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Zooming Out
This week reminded me how important it is to zoom out and take a beat.
With the Scooting for Hope event getting closer, the to-do list has started to look less like a list and more like that fog from the mist. Tasks jumping out and dragging me under. Priorities get blurry. And when that happens, I end up bouncing between everything, doing either an average job on it all or missing things entirely.
On top of that, our son had an earache, and then came down with gastro mid week. Then he kindly passed it on to me. So the wheels well and truly fell off.
But on Thursday while recovering on my own at home, I tried something different. Instead of reacting to the overwhelm that the list can sometimes bring, I stopped. Took a breath. Zoomed out. Looked at the tasks removed from my own thoughts, and like a robot. Do one task. Finish it. Move to the next. One at a time, until balance in the force was restored.
It worked. By the end of the day, I’d made real progress without the usual mental noise. Things are still big and getting closer. But I feel more optimistic about what’s ahead.
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know the Scooting for Hope event is happening on Saturday 30 November. We’ve got the purpose, the venue and the plan. Now we just need people to donate and come along on the day.
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This Week at Room Eleven
The big thing this week was on Monday, when I recorded a radio interview for Tasmania’s number one breakfast radio show, The Dan and Christie Show. We spoke about Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and the Scooting for Hope event. It was a great chat, and I hope it helped spread the word to a wider audience.
On Tuesday, I headed out to the racetrack. My son was home from daycare with an earache (gastro came later in the week…), so he came along. He had the best time riding his bike around the Thunderdome.
While we were there, I met the livestream director to do some broadcast testing. I also measured the track properly — it came in at 1.7 km per lap. Which means on event day, I’ll need to complete 158 laps in 24 hours to break the record. No Biggie right?
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Weekly Musings
What I’m Watching: The Maze Runner
A teenage boy wakes up in a glade surrounded by an enormous maze with no memory of who he is. He joins a group of other boys trapped in the same situation and quickly realises the only way out is through the ever-changing, dangerous labyrinth surrounding them.
I watched this once before a few years back and couldn’t remember how it ended, so I figured I’d give it another go. It’s an entertaining movie, good to sit down, switch off, and get caught up in a fast-paced, boots-on-the-ground action story from the start.
It’s probably one of the only teen action franchise book adaptations that holds up after The Hunger Games. Don’t even get me started on the terrible fate of the Divergent series.
Overall a fun watch. I think Dylan O’Brien should be a bigger name actor, to be honest.
What You Should Hear: My Interview with the Dan & Christie Show
In an act of shameless self promotion, here’s my interview on Tasmania’s Number 1 breakfast radio show.
This week was messy, busy, and surprisingly productive. Between sickness knocking us around, the growing list of event tasks, and everything else happening behind the scenes, it could’ve easily felt like a write-off. But zooming out and focusing on one thing at a time made a real difference.
The radio interview helped spread the word about Scooting for Hope, the track testing made the record attempt feel more real, and even with the chaos at home, progress still happened.
The event is getting closer, the momentum is building, and every small step counts.
If you’d like to help us keep moving forward with Scooting for Hope and the work of Room Eleven, the best way is to share this newsletter, spread the word, or reach out if you’d like to get involved.
See you next week.
Rob
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