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Jump in the unknown

How to embrace uncertainty?   Moving to Australia for a year meant business hasn’t been as usual for the past (almost) 2 months! While Steve is already settling in and back to work, I have been living off a suitcase, travelling to France, Belgium and the U.K., staying at friends’ places. I am enjoying it […] The post Jump in the unknown appeared first on Steven Harkin.

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Australian Anecdotes

Harry Potter, Kangaroos, Crows and Offspring: Australian anecdotes     Harry Potter is not Australian nor is J.K. Collins Last June was Harry Potter’s 20th Anniversary, this has brought up memories of a previous trip to Australia:  my son and I were in Canberra in 2007, when the seventh and final of the Harry Potter novels, ‘Harry Potter […] The post Australian Anecdotes appeared first on Steven Harkin.

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How to pack your life in 10 steps

DECLUTTER your life! I have been listening to a Belgian coach based in Canada, called Jean-Jacques Crèvecoeur. Every Friday, he posts a free Life talk on Youtube. I love the “Declutter your life” one. In order to welcome change and move on, he says, we need to get rid of all the clutter in our […] The post How to pack your life in 10 steps appeared first on Steven Harkin.

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The Big Move

Moving Down Under: beginning of a new life Do you ever watch “Wanted down under”? For us it’s too late to apply to take part (you have to be under 45 for Australia, 55 for New Zealand) but we are giving it a go! Of course it’s different as Steve is Australian,  however he left Canberra […] The post The Big Move appeared first on Steven Harkin.

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Robert Foster, my friend

Australian designer and artist Robert Foster was internationally renowned for his F!NK + Co Water Jug. He founded F!nk Design.  Steven Harkin remembers his friend “Fossie” who sadly passed away too soon this month: “I first heard of Robert Foster about 20 years ago, and he was already a bit of a hero in the Canberra arts […] The post Robert Foster, my friend appeared first on Steven Harkin.

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