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Stress Reduction Hack: Using Bookmarks
If you’re anything like me, you find it stressful to have a zillion tabs open on your browser. And if you’re like me, you always have a zillion tabs open anyway because you want to have your pages right at your fingertips. Enter my new stress reduction hack.
I started bookmarking my most frequently referenced pages and documents so I can close something when I’m not immediately using it but quickly open it back up when I want to use it.
I always keep two separate internet browsers running at a time. I use Chrome for my personal gmail account and Firefox for my professional gmail account.
That way, I … Read More
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Family Gap Year Post #30: Road Trip Around the South Island of New Zealand (Dec 2022-Jan 2023)
Description
From mid-December through mid-January, we road tripped around nearly the entire South Island of New Zealand.
Our family’s personal “road trip formula” is that we have to spend at least three nights and two full days in a place to feel like it’s worth it. So that’s what we did in the following towns:
- Kaikōura
- Christchurch
- Akaroa
- Oamaru
- The Catlins
- Stewart Island
- Manapoura
- Wanaka
- Okarito
- Hokitika
- Arthur’s Pass
Highs
What a spectacular country! You truly feel like you are at the edge of the world.
I loved traveling to a different little town every couple of days. Every place was so different.
I loved reconnecting with our friends’ family … Read More
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Family Gap Year Post #29: Settling into the Hinterlands of Australia (Nov-Dec)
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For three weeks, we settled into the “hinterlands” of Byron Bay.
My family and I discovered this area of the world accidentally several years ago when we visited Australia for the first time. We knew we had to visit it again during our Family Gap Year.
We lived in a little cottage on a family’s property, and we enrolled our children in school for the last three weeks of school. Honestly, this was one of my absolute favorite parts of our trip so far!
Highs
There is so much magic in this part of the world. On our first night, we happened upon a Thai food truck in … Read More