20/01/2026
2016 🐒 year of the Fire Monkey
I was spending a lot time with friends during my last year of uni, living in a notorious party house turned into a sweet home of making ferments, drinking tea and coffee, living with my best friends and fiancé at the time. I was coming out of a really hard time, I had experienced challenges with old friends that made it hard to feel joy, and it was my friends (you know who you are) that I spent my days with who helped buoy me, with craft, group chats about life, teas and good food, hikes, travel to Airlie Beach with some close friends to visit a dear friend, dancing in our lounge, house concerts and dreaming of a better world. At the time I didn’t know it. But everything they did was from a place of love. I’m so so lucky to have friends who showed me what love, fun and care can feel like with no conditions in a platonic way. Some would say like chosen family. I am feeling nostalgic and really grateful for the friends I’ve made in that time. True friendship ❣️
I graduated uni with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology and minored in Psychology. I wanted to go on to do a Masters in Social Work. But ended up choosing another path. Uni was the best thing that happened, I met so many amazing smart people, and made life time friends. It was also the most challenging phase, where I had to learn to stand on my own and grow resilience. Have debates about ideas, and build on my way of curiosity in the world. Contemplating how things could be better for women, First Nations people, children, all people.
My fiancé and I were planning our DIY wedding for the following year. We had an amazing community of friends who we asked to help us make a celebration on the mountain, and building anticipation for what’s to come.
We were on the precipice of many changes and growth.
Who knew ten years on I’d be working with women as I had hoped to do then. And I wouldn’t change it! Living the dream life we could have only imagined, it’s not aesthetic, but it’s rich with possibility.
I wonder what will be in store for 2026 🐎 ❤️🔥
