. They can rent it out, or we can have other retreat facilitators can rent it and that money that goes straight to the charity work.

Apparently I've got friends who have been going through it, and Made of Mind down here in Torkie has just got his charity over the line. Shout out to dig Well being beautiful charity down here that we're also going to be running. Some already worked for the youth around the Talkie and Geelong region. But anyway, it took him a year. This Made of Mine in the States is going to set this up in three weeks for me. It still operates as an international legal entity, so OSSI's and Europeans or whoever can still get their full tax benefit from donating to the charity. But yeah, I've been building a pretty big community of awesome people, well globally, but a lot in the States. I'm heading over there in a few weeks to speak at a conference and hang out with some friends at an in person event, and so there's a fair bit going on over there. So yeah, look, it was just easier and more cost effective for me to set it up over there, you know, and get these people to help me with it. But yeah, what I'm excited about is that there's there's the for profit part of what we do, the retreats, and it's it's kind of married him with the not for profit with the charity, so one feeds the other. Yeah cool, and it's just sustainable. So my idea is that Papoo and Bebby when we're not using the building, they can use it. They can rent it out, or we can have other retreat facilitators can rent it and that money that goes straight to the charity work.

Oh how beautiful. Wish we were there again, Himalayas again. I just got back from Tazzy.

Oh how beautiful. Wish we were there again, Himalayas again. I just got back from Tazzy.

That was as he is beautiful.

That was as he is beautiful.

Yeah, Tazzy was beautiful. And you know what, like the last two times, last two years that I've been home to Tazzy have felt different. I've really appreciated. I really enjoy going there now. I don't know what that's all about. I feel like Tazzy changed a bit, but so did.

Yeah, Tazzy was beautiful. And you know what, like the last two times, last two years that I've been home to Tazzy have felt different. I've really appreciated. I really enjoy going there now. I don't know what that's all about. I feel like Tazzy changed a bit, but so did.

I perhaps, Yes, definitely, yeah, definitely. And you know, it's just true that when you change your internal world and your relationship with self and life, your internal representation world, when that changes your perception of the outside world and not change it has to change because you're only perceiving the outside world in your internal world. All the data from the outside world. We've spoken about this before. All the data from the outside world comes to you in bits of information. Light, sound waves hitting your ear, drums, you know, sensations through your nervous system, when you touch things, the smell. It's all in data. It's all bits of information, and we represent this information in our mind as this beautifully wonderful hallucination. Right, your version, your hallucination of reality, is flavored by your internal world. Right when you're in a really shit mood and you walk out into the day, you bang your leg on something, you get stuck in traffic, you know, someone's rude to you. It's just that you know that's your reality. And when you're in a great mood, like you've just had some awesome news and you're skipping down the street, people are smiling and there's birds singing, and your whole version reality is different. Right, I am external world, but you're different. And it's it's actually quite remarkable because I don't know about you, Tiff, but I've noticed that when I've changed my internal world, it seems like people that I know really well, it seems like they're slightly different. I'm like, but how can they be different when I'm just changing in here? How can they be different? But it's something to do with our relationship with life changes, and so life changes.

I perhaps, Yes, definitely, yeah, definitely. And you know, it's just true that when you change your internal world and your relationship with self and life, your internal representation world, when that changes your perception of the outside world and not change it has to change because you're only perceiving the outside world in your internal world. All the data from the outside world. We've spoken about this before. All the data from the outside world comes to you in bits of information. Light, sound waves hitting your ear, drums, you know, sensations through your nervous system, when you touch things, the smell. It's all in data. It's all bits of information, and we represent this information in our mind as this beautifully wonderful hallucination. Right, your version, your hallucination of reality, is flavored by your internal world. Right when you're in a really shit mood and you walk out into the day, you bang your leg on something, you get stuck in traffic, you know, someone's rude to you. It's just that you know that's your reality. And when you're in a great mood, like you've just had some awesome news and you're skipping down the street, people are smiling and there's birds singing, and your whole version reality is different. Right, I am external world, but you're different. And it's it's actually quite remarkable because I don't know about you, Tiff, but I've noticed that when I've changed my internal world, it seems like people that I know really well, it seems like they're slightly different. I'm like, but how can they be different when I'm just changing in here? How can they be different? But it's something to do with our relationship with life changes, and so life changes.

Yeah, I agree with that. I was just I was just coaching somebody and we got onto the discussion of influence and people and the people around us, and I said busyness, like, I've just I come to these tipping points where I have to make change, and I definitely And then it's funny because it's like all the frustration, you resist, you resist, and you break through and then you're like, fucking this is this is exciting. Why the fuck haven't I done this before? I've been doing you know, I feel like I've just I've gone through that process, you know, when things come to a hea and then you mate. And I'm like, and I've been really careful lately about this whole busyness stuff. It's like, I cringe when when other people are saying to me, preaching the busyness, I'm so busy. I'm with you. I'm like, I'm busy too, but I don't want to talk about it anymore because I don't want to be busy anymore, And the beginning of not being busy is not saying I'm busy. And also I value the people around me, and I value that the people around me are a reflection of what I want to be like as well. So I'm like, I find those are the toughest little transition points of like when you're really newly adopting new mindsets and you don't and it doesn't have to be like, oh, we can't be friends anymore because you say you're busy and I'm not going to be busy anymore.

Yeah, I agree with that. I was just I was just coaching somebody and we got onto the discussion of influence and people and the people around us, and I said busyness, like, I've just I come to these tipping points where I have to make change, and I definitely And then it's funny because it's like all the frustration, you resist, you resist, and you break through and then you're like, fucking this is this is exciting. Why the fuck haven't I done this before? I've been doing you know, I feel like I've just I've gone through that process, you know, when things come to a hea and then you mate. And I'm like, and I've been really careful lately about this whole busyness stuff. It's like, I cringe when when other people are saying to me, preaching the busyness, I'm so busy. I'm with you. I'm like, I'm busy too, but I don't want to talk about it anymore because I don't want to be busy anymore, And the beginning of not being busy is not saying I'm busy. And also I value the people around me, and I value that the people around me are a reflection of what I want to be like as well. So I'm like, I find those are the toughest little transition points of like when you're really newly adopting new mindsets and you don't and it doesn't have to be like, oh, we can't be friends anymore because you say you're busy and I'm not going to be busy anymore.

It's not that, but it's talking to you anymore.

It's not that, but it's talking to you anymore.

You know. It's like I remember being a bit like that with Mum years ago, when I'd go home and I'd get frustrated about a little just way she would frame things, and I was like, you can't you know, la la la la hands over the years, like you can't talk like that because because I was so sensitive now to understanding the power of language. Yeah, I was like, I don't want to rub off on me. It was like, it's not going to rub off on you. There's a balance, Like you know, you said before people that toxic positivity, like what's your experience because you've mentioned that before recently, like that that people talk about your energy and that toxic then they you know, rubbed some people the wrong way.

You know. It's like I remember being a bit like that with Mum years ago, when I'd go home and I'd get frustrated about a little just way she would frame things, and I was like, you can't you know, la la la la hands over the years, like you can't talk like that because because I was so sensitive now to understanding the power of language. Yeah, I was like, I don't want to rub off on me. It was like, it's not going to rub off on you. There's a balance, Like you know, you said before people that toxic positivity, like what's your experience because you've mentioned that before recently, like that that people talk about your energy and that toxic then they you know, rubbed some people the wrong way.

Oh just just you know, it's and it's few and far between, but it was occasionally and it hasn't happened for a long time, but occasionally you get a comment on social media and someone go all right. But then a family member said to me once pulled me aside when we're cooking a barbie together and just said, oh, you know, I think you should just be aware that, you know, how much you go on about how amazing your relationship is with Talia online and you share that and you talk about, you know, how conscious it is and how in love you are. She said, some people might you know, that might upset some people because not everyone has a relationship like that, so maybe you should tone it down a bit. And I'm like, I listened and I went, no, no, no, I'm sorry. I'm not going to tone it down. This is my reality and I think our love is a beautiful thing and I'm going to share it and tons of other people go, oh my god, it's so beautiful. Hashtag couple's goals. Whatever they say, right, but it makes them feel good. Yeah, and so yeah, I don't know. Yeah, So you're right, like it's you know, it's been brought to my attention a couple of times. But I think it's more important to be authentic. You know, if I'm having a not great day, I'm not going to pretend that it's any different, you know. I think it's just important to be kind of authentic in that way. But you're right, you know, when you're deciding to do to shift your mindset or your language around something that initial when you first initially decide, ah, I think I'm going to make improvement here. That's the toughest bit to get the momentum going with it until it becomes a bit habitual. And it is tricky because you notice it around you, like you're noticing the people around you saying, oh my god, I'm so busy. I've got to do this, and I've got to do that, and I've got so much going on, and you're changing your language. And a nice little switch with the language is rather than saying I have to go to the supermarket, saying I get to go to the supermarket, yeah, you know, and rather than saying I have to meet. I have to have a meeting. It's like I get to have a meeting.

Oh just just you know, it's and it's few and far between, but it was occasionally and it hasn't happened for a long time, but occasionally you get a comment on social media and someone go all right. But then a family member said to me once pulled me aside when we're cooking a barbie together and just said, oh, you know, I think you should just be aware that, you know, how much you go on about how amazing your relationship is with Talia online and you share that and you talk about, you know, how conscious it is and how in love you are. She said, some people might you know, that might upset some people because not everyone has a relationship like that, so maybe you should tone it down a bit. And I'm like, I listened and I went, no, no, no, I'm sorry. I'm not going to tone it down. This is my reality and I think our love is a beautiful thing and I'm going to share it and tons of other people go, oh my god, it's so beautiful. Hashtag couple's goals. Whatever they say, right, but it makes them feel good. Yeah, and so yeah, I don't know. Yeah, So you're right, like it's you know, it's been brought to my attention a couple of times. But I think it's more important to be authentic. You know, if I'm having a not great day, I'm not going to pretend that it's any different, you know. I think it's just important to be kind of authentic in that way. But you're right, you know, when you're deciding to do to shift your mindset or your language around something that initial when you first initially decide, ah, I think I'm going to make improvement here. That's the toughest bit to get the momentum going with it until it becomes a bit habitual. And it is tricky because you notice it around you, like you're noticing the people around you saying, oh my god, I'm so busy. I've got to do this, and I've got to do that, and I've got so much going on, and you're changing your language. And a nice little switch with the language is rather than saying I have to go to the supermarket, saying I get to go to the supermarket, yeah, you know, and rather than saying I have to meet. I have to have a meeting. It's like I get to have a meeting.

It's funny. Today I had a seven thirty am podcast with Harps and I it's gonna be a nice day. It's been a bit cold since to go back to some tasty it's gona be a nice day. And we did that podcast and he's like, oh, what you got on today at the end, and I said, oh, that to say, I've got a really free day and it's sunny, so that's awesome. And then I was like, oh, just got I've got an appointment now, and then I've got a twelve o'clock. Then I've got a one thirty, then I've got a two thirty, then I've got a four thirty client. I was like, I'm really busy today, but I don't feel busy. And I don't feel busy because I've sat down, looked at my whole schedule and put boundaries in that I've never put in before. I've got two I'm gonna have two full days off training clients in a social one a weekend actual weekend, and one a weekday that I'm going to do structured, actual business stuff in another area. But it's you know, it's just it's interesting how things impact your mind, the weight of decision making or thinking, the weight of unconscious obligation. Like I landed in Tazzy and just like when I was in the Himalays, my resting heart rate dropped eight to ten beats a minute and I and I took that as almost at first a bit of a punch in the face. I was like, okay, little miss, I go to the dan Andong's once a week and I'm out on the bike, Like, Okay, you've had a lot more presence and socializing and you've really enjoyed summer, doing a lot more for yourself. But little miss, there is still a lot of think there's still your nervous system isn't switching off. And so that was quite confronting that I came back to a bit of turmoil, and then I threw my bloody through a easy fit for twelve hours, and then I came out out of the side of that and went, actually, this is all of this is There's silver linings all over this little chaotic shit storm. This is probably the best thing that could have happened.

It's funny. Today I had a seven thirty am podcast with Harps and I it's gonna be a nice day. It's been a bit cold since to go back to some tasty it's gona be a nice day. And we did that podcast and he's like, oh, what you got on today at the end, and I said, oh, that to say, I've got a really free day and it's sunny, so that's awesome. And then I was like, oh, just got I've got an appointment now, and then I've got a twelve o'clock. Then I've got a one thirty, then I've got a two thirty, then I've got a four thirty client. I was like, I'm really busy today, but I don't feel busy. And I don't feel busy because I've sat down, looked at my whole schedule and put boundaries in that I've never put in before. I've got two I'm gonna have two full days off training clients in a social one a weekend actual weekend, and one a weekday that I'm going to do structured, actual business stuff in another area. But it's you know, it's just it's interesting how things impact your mind, the weight of decision making or thinking, the weight of unconscious obligation. Like I landed in Tazzy and just like when I was in the Himalays, my resting heart rate dropped eight to ten beats a minute and I and I took that as almost at first a bit of a punch in the face. I was like, okay, little miss, I go to the dan Andong's once a week and I'm out on the bike, Like, Okay, you've had a lot more presence and socializing and you've really enjoyed summer, doing a lot more for yourself. But little miss, there is still a lot of think there's still your nervous system isn't switching off. And so that was quite confronting that I came back to a bit of turmoil, and then I threw my bloody through a easy fit for twelve hours, and then I came out out of the side of that and went, actually, this is all of this is There's silver linings all over this little chaotic shit storm. This is probably the best thing that could have happened.

There's silver linings all over this little shit store.

There's silver linings all over this little shit store.

It's so easily, you know, Like I'm coming back from Tazzy and I was like, oh god, what you know, Like, I'm not getting out of my own way. I'm not getting out of my own way, Like how am I going to change if I can't change, Like I'm not changing myself. And then the day that I'm about to come home, I see all this unfolding of the gym that I trained clients out of closed and I'm like, what do you mean it's closed? I couldn't get the info. And I find out it's gonna be closed for two months, and I was like, oh my goodness, I've got to come back. I've got I've got I've got clients to run, I've got I've got to pay the deals. I've got this. And on top of that, I don't want to come back thinking of this because I'm because I just realized that I want to be thinking of other stuff.

It's so easily, you know, Like I'm coming back from Tazzy and I was like, oh god, what you know, Like, I'm not getting out of my own way. I'm not getting out of my own way, Like how am I going to change if I can't change, Like I'm not changing myself. And then the day that I'm about to come home, I see all this unfolding of the gym that I trained clients out of closed and I'm like, what do you mean it's closed? I couldn't get the info. And I find out it's gonna be closed for two months, and I was like, oh my goodness, I've got to come back. I've got I've got I've got clients to run, I've got I've got to pay the deals. I've got this. And on top of that, I don't want to come back thinking of this because I'm because I just realized that I want to be thinking of other stuff.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So yeah, it was like er. But then the opportunity for a break in routine, which is only at the moment most people. To start with, it was just people coming to a different location, but that was enough of a difference in environment for me to implement the changes now and go, you know what can you when you come in on this day, Because I'm not doing this day anymore. So the options are that and that only. And I've just never had that sort of boundary going.

So yeah, it was like er. But then the opportunity for a break in routine, which is only at the moment most people. To start with, it was just people coming to a different location, but that was enough of a difference in environment for me to implement the changes now and go, you know what can you when you come in on this day, Because I'm not doing this day anymore. So the options are that and that only. And I've just never had that sort of boundary going.

Two things bring to mind the second one. First, the changeing routine is the perfect opportunity to do a new way of thinking about something. And I read that somewhere years ago, and I thought, you know what I'm going to do in the morning. Rather than put my right sock on first, I'm going to put my left sock on first. And when I put my left sock on, I'm going to do that the affirmation of the day, right, And because it was a break in the routine, I'd go to do the right socking. Oh no, hang on, put your left sock on first.

Two things bring to mind the second one. First, the changeing routine is the perfect opportunity to do a new way of thinking about something. And I read that somewhere years ago, and I thought, you know what I'm going to do in the morning. Rather than put my right sock on first, I'm going to put my left sock on first. And when I put my left sock on, I'm going to do that the affirmation of the day, right, And because it was a break in the routine, I'd go to do the right socking. Oh no, hang on, put your left sock on first.

And just that.

And just that.

Simple little break of routine created a break state where I could put in this new affirmation. Right. That was cool. And then the other thing you were talking about, you know, you have this break, you go down to Tas and then you come back and it's like, oh shit, this is all on again and blah blah blah. Or you go to India and you're all calm and peaceful, and then you come back and your heart rate goes back up again. And for me, I was thinking about, you know, I do my meditations in the morning, and I remember when I do a meditation in the morning, and I'm super calm, parasympathetic, nervous system activated, fully discentered, all zen and I'd walk out into the kitchen to start doing the kid's lunchboxes to get them off to school, and within minutes I could be flicked by one of the kids, and I'm fucking heightened again. I'm going, your little shit, hurry up. I've got to get you the fucking buses. Uh, I'm going hang on. I just undid half an hour of meditation like that. What are you doing, jem You don't just meditate so that for half an hour you feel good. The idea of meditation is that you can generate the ability to bring this mindfulness and this equanimity into your life, right yes, So then I started thinking, well, what can I do to get better at bringing that into more into life. And it's not to say that sympathetic nervous system doesn't activate necessarily in certain moments like you know, your kids playing basketball by the road and the basketball goes out onto the road and there's a car coming and your kid's going to get run over, and you need to be sympathetic on boom act get the kids, save their life. Right of course, Now that's an extreme example of what I'm talking about, but there are times when it is functional to switch it on and act fast, fight or flight, grab the kid. But then once the danger's gone, most of us staying stressed like that. But the rest of the day, right, all day, Oh my god, the kid, Oh my god, and this and that, and they go into every situation with this you know, vibrational energy kind of freaking like this, and then they go home and cook the dinner and then they get that first glass of wine and swallow it and go, oh my god. Right, it's like, wow, ninety nine percent of that energy was not necessary. You saved the kid. You're not in danger anymore. How do we reactivate parasympathetic? How do we come back to being calm and centered? And there are ways, you know, and it's about creating the habit of recalibrating back to a place of equanimity throughout the day, you know, in between tasks. That's why I always bang on about the pause moments, or you know, just stopping in between tasks. Hang on a second, it's only going to take me thirty seconds. Just breathe more slowly, bring that heart right back down again, and then continue. You know.

Simple little break of routine created a break state where I could put in this new affirmation. Right. That was cool. And then the other thing you were talking about, you know, you have this break, you go down to Tas and then you come back and it's like, oh shit, this is all on again and blah blah blah. Or you go to India and you're all calm and peaceful, and then you come back and your heart rate goes back up again. And for me, I was thinking about, you know, I do my meditations in the morning, and I remember when I do a meditation in the morning, and I'm super calm, parasympathetic, nervous system activated, fully discentered, all zen and I'd walk out into the kitchen to start doing the kid's lunchboxes to get them off to school, and within minutes I could be flicked by one of the kids, and I'm fucking heightened again. I'm going, your little shit, hurry up. I've got to get you the fucking buses. Uh, I'm going hang on. I just undid half an hour of meditation like that. What are you doing, jem You don't just meditate so that for half an hour you feel good. The idea of meditation is that you can generate the ability to bring this mindfulness and this equanimity into your life, right yes, So then I started thinking, well, what can I do to get better at bringing that into more into life. And it's not to say that sympathetic nervous system doesn't activate necessarily in certain moments like you know, your kids playing basketball by the road and the basketball goes out onto the road and there's a car coming and your kid's going to get run over, and you need to be sympathetic on boom act get the kids, save their life. Right of course, Now that's an extreme example of what I'm talking about, but there are times when it is functional to switch it on and act fast, fight or flight, grab the kid. But then once the danger's gone, most of us staying stressed like that. But the rest of the day, right, all day, Oh my god, the kid, Oh my god, and this and that, and they go into every situation with this you know, vibrational energy kind of freaking like this, and then they go home and cook the dinner and then they get that first glass of wine and swallow it and go, oh my god. Right, it's like, wow, ninety nine percent of that energy was not necessary. You saved the kid. You're not in danger anymore. How do we reactivate parasympathetic? How do we come back to being calm and centered? And there are ways, you know, and it's about creating the habit of recalibrating back to a place of equanimity throughout the day, you know, in between tasks. That's why I always bang on about the pause moments, or you know, just stopping in between tasks. Hang on a second, it's only going to take me thirty seconds. Just breathe more slowly, bring that heart right back down again, and then continue. You know.

Yeah, speaking of coming back to being calm, what a perfect time to tell you about magic mind. I have been whipping open the fridge every morning and throwing back one of these epic little green shots of rocket fuel for the brain. They're packed with lions made mushrooms, ash waganda, and a whole bunch of brain friendly focus fuel to get you dialed in and firing on all cylinders. I sure need them when I'm trying to keep up with the zen Master here at gem Fuller. So if you want to give it a try, head over to show Notes to click the link and grab the code so you can get a discount to try it out yourself. Like I cleared a chunk of one day and I was like, well, if I have my clients get me out of bed early, so I should just go do But the thing is, that's a routine. The brain goes on, I focus on others. I'm doing that, then I come home, then I eat, So there's that habit loop. So I performed, and then I can't get my brain to switch into hey, we're not doing all that today Thursday, it's all about this now. My brain's like now we're already halfway through it. This is what we do, is what we're doing then, and I'm like in this place of frustration, so just going, nah, are we started day completely differently? Yeah, and not bookending it with training at the end of the day. I'm playing with that for whiles after there's a few afternoons, I'm training at four And although that's a me thing, it's a social thing, it's it also is I don't know, it kind of blocks the whole day becomes an obligation. Yeah right, it's really not like sort of it stops em switching off because then it's rush, rush, rush to get things done, to get out the door, to go train. So I'm feeling a bit kind of on when I get there, and then it's like, Okay, that's done, got to get home, have some dinner. Oh, gotta wine, Like, gotta winds down. Winding down should just fucking happen. But I'm on this, I mean this, gotta wind's down. Now we're like you know, oh that you know, like, so my day ends at three point thirty because I've got to get to the gym by four some my time's cut short. So then that whole day, thirday ends up. Actually it's only a couple of hours because by the time you wind down from your clients and try and switch on, then the clock and you're like, oh, I've only got a little bit of time left, and then you get into oh what am I going to fit in? And then you don't fit anything in. Then you're out the door. Like it's such a loop, isn't it.

Yeah, speaking of coming back to being calm, what a perfect time to tell you about magic mind. I have been whipping open the fridge every morning and throwing back one of these epic little green shots of rocket fuel for the brain. They're packed with lions made mushrooms, ash waganda, and a whole bunch of brain friendly focus fuel to get you dialed in and firing on all cylinders. I sure need them when I'm trying to keep up with the zen Master here at gem Fuller. So if you want to give it a try, head over to show Notes to click the link and grab the code so you can get a discount to try it out yourself. Like I cleared a chunk of one day and I was like, well, if I have my clients get me out of bed early, so I should just go do But the thing is, that's a routine. The brain goes on, I focus on others. I'm doing that, then I come home, then I eat, So there's that habit loop. So I performed, and then I can't get my brain to switch into hey, we're not doing all that today Thursday, it's all about this now. My brain's like now we're already halfway through it. This is what we do, is what we're doing then, and I'm like in this place of frustration, so just going, nah, are we started day completely differently? Yeah, and not bookending it with training at the end of the day. I'm playing with that for whiles after there's a few afternoons, I'm training at four And although that's a me thing, it's a social thing, it's it also is I don't know, it kind of blocks the whole day becomes an obligation. Yeah right, it's really not like sort of it stops em switching off because then it's rush, rush, rush to get things done, to get out the door, to go train. So I'm feeling a bit kind of on when I get there, and then it's like, Okay, that's done, got to get home, have some dinner. Oh, gotta wine, Like, gotta winds down. Winding down should just fucking happen. But I'm on this, I mean this, gotta wind's down. Now we're like you know, oh that you know, like, so my day ends at three point thirty because I've got to get to the gym by four some my time's cut short. So then that whole day, thirday ends up. Actually it's only a couple of hours because by the time you wind down from your clients and try and switch on, then the clock and you're like, oh, I've only got a little bit of time left, and then you get into oh what am I going to fit in? And then you don't fit anything in. Then you're out the door. Like it's such a loop, isn't it.

But I reckon, I reckon. So many people listening are just going, oh my god, you too, Like they'll have their own version of that. It's most of us, it's most of us. One thing you did say in there, which was alluding to that we are creatures of habit and that we can make that work in our favor. So yeah, it takes a bit of effort to create a new habit, but once the new habit's created, it doesn't take any effort at all because it is habitual, you know, And once something's habitual, that doesn't take effort. It's just something that you do So if you if you can get through the roll up your sleeves and put conscious, intentional effort into creating that new habit, get through that bit, and then you know, then it's just easy.

But I reckon, I reckon. So many people listening are just going, oh my god, you too, Like they'll have their own version of that. It's most of us, it's most of us. One thing you did say in there, which was alluding to that we are creatures of habit and that we can make that work in our favor. So yeah, it takes a bit of effort to create a new habit, but once the new habit's created, it doesn't take any effort at all because it is habitual, you know, And once something's habitual, that doesn't take effort. It's just something that you do So if you if you can get through the roll up your sleeves and put conscious, intentional effort into creating that new habit, get through that bit, and then you know, then it's just easy.

Yeah. I was reading before I went away, The Power of Habit, which I'd bought on audible ages ago and haven't listened for long times. Just revisiting that, but it is one of those books that's very long, with a lot of long you know, when you get into a book and then they just go through fucking long winded stories of companies, Like, yeah, I get it, Yeah, I get it. Can is there more worth listening to here? Or you just going to bang on about stories that too.

Yeah. I was reading before I went away, The Power of Habit, which I'd bought on audible ages ago and haven't listened for long times. Just revisiting that, but it is one of those books that's very long, with a lot of long you know, when you get into a book and then they just go through fucking long winded stories of companies, Like, yeah, I get it, Yeah, I get it. Can is there more worth listening to here? Or you just going to bang on about stories that too.

Many, too long? You know, I've told you about Blinkist, right, the app Blinkers.

Many, too long? You know, I've told you about Blinkist, right, the app Blinkers.

Yeah, yeah, it just goes right.

Yeah, yeah, it just goes right.

Here are the dot points. Fifteen minutes. Bang, there's the book, there's the takeaways. I'm like, sometimes that's really helpful. Sometimes it's nice to read fictional stories. But you know, there's another book I've just finished reading as well, which is an awesome book. And he's a very very intelligent man. V Aal Noah Harari who wrote Sapiens and his most recent book is called Nexus, and it's fascinating, but dude, you don't need to give me seven stories to exemplify the point. I got it.

Here are the dot points. Fifteen minutes. Bang, there's the book, there's the takeaways. I'm like, sometimes that's really helpful. Sometimes it's nice to read fictional stories. But you know, there's another book I've just finished reading as well, which is an awesome book. And he's a very very intelligent man. V Aal Noah Harari who wrote Sapiens and his most recent book is called Nexus, and it's fascinating, but dude, you don't need to give me seven stories to exemplify the point. I got it.

There was one book. I was listening to it and people of from Reference and it's stories are great, but someone was referencing the guy that was referencing, not the guy that would Michaelangelo and the crafting of the David, but they were referencing him and his journey and to a level of degree or I was like, you weren't fucking there. Don't tell it like you're writing the story like you. Oh and then he and then he put his tools down and he and he had this thought. I'm like, oh, fuck off, no one knows the story to that level of detail. And it's so I get annoyed. I get annoyed when people, you know, using tactics to lure you in. I'm like, I'm fucking under you. I'm under you. I get why you've used this as a story. It's really good, but now you've broken my trust because you're putting details in that actually no one could really know that. In that moment, scratched his left ear and made this particular comment.

There was one book. I was listening to it and people of from Reference and it's stories are great, but someone was referencing the guy that was referencing, not the guy that would Michaelangelo and the crafting of the David, but they were referencing him and his journey and to a level of degree or I was like, you weren't fucking there. Don't tell it like you're writing the story like you. Oh and then he and then he put his tools down and he and he had this thought. I'm like, oh, fuck off, no one knows the story to that level of detail. And it's so I get annoyed. I get annoyed when people, you know, using tactics to lure you in. I'm like, I'm fucking under you. I'm under you. I get why you've used this as a story. It's really good, but now you've broken my trust because you're putting details in that actually no one could really know that. In that moment, scratched his left ear and made this particular comment.

All that author I had to do to keep you and keep your trust is just say at the start of the story, I've got no fucking idea, but perhaps it was something like this.

All that author I had to do to keep you and keep your trust is just say at the start of the story, I've got no fucking idea, but perhaps it was something like this.

It's all that at that level of detail just wasn't even necessary for the point. I get the point. The point's there, but I don't fucking tell me word for word what he said, because that's bullshit to me.

It's all that at that level of detail just wasn't even necessary for the point. I get the point. The point's there, but I don't fucking tell me word for word what he said, because that's bullshit to me.

I'll tell you what this is the This is my last official thing that I get to do today in terms of workie type stuff, and it's the best Friday afternoon giggles with tiff per I love it. After this, I'm just going to go for a run with Bonnie. We're just going to run to and back the dog.

I'll tell you what this is the This is my last official thing that I get to do today in terms of workie type stuff, and it's the best Friday afternoon giggles with tiff per I love it. After this, I'm just going to go for a run with Bonnie. We're just going to run to and back the dog.

I get to go and train people in the park outdoors in the sunshine. I might do the session with them this time. And they're a fun group there, the swim Well coaches who live locally here, and they're all I think they're all sixty plus and I call them my kids class because they're like a bunch of fucking children. I'm throwing the f on a lot today. I'm throwing bomb a lot.

I get to go and train people in the park outdoors in the sunshine. I might do the session with them this time. And they're a fun group there, the swim Well coaches who live locally here, and they're all I think they're all sixty plus and I call them my kids class because they're like a bunch of fucking children. I'm throwing the f on a lot today. I'm throwing bomb a lot.

Let it let it fly, Let it fly. Be free fucking fu word word fu be free fly.

Let it let it fly, Let it fly. Be free fucking fu word word fu be free fly.

You spend most sessions saying to them, I swore I'd never take a kid's class, and you guys somehow got onto my gin. That's so fun.

You spend most sessions saying to them, I swore I'd never take a kid's class, and you guys somehow got onto my gin. That's so fun.

I swore, you swear no never. You know, I've got to share something with you. So Bonnie is having her first heat. She's on heat for the first time, right, she's one and.

I swore, you swear no never. You know, I've got to share something with you. So Bonnie is having her first heat. She's on heat for the first time, right, she's one and.

One no way the other day three weeks ago.

One no way the other day three weeks ago.

Anyway, so we've obviously going to watch because we haven't had a spade where letting it have a litter blah blah blah. It's the whole thing. But because she's pure bread, the breeders are very very like, we've signed contracts and shit, we'll get into big strife. If some dogg O, local dogg O sneaks it in while we're not watching, we're in big trouble anyway, So we can't let her play down at Oval at the moment. And we're just taking her for runs with us, And I said to Tars, you know, can I let her off the league? Because when I run, she runs with me. If she gets a little bit distracted as caller and she comes, she's a good girl. But anyway, so tarl sends me this photo just before we came on to record this. Tarl sends me this photo and she's gone and got her like a little nappy thing.

Anyway, so we've obviously going to watch because we haven't had a spade where letting it have a litter blah blah blah. It's the whole thing. But because she's pure bread, the breeders are very very like, we've signed contracts and shit, we'll get into big strife. If some dogg O, local dogg O sneaks it in while we're not watching, we're in big trouble anyway, So we can't let her play down at Oval at the moment. And we're just taking her for runs with us, And I said to Tars, you know, can I let her off the league? Because when I run, she runs with me. If she gets a little bit distracted as caller and she comes, she's a good girl. But anyway, so tarl sends me this photo just before we came on to record this. Tarl sends me this photo and she's gone and got her like a little nappy thing.

I was just thinking that. I'm like, put a nappy on her.

I was just thinking that. I'm like, put a nappy on her.

And I laugh and I go, that looks funny and kind of a little bit cute and funny. And I've texted her and I'm like, cause I'm taking her for a run this saber do I have to leave that on her? Where is at the point like I've got to go for a run with her with her wearing a bloody nappy, And my egos like that looks stupid. That's my whole ego, right, And I'm like, oh, geez, there goes my ego, caring about how we look, caring about how your dog looks.

And I laugh and I go, that looks funny and kind of a little bit cute and funny. And I've texted her and I'm like, cause I'm taking her for a run this saber do I have to leave that on her? Where is at the point like I've got to go for a run with her with her wearing a bloody nappy, And my egos like that looks stupid. That's my whole ego, right, And I'm like, oh, geez, there goes my ego, caring about how we look, caring about how your dog looks.

My dog wears shoes real, yeah, like actual awesome. They're called honey boots. They're all over my socials. But she gets grit in her paws. And when I first got the boots, and it was in winter and I had we went from these acute to actually gonna have to wear these all the time because I'm not going to give you surgery every time you get a bit of bloody, right. She also has this jacket that's got a little fleecy hood and I was like, I loved I love it, But I don't know if we can have the shoes and the hoodie because people think that I'm just one of those lunatic dog parents that dresses their dogs, which I am. But I'm like, there's a purpose to the shoes like that.

My dog wears shoes real, yeah, like actual awesome. They're called honey boots. They're all over my socials. But she gets grit in her paws. And when I first got the boots, and it was in winter and I had we went from these acute to actually gonna have to wear these all the time because I'm not going to give you surgery every time you get a bit of bloody, right. She also has this jacket that's got a little fleecy hood and I was like, I loved I love it, But I don't know if we can have the shoes and the hoodie because people think that I'm just one of those lunatic dog parents that dresses their dogs, which I am. But I'm like, there's a purpose to the shoes like that.

Yeah, yeah, you can, you can justify those prescribed Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh jeez, it's funny, isn't it. Our dogs and our children are you know, big teachers of putting mirror in front of us in terms of when our ego gets in the way, because we care about what we look like, and we care about what people think of us, and at the end of the day, it doesn't fucking matter.

Yeah, yeah, you can, you can justify those prescribed Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh jeez, it's funny, isn't it. Our dogs and our children are you know, big teachers of putting mirror in front of us in terms of when our ego gets in the way, because we care about what we look like, and we care about what people think of us, and at the end of the day, it doesn't fucking matter.

This morning on the podcast with Harps and Patrick, we were talking about dogs and about them getting spade and they were kind of saying, oh, you know, it's not good for the dogs and that humans run everything, and I'm like, can you imagine if dogs weren't forced to be spade? Like to highlight how many dogs get euthanase, I was like, do you understand how many dogs already get euthanased because humans won't give them a home. Imagine, I mean, I go, when I was a kid, I would have definitely accidentally let my female dog on heat off the leash just to have some puppies at home when mum wasn't you know, like it. It would be chaos. And it's so it's kind of sucks, doesn't it.

This morning on the podcast with Harps and Patrick, we were talking about dogs and about them getting spade and they were kind of saying, oh, you know, it's not good for the dogs and that humans run everything, and I'm like, can you imagine if dogs weren't forced to be spade? Like to highlight how many dogs get euthanase, I was like, do you understand how many dogs already get euthanased because humans won't give them a home. Imagine, I mean, I go, when I was a kid, I would have definitely accidentally let my female dog on heat off the leash just to have some puppies at home when mum wasn't you know, like it. It would be chaos. And it's so it's kind of sucks, doesn't it.

Yeah, So that so when we got Bonnie, we wanted to let her have a letter for her health, for her for her experience as a bitch, you know, to be able to reproduce. That's kind of a big part of their purpose, right, as well as playing and having fun. But yeah, and we wanted that, and the contract that we got when we bought her said that we had to get her a spade. And we got in touch with the breeders and said, hey, is there any chance that we can let her have a litter, like you can be in control of it. You choose the dog, you can have the puppies. That this is your income, your professional breeders. You can make all the money you want from it. We don't want to take that away from you. We just want to let her have a litter and their initial knee jerk reaction was no, can't do that. And then we went back to them and we went, oh, hang on, like, did you hear what we said, Like, you can choose the dog, you can have the pups to sell them, and we might even buy one of the pups off you, if that's okay with you. And then they came back and they said, boy.

Yeah, So that so when we got Bonnie, we wanted to let her have a letter for her health, for her for her experience as a bitch, you know, to be able to reproduce. That's kind of a big part of their purpose, right, as well as playing and having fun. But yeah, and we wanted that, and the contract that we got when we bought her said that we had to get her a spade. And we got in touch with the breeders and said, hey, is there any chance that we can let her have a litter, like you can be in control of it. You choose the dog, you can have the puppies. That this is your income, your professional breeders. You can make all the money you want from it. We don't want to take that away from you. We just want to let her have a litter and their initial knee jerk reaction was no, can't do that. And then we went back to them and we went, oh, hang on, like, did you hear what we said, Like, you can choose the dog, you can have the pups to sell them, and we might even buy one of the pups off you, if that's okay with you. And then they came back and they said, boy.

Otherwise this is circle's never going to end.

Otherwise this is circle's never going to end.

We're getting a boy and his name's Blaze. Oh Bonnie and Blaze. We want Bonnie to have company. Yeah, oh my god, how's this? Maybe we told you no because it wasn't when we went to India together. It was after that we have found the perfect puppy babysitter puppy sitter option ever. So one of Talia's plarts teachers who we love, she's got a dog very very similar to Bonnie, like they're like brother and sister, and she loves Bonnie, absolutely loves her. She's single, she lives down here, she's a Plarti's teacher, she loves the dogs. And she said, you can leave Bonnie with me for as long as you want, whenever you want, and we're.

We're getting a boy and his name's Blaze. Oh Bonnie and Blaze. We want Bonnie to have company. Yeah, oh my god, how's this? Maybe we told you no because it wasn't when we went to India together. It was after that we have found the perfect puppy babysitter puppy sitter option ever. So one of Talia's plarts teachers who we love, she's got a dog very very similar to Bonnie, like they're like brother and sister, and she loves Bonnie, absolutely loves her. She's single, she lives down here, she's a Plarti's teacher, she loves the dogs. And she said, you can leave Bonnie with me for as long as you want, whenever you want, and we're.

Just like you winning.

Just like you winning.

That was my biggest concern with getting a dog because we travel a lot, and I'm like, yeah, but I feel bad lumping, like leaving my dog with friends, going oh, look after my dog. You know, I felt bad about that, and this is just perfect. So shout outs to you, Erica. Love the fact that you love our Bonnie so much and you take good care of her, and that's awesome.

That was my biggest concern with getting a dog because we travel a lot, and I'm like, yeah, but I feel bad lumping, like leaving my dog with friends, going oh, look after my dog. You know, I felt bad about that, and this is just perfect. So shout outs to you, Erica. Love the fact that you love our Bonnie so much and you take good care of her, and that's awesome.

I just discovered, which I didn't know before because it is quite expensive, and that was a barrier for me of going away, that there was a website for pet sitters and they will they do it in exchange for accommodation. I put an add up from my trip to Tazzy. I had forty something applications in two or three days. I had to stop. Yeah, and I got a couple and they they're references, like because you see references of people that have booked them reviews. They were amazing and they were they were just I got home, the house was immaculate. They sent us messages and photos every day. They left me a hamper, right, and this is so.

I just discovered, which I didn't know before because it is quite expensive, and that was a barrier for me of going away, that there was a website for pet sitters and they will they do it in exchange for accommodation. I put an add up from my trip to Tazzy. I had forty something applications in two or three days. I had to stop. Yeah, and I got a couple and they they're references, like because you see references of people that have booked them reviews. They were amazing and they were they were just I got home, the house was immaculate. They sent us messages and photos every day. They left me a hamper, right, and this is so.

They can just have a little mini holiday in a different location.

They can just have a little mini holiday in a different location.

And they were actually quite wonderful people. So he was from Geelong, they'd been together years ago, they'd met overseas, and then during COVID she was in the US and so they kind of parted ways and he was here, and then for the last year he's been traveling Australia in a van and she they reconnected and she's she'd moved over and so they're traveling around Australia. At the moment, pet sinning to yeah, do experience space and then in another six months or so going to go overseas doing the same. And I was just like, what an amazing way to experience the world.

And they were actually quite wonderful people. So he was from Geelong, they'd been together years ago, they'd met overseas, and then during COVID she was in the US and so they kind of parted ways and he was here, and then for the last year he's been traveling Australia in a van and she they reconnected and she's she'd moved over and so they're traveling around Australia. At the moment, pet sinning to yeah, do experience space and then in another six months or so going to go overseas doing the same. And I was just like, what an amazing way to experience the world.

Yeah, that's super cool, and it's a win win because the pet owners like, oh, I've got someone to look after our pet and our house. Yeah, yeah, that's all. I love that.

Yeah, that's super cool, and it's a win win because the pet owners like, oh, I've got someone to look after our pet and our house. Yeah, yeah, that's all. I love that.

It was so good. So and there was you know, there were a lot of great profiles on that site where I was like, oh, there's actually people that you know, there's people with VET nurse qualifications all sorts, and so I'm really excited about that because yeah, for me, as someone who lives alone, I was like, it's just you know, yeah, just a big barrier too.

It was so good. So and there was you know, there were a lot of great profiles on that site where I was like, oh, there's actually people that you know, there's people with VET nurse qualifications all sorts, and so I'm really excited about that because yeah, for me, as someone who lives alone, I was like, it's just you know, yeah, just a big barrier too.

Yeah. Hey, I don't know if this is for real or not, but Tarls sent me a clip off Facebook or something somewhere, and it was a clip saying that Virgin Australia are going to introduce where you can take your pets on the plane with you.

Yeah. Hey, I don't know if this is for real or not, but Tarls sent me a clip off Facebook or something somewhere, and it was a clip saying that Virgin Australia are going to introduce where you can take your pets on the plane with you.

I saw that too, I mean lunar if there was another dog on there, lunar barker head off.

I saw that too, I mean lunar if there was another dog on there, lunar barker head off.

So yeah, yeah, I think I know, I read, don't they what's that?

So yeah, yeah, I think I know, I read, don't they what's that?

So I'm sure they do it overseas already?

So I'm sure they do it overseas already?

Yeah, but they're down in the I'm.

Yeah, but they're down in the I'm.

Sure somewhere like nationally. I've seen it before. And I was like, what, Okay, maybe in the US some national flights you can fly with the dogs in the oh you.

Sure somewhere like nationally. I've seen it before. And I was like, what, Okay, maybe in the US some national flights you can fly with the dogs in the oh you.

Mean domestic flights, but in different countries overseas. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah right, okay, Well, I mean, you know that's cool. That'll make it way easier for us to take Bonnie into state with us.

Mean domestic flights, but in different countries overseas. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah right, okay, Well, I mean, you know that's cool. That'll make it way easier for us to take Bonnie into state with us.

Yes, yeah, there you go go on a Tazzy. You can just go on the Spirit of Tazzy.

Yes, yeah, there you go go on a Tazzy. You can just go on the Spirit of Tazzy.

See sickness, that's all right? Yeah, I know, yeah, I don't know fly. Why would you go on the Spirit of Tazzy when you get a forty nine dollars flight? Oh my god, talk about cheap flights. How's this? This is a plug for Jetstar. Are you ready? How's this? So I'm speaking on a conference on a big, massive cruise ship out of Japan in August, right, it's the It's a humanitarian conference with fifteen hundred people on it. And so Tars and I get to go and have that all paid for, which is great, but we had to get our flights, and so I'm looking and then the jet Star Friday Frenzy comes on for Club Jetstar members early, you know, blah blah blah. It says fly to Japan and fly home free. And normally when I see these ads, I'm like, yeah, yeah, it'll be in dates that don't suit, or the times won't work, or it'll be booked out or it's you know how negative am I being with this? Right? I'm like, boss, should check it out anyway, and we need to fly to Osaka, not to Tokyo, and blah blah blah. Anyway, so I jumped on and I went and looked and it was there and it was available and it was real. I got return flights from Melbourne to Osaka on the exact dates that we wanted for four hundred and ninety bucks four hundred ninety bucks return to Japan.

See sickness, that's all right? Yeah, I know, yeah, I don't know fly. Why would you go on the Spirit of Tazzy when you get a forty nine dollars flight? Oh my god, talk about cheap flights. How's this? This is a plug for Jetstar. Are you ready? How's this? So I'm speaking on a conference on a big, massive cruise ship out of Japan in August, right, it's the It's a humanitarian conference with fifteen hundred people on it. And so Tars and I get to go and have that all paid for, which is great, but we had to get our flights, and so I'm looking and then the jet Star Friday Frenzy comes on for Club Jetstar members early, you know, blah blah blah. It says fly to Japan and fly home free. And normally when I see these ads, I'm like, yeah, yeah, it'll be in dates that don't suit, or the times won't work, or it'll be booked out or it's you know how negative am I being with this? Right? I'm like, boss, should check it out anyway, and we need to fly to Osaka, not to Tokyo, and blah blah blah. Anyway, so I jumped on and I went and looked and it was there and it was available and it was real. I got return flights from Melbourne to Osaka on the exact dates that we wanted for four hundred and ninety bucks four hundred ninety bucks return to Japan.

How good is that? Yeah? Normally when I click on those bloody promotion emails, they end up you got to search through and they don't even show it. Was like, at least show me where these I was like, oh, yeah, there's I promise you there's a sale in here. You've just got to manage to select the date and time to find it. It's like Scratchy said, f bomb again. But it's like doing It's like I'm having a game of taz Kinough, hoping for the best, hoping to scratch winner.

How good is that? Yeah? Normally when I click on those bloody promotion emails, they end up you got to search through and they don't even show it. Was like, at least show me where these I was like, oh, yeah, there's I promise you there's a sale in here. You've just got to manage to select the date and time to find it. It's like Scratchy said, f bomb again. But it's like doing It's like I'm having a game of taz Kinough, hoping for the best, hoping to scratch winner.

Do you remember do you remember when they used to have mystery flights. They used to have these things called mystery flights and you book a flight for twenty bucks and you didn't know where it was going.

Do you remember do you remember when they used to have mystery flights. They used to have these things called mystery flights and you book a flight for twenty bucks and you didn't know where it was going.

That is very fun.

That is very fun.

Yeah, it's fun. It was fun. It was a long time ago. And so when Tars and I first got together, I used to do I'd make up a version of the mystery flight. I would literally just say to her, right, tilS this weekend, these dates, book it out. I'm taking you somewhere, but I'm not telling you where. And she's like, oh, come on, tell me, I'm nut and then she would love the surprise. And then that morning, on the before going to the airport, I'd give her a bit of a gauge on what to pack, right, temperature, climate, where we're going, and she'd kind of pack and we'd get to the airport and it wouldn't be until we got to the gate land she'd be like, oh my god, we're going over to Perth or whatever it was.

Yeah, it's fun. It was fun. It was a long time ago. And so when Tars and I first got together, I used to do I'd make up a version of the mystery flight. I would literally just say to her, right, tilS this weekend, these dates, book it out. I'm taking you somewhere, but I'm not telling you where. And she's like, oh, come on, tell me, I'm nut and then she would love the surprise. And then that morning, on the before going to the airport, I'd give her a bit of a gauge on what to pack, right, temperature, climate, where we're going, and she'd kind of pack and we'd get to the airport and it wouldn't be until we got to the gate land she'd be like, oh my god, we're going over to Perth or whatever it was.

It's right, that's fun. Yeah, what a game.

It's right, that's fun. Yeah, what a game.

Mm hmm. There's a flight tie on. We're just not telling you where to or what dates. What is this fucking keno.

Mm hmm. There's a flight tie on. We're just not telling you where to or what dates. What is this fucking keno.

Yeah, used to make me wild. I'm not going anywhere then, and I'm never flying with you. It's like here you are. It's like when you go, I'm never booking Jetstar again. They're shoot and then the next time you book. When I booked Tazzy, I always booked so the boat I would go over it, and I always pick a day sail because you can take a day ticket for whatever price and you have to pay for accommodation or anything. And I'm like, act only ten hours, I'll get on, I'll get a bit of editing done, I'll do a bit of this and that, and I'll I have some lunch and I'll be in tazzi. Every year, I remember, every year, I have this big rant, like within two hours, I'm like, why do I do this? This is like the floating death trap, like this is hell, this is hell in a handbasket? Why? And I booked it? I did it this year. I booked it and I was like, all right, just two days hours boom And immediately I just sat in front of a computer looking at the confirmation, going You're just never going to learn, are you? You're never going to learn? Every year you say you've learned your lesson. So I jumped on straight away and booked it.

Yeah, used to make me wild. I'm not going anywhere then, and I'm never flying with you. It's like here you are. It's like when you go, I'm never booking Jetstar again. They're shoot and then the next time you book. When I booked Tazzy, I always booked so the boat I would go over it, and I always pick a day sail because you can take a day ticket for whatever price and you have to pay for accommodation or anything. And I'm like, act only ten hours, I'll get on, I'll get a bit of editing done, I'll do a bit of this and that, and I'll I have some lunch and I'll be in tazzi. Every year, I remember, every year, I have this big rant, like within two hours, I'm like, why do I do this? This is like the floating death trap, like this is hell, this is hell in a handbasket? Why? And I booked it? I did it this year. I booked it and I was like, all right, just two days hours boom And immediately I just sat in front of a computer looking at the confirmation, going You're just never going to learn, are you? You're never going to learn? Every year you say you've learned your lesson. So I jumped on straight away and booked it.

Yeah yourself, Yeah, that's what I mean.

Yeah yourself, Yeah, that's what I mean.

Sometimes slow learner, slow learn us.

Sometimes slow learner, slow learn us.

Well, I don't know when I say we all are, that's a broad stroke of the brush. Most of us are. You know, you bang your head on a low hanging doorway in some hotel room that you're staying in, some cute little place in Italy or something where the doorways are all really little, and you bang your head on it, and you go, notice, don't do that again. An hour later, Bang, oh that's the same bloody door What is it four or five times you bang your head out the same door, like cracky? Is that's a design fault? How have we not evolved out of that?