The January Journal

This month has been an absolute banger – I hit the ground running off the back end of an incredible trip, fuelled by a yummy mix of New Year momentum, good intention and anticipation. Last year had me in a real pickle (re: The Millennial Curse); I couldn’t keep myself together enough to push on with university, I lost total motivation to do absolutely anything that required leaving the house, and I was marinating in a filthy concoction of self-pity/confusion/dissatisfaction. HENCE with 2018 freshly brewing on the horizon, I hyped myself up for a real treat, and it’s been exactly that.

We start with the biggest news – I MOVED OUT!! In the first week of 2018, I bid farewell to the Gold Coast, and as I write this, I’m sitting in my beautiful terrace house in Melbourne. My entire manifestation of this reality has perfectly fulfilled itself; I’m living smack bang in the middle of the city’s coolest suburb, my housemates are absolute gems, I eat at groovy restaurants and have picked up outrageously hipster hobbies (yes, I indoor boulder now) – I am living the DREAM.

My calling to Melbourne has been a long time coming. I’ve been a frequent visitor of the city over the years, even living here for a couple of months for a stint of work before jetting off to Europe. I’m a city girl – I love the buzz of constant energy and the endless list of things to do – and I knew that I wanted to spend this delicious decade of life (my twenties) somewhere where I could be right in the thick of things. And for these next few years, or even longer, Melbourne feels like just the place.

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss the beach (I’m struggling to come to terms with having 40-degree weather and no ocean to dip in ??) but I’m a heck of a lot closer to home than I was when I was traipsing around Europe, and a weekend trip home to see my nearest and dearest is always on the table.

It’s also going to be (very hopefully) the city in which I FINALLY graduate from university. This will be my THIRD crack at completing my Business and Journalism degree, so fingers and toes and everything crossed that the change of scenery and new campus will push me through to the end!

I know it’s early days, but 2018 has felt like the PERFECT start to the Wonder Decade. My metaphorical life-train feels like it’s made its way right back onto the tracks.

This new chapter feels like innovation for The Everything Journal, too. Building this humble archive brings me lots of joy, and I’m excited for it to come along on the journey.

THAT’S ALL the banging on from me. I just wanted to check in and say, I’m really happy.