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    Hello from Melbourne

    Hi everyone, super pleased to have found this forum. Married for 23 years with two children who are finding their own feet as adults, one still at home. Seriously needing to reevaluate and simplify my lifestyle, possessions, and work to enjoy this new stage of life. Not good at change so hoping to benefit from the comments and threads on here.

    Cheers, Ian

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    Welcome!

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    Welcome Ian. I hope you are safe from the fires and smoke.

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    Welcome, Ian. I look forward to hearing more from you on the forums.

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    As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”

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    Do you know of Rhonda over there? (I know it's a huge continent.) https://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/

    When I discovered her blog, I went back to the very beginning and read my way forward. Soooo much good information provided by her.

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    Hello! Nice to see you. Many of us have found simple living later in our lives. I'm sure you'll find lots of information here. I'm looking forward to seeing your questions and comments!
    Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

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    Welcome, Ian! Not sure that you aren't the first from Australia among us. Look forward to your posts.

    I used to follow a woman's blog, "Down-to-Earth," by Rhonda Hetzel, who was from the Sunshine Coast. Her blog was just so full of homekeeping and suburban farm skills advice and wonderful stories and photos. I was so disappointed when she shut it down. You still can find it and look at the content, though.
    https://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html
    My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!

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    Love to hear from newcomers!!
    And so glad Rhonda is blogging again. I thought she had "retired".

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    Welcome, Ian!!!
    To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
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