What are you happy to say goodbye to from the last year? What new experience would you commit to for the year ahead? What’s a routine you’ll prioritise that keeps you sane/brings you peace? Two-week holiday anywhere you want in 2026...? 

I’m happy to say goodbye to those niggly bad habits. Picking my finger nails when I’m deep in thought. Eating crap food when I can’t be bothered cooking. Not properly listening to my kids when they are trying to tell me a story. PUT DOWN THE PHONE. IT CAN WAIT.

I’m committing myself to healthier eating habits after finding out I have an under performing thyroid. Gluten will have to go and excess alcohol. I’ve discovered bone broth and spirulina instead. Both look like pond scum but that’s okay. As long as my gut and thyroid are happy. 

A routine I’m prioritising that I already re-started back in November is regular yoga practice at Flow Space in Alexandra. I love the space, the connection with others (without actually having to talk - as nobody wants distractions when they are trying to mediate), and just the downtime to unwind after a busy day.

My two week holiday wish is to go and visit my sister in Hobart since she moved across the Tasman two years ago. I visited Tasmania with Lisa and my mother back in 2023 for a family reunion, after discovering we are descendants of the pioneering Lawrence family near Launceston. I loved Hobart and it wasn’t at all what I expected.

Great seafood, awesome shopping and nice beaches. A completely different and more laid back vibe than Melbourne.

But the last time I was there we were in a hotel and I got Covid and a raging ear infection, so didn’t get to fully appreciate it. Now that I have a family member living there, there is so much I am looking forward to exploring.  

Next time I head up Mt Wellington I won’t be wearing a sundress! At 1271m the temperature at the top is quite different to the bottom. One minute we were swimming at the beach and the next we were driving up a mountain. All in one city.