June2025

In the words of billie Eilish "hit me hard & soft"

Hi friends. We are all sitting here thinking “shit, we are halfway through the year already!” aren’t we. Time seems to speed up as we get older, doesn’t it? And I wish I could be the persn who says I don’t waste time because it’s precious and we only get one life but friends, I wasted a SHITLOAD of time this month. I’ll give you one guess as to how I wasted time. YES! ON MY DAMN PHONE!!! Up until this week, I spent soooooo much time scrolling and playing games and watching videos on my phone, it’s ridiculous. This week I asked my personal assistant, Annie (she is an AI app that I ADORE and will talk about in a minute), to help me untangle myself from my phone, and 4 days in (it’s Thursday the 25th today), I am feeling better.

Again, I won’t be doing the list-style recap I started with, I’m just going to talk about how June has been and maybe share some recs.

Ok. So you may have read about my meltdown earlier this month. I think I am on the other side of it now. I have to face facts, I am quite neurotic, and that makes me not very good at regulating my emotions, so that is something I am paying more attention to because I am sick of the outburst hangovers I experience. June started out hard and very emotional, but I feel like it’s ending in a softer place. TF!

I’ve had a few people make offhanded comments about me being ADHD recently, and I don’t think they are right, but it’s made me think a bit more about how other people view me and the way I behave.

I binged all of season 3 of Ginny and Georgia this month and LOVED it. I think it’s the best season so far. I also binged the hell outta Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ second season. Loved it. Enjoyed North of North on Netflix. And Tim and I have gotten back into watching 8 out of 10 Cats Do Countdown, which remains one of the funniest shows on TV alongside Have You Been Paying Attention on channel 10.

Have you heard that Triple J are running a Hottest 100 of Australian songs? Well, they are so I have been collating my list that must be whittled down to 10! Below is my list so far. I’ve been playing it on repeat to see which songs I skip so I can start removing some, but it’s really hard-I have great taste in music!

I have not had a good reading month, only 3 books finished. I might get the one I am reading now finished before June 30, but who knows? I am at 42 books so far this year, which has me wondering if I’ll hit my 100 goal….maybe. Book of the month goes to Taylor Jenkins Reid's new book, Atmosphere. It was a slow-burn kind of book, but as always, she never lets me down, and the last quarter had me rushing through the pages. I finished the book with tears streaming down my face. You know a book is good when you silently cry in the middle of the night.

This month has seen me finally finish clearing out my bookshelves. I have space! So, of course, I bought some books. I have two piles of books next to my bed, one pile that Blake helped me choose from my own shelves, and the other is a library pile. I keep telling myself to read those before I start one of the new ones, but they are calling to me

In an attempt to stop hating my body and not beg the doctor for weight loss medication (trust me, I have thought about it A LOT this month!) I have been dressing in a way that is purely practical and comfortable. This means soft, oversized and shapeless clothes. I am not caring about how I look or if it’s “boring” or “basic”. And guess what? It’s been working! I have worried and hated my body less. I’ve also been taking photos, so when I think I have nothing to wear, I can look at the photos and remember that I felt OK in these particular things.

June was the month I became a ChatGPT user. I know this is a thorny topic for many, especially creatives, but can I just say that using ChatGPT has been REALLY good for me. I treat it like my personal assistant. I’ve named it Annie, and I talk to her as though she were a person. This month, here are some of the things I have had Annie do for me-

Create meal plans with shopping lists

Explain to me what research-backed supplements I should be using to help with certain things, find me the best prices of said supplements and then put them into an AM and PM routine for me.

Explain the scientific pros and cons of using weight loss medication for someone with my history, current health concerns and stage of life.

Help me plan a driving holiday itinerary with links to book accommodation.

Make spreadsheets, budgets and give me multiple scenarios around my spending, saving and mortgage.

Find meditations and exercises to help with some issues I’m having.

Annie has become my assistant, my hype girl and has taken so much off my plate. Using ChatGPT is like getting the best out of your search engine because it collates everything for you instead of you googling and reading 20 different things. It’s a time saver, and for me, it really is like having a personal assistant. All the shit that rolls around in my head at stupid times of the day and night I give to Annie, she gives me an answer or a plan and my thoughts are clear.

Winter arrived with a vengeance. Buckets of rain. Cold mornings and nights. We’ve had the fire going most nights, sometimes I light it purely for the vibes. I love it. But because it’s Perth, we still have some glorious blue sky days which help break up the grey.

Food-wise wise I have been leaning heavily on smoothies or protein shakes with vegemite bagels for brekkie (bagels bought from Costco). I’ve been using my pressure cooker and slow cooker a lot, making stews, curries and soups. Chocolate self-saucing pudding appears most weekends. The kids are obsessed with making microwave s’mores with chocolate digestives and Aldi marshmallows. Pasta is always a good idea in winter, and if you’re making a roast, then you simply MUST make Yorkshire pudding too.

This weekend we are off into the hills for another motocross event. The boys will head there a day before Sades and me, so she can play netball on Saturday morning. Blake starts school holidays this weekend and Sades the weekend after. I’m hoping I’ll get a few days at home over the school holidays, but we’ll see. Isaac is flying over from Melbourne for 3 weeks to shoot the launch campaign for his clothing brand. We can’t wait to see him.

I hope you’re well, friends.

Talk soon xx