This morning while blearily participating in an early conference call
with my colleagues in Argentina, we were discussing the miserable weather.
Torrential downpours in Sydney were nothing compared to the flooding and
fatalities that had occurred overnight in Buenos Aires during a crazy storm. I
felt a little sad that a vibrant Sydney summer was ending and a solar powered
me was potentially going to be just a tad bit flatter.
Deciding that I would curl up on
my couch and work from home for the day, I opened my computer to discover that
I was the very proud (and somewhat baffled) recipient of a Sunshine Award! Fortuitous
when it seemed to have abandoned me so heartlessly!
So what exactly is a Sunshine
Award? Well it’s here I will steal the words of Laura Maya whom I thank for
bestowing me a morning of happiness and your usual ray of joy. A Sunshine Award
is awarded from one blogger to another to recognise “bloggers who positively
and creatively inspire others in the blogosphere” so entirely apt that the
person who is my blogosphere inspiration is also my award benefactor!
The
way the award works is this: Thank the person who gave you the award and link
back to them. Answer questions about yourself (I’ve decided to change one and
see if my nominees do the same!). Select up to 10 of your favourite bloggers, link
their blogs to your post and let them know they have been awarded the Sunshine
Award!”
I decided to do some research a found that just by searching for this award I stumbled on some amazing blogs. So here is my contribution to send a little warmth out into the ether.
Who inspired you to start blogging:
My
cousin Laura Maya Frot (though I occasionally call her Laura Poole whichI have
called her since we were knee high). We grew up together creating make believe
and racking up our parents phone bills. Now as adults we get to live our dreams
and she inspired me to write about them (though she has a way with words I can
only aspire to!).
How did you come up with name for your blog:
A few years ago inspired by
the Sydney New Year’s Festival “Year of” symbol on the Harbour Bridge. I
decided that rather than have New Year’s resolutions I would have a different “Year
Of”. I started with a “Year of Positivity”, “Year of Fun” and “Year of Action” ,
then 2013 became the “Year of Magical Moments” and ultimately the year to focus
on some of the things on my Big List.
What’s your favourite blog:
I actually tend to follow more
blogs than I can count through Twitter and Facebook, so rather than reading a
blog religiously, I tend to focus on posts that focus on particularly interests
of mine (which are fairly eccelectic!). I’m particularly interested in the
issues surrounding Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation, Child slavery,
womens issues, and on lighter notes; Bucket
Lists, Food and Travel, Fashion and Photography.
Tell us about your dream job:
I actually love my job (I
know!) working for a company whose philosophy is Conscious Business, while in
my spare time I intern as a Project Manager running campaigns to raise
awareness about Human Trafficking (http://www.projectfutures.com/ ). But
ideally, travelling, drinking champagne, eating good food and being able to
volunteer full time would be perfect!!!
Is your glass half full or half empty:
My glass is bubbling over
(like perfect pink champagne!) and I really do love my life. I like to think of
myself as a rational optimist (to steal from Matt Ridley’s book). I really do
feel that our generation can use our voices to effect change.
If you could go anywhere for a week’s holiday
where would it be:
Everest Base Camp, Nepal and
Tibet are right at the of the top on my list. There is the small matter of a big
fear of the tiny plane to be overcome but it will be done.
What food can you absolutely not eat?
Oranges, Mandarins, Grapefuits.
It’s the citrus thing. It does bad things to me, I don’t miss it. The smell me
sick, so of course people manage to eat them around me all the time and orange
juice is the only thing served at every breakfast ever. And it can make
cocktail hour tricky.
Dark Chocolate or Milk chocolate?
We just had Easter. I can
barely think about this without feeling like I need at Lindt Intervention. Milk.
And Dark. And White. And Honeycomb.
How much time do you spend blogging?
Nowhere near as much as I
would like. I’m relatively new to the blogosphere and being completely over-committed
in my life I find that I am restricted to perhaps once a fortnight, at most
once a week. I’m hoping that as I get into the swing of things I am able blog
more.
What’s Your Lucky Number?
The Number 4. I believed this
since I was little. Because I was born in April, on the 14, my older brother
Dean (whom I idolised) had the football jersey number 4 and I always thought it
was the start of a star.
My Sunshine Awards Go To........
Nisha Dua @ http://devourbeauty.blogspot.com.au/
Sebastian Terry @
http://100things.com.au/blog/
Catherine Shepherd @
http://www.champagneduchess.com/
Steph Lorenzo @ http://projectfutures.com/blog/
Kristi Odom @ http://www.kristiodomphotography.com/blog/
And of course one of my
favourite people in the world (and someone I’m missing alot at the moment!!)
Trust me if you can live like this lady and her super-hubby then you’ve got
life figured out.
Laura Maya @ http://free-to-dream.org/
