Tag: HEALTH

Hold on a sec, I just need to sneeze …

Two days ago I woke up feeling weird … in the head. I wasn’t sick, but I felt like I was about to sneeze… and that’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling ever since. If I’m not actually sneezing, I feel like I’m about to…. My eyes are running, there’s a tickle in my nose and then ….. NOTHING …. it just keeps going. I’m struggling to concentrate and be productive. My mind is always on “where is my bloody hankie gone?”, or “if I have to wipe my nose once more it will feel like rubbing a cheese grater on my skin”. Continue reading Hold on a sec, I just need to sneeze …

Finding inspiration in the everyday (detoxing from self-help)

I’m basically a positive person who has an optimistic, pragmatic and realistic outlook on life and the world. When shit happens, I will more than likely look inside myself to see “what went wrong”. I will sometimes blame others or make excuses, but that only lasts as long as the emotion, then I get introspective and realistic. Continue reading Finding inspiration in the everyday (detoxing from self-help)

My Queensland Health story

Queensland Health is frequently in the news. And most of it is bad – there are never enough beds, waiting lists are too long, wage systems break down and staff aren’t paid for months on end, moving or amalgamating hospitals closing, nameless bureaucrats fail to do necessary pre-employment checks and end up giving medical jobs to butchers who kill their patients. Continue reading My Queensland Health story