Author: Manufactured Antiques

We are hearing more and more about anxiety and depression. The discussions becoming more open as people like Prince Harry, Ryan Reynolds and Naomi Osaka start talking public about their experiences. It is however very difficult for someone who has never experienced depression and anxiety to...

Money grows in our garage… or rather it accumulates in our garage. A number of years ago I paid a visit to my sister who was working in California as a nanny.  I went over to the home she was working at to pick...

I was reading the Crazy Rice Asians book series and there is one comment that constantly sticks in my head. One of the mums said she can tell when men have, using her words, 'sowed their oats and are ready to settle down'. She...

What advice I would give Prince Harry and Meghan? I will start off this post by acknowledging the likelihood of getting the opportunity to part my 'wisdom' to Harry and Meghan is very remote. Now that I have that off my chest here goes...

For the first time in my life I have super powers.  My Doctor said not to use the words “super powers” as it can make you seem a little crazy…. My Psychologist confirmed it was very common to feel like you had super powers when...

How much does the Hamster Wheel of Life cost us? We can track the years passing by as we are on the Hamster Wheel of Life. We graduate from school, and go to university. We are in our early twenties. So much time left! We apply...

In my 20s my first marriage started to fall apart. It was obviously a very sad time as I honestly thought he was the one. However I was also relieved. My husband's family was toxic. I was finding it very stressful,...

Every year I write to the bank seeking an interest rate review on the mortgage. Each time the bank has come back with a reduced rate of anywhere from 0.2% to 0.25%. With the average mortgage in Australia hitting $500,000 this is...

Whilst camping I went to fill up the water storage bottle at the water tap and there was a motorhome which was about to move forward. I thought they would be using the dump point first so I asked if I could use the...