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Travel Australia Darwin to Daly Waters

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  Our trusty Subaru Forester was packed with me, my partner Brenda, Katchalla (our concerned but enthusiastic spoodle), and enough snacks to survive a tiny apocalypse. With our brand new Brass Monkey securely tucked into the boot, we set off on our mission: the first leg of an epic journey from Darwin to Ulladulla, NSW, with Daly Waters shimmering in our minds as our initial oasis. We departed from Darwin, the tropical humidity clinging to us like a second skin. After about 98 kilometers, the promise of caffeine lured us into the Adelaide River Country Store. Brenda, ever the coffee connoisseur, declared their coffee to be "a damn good coffee," which is a high compliment indeed. Meanwhile, Katcha sniffed around, searching for the right spot to relieve himself and stumbled upon the store's no dickhead policy. Back on the Stuart Highway, the landscape began to slowly transform. The lush greens of Darwin gradually gave way to the more resilient vegetation of the outback.  Th...

Sad Sad Songs

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Questions Are your dream realistic? When do you move on? What do you have that you need to let go? How do you give up riding a dead horse? How do you replace a failure with a new dream? Should you disengage because of difficulty? How do you create a brighter future when the present is dark? Statements Finding it difficult in deciding how to move past an issue. Only remembering emotionally stimulated events and not day by day activity. It is a challenge to keep up and move with change. Emotional Intelligence recognize your own emotions and how they affect your thoughts and behavior, know your strengths and weaknesses, and have self-confidence. You’re able to control impulsive feelings and behaviors, manage your emotions in healthy ways, take initiative, follow through on commitments, and adapt to changing circumstances. You can understand the emotions, needs, and concerns of other people, pick up on emotional cues, feel comfortable socially, an...