Life Trove: -2025

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December 10, 2025

Well-being (2025)

Total 6.73

December 01, 2025

Spiritual connection (2025)

Total: 6.93

November 20, 2025

Events (2025)

Cape Town & Afrikaburn

Afrikaburn

Hiking and camping

Warrumbungles
Night on Table Mountain
Mountain biking with Andre
Canyoning with Andre
Dry Canyon
4 x camping with Boys (Brent Basin, Colo River, Mount Wilson x 2)

Walks

Walk with Sharon & Andre
Manly Scenic Dam cycle with Andre
Shushann: Coogee & Curl Curl
Life Design walks: Cremorne Point, Bradley's Head, Nurragingy Reserve, Malabar Headland, Berowra Blue Gums, Uloola Track

Photography

Meetups
Birds: Ospreys at Long Reef, Tempe wetlands, Strandfontein, Betties Bay
Cape Town: Bo Kaap, St Georges Cathedral
City explorations: The Barracks, NSW National Library, Australian Museum, Museum of Sydney, Chinese Garden, Cockatoo Island

Carcoar

Tina 90th birthday
Xmas
Jan visit

Fridays

Personal development, meditation and lunches with Xenia

Friends

Roger & Jocely in Sydney
Chris: Song for sister & Art for Penny
Michael lunch at Little Snail (x3)
Elna catch up in Petersham and beach (Jul)

November 15, 2025

Progress (2025)

Summary

Life Trove

Family research

Family research on mum's side
Myburghs past 3 generations
Myburghs (1600 1800's)
DNA test: Regions & traits

All Cape Town visits in order

Duration & details (Sheet and in South Africa)
Highlights intro text and photo collages

Friends

Photos of Russell

Suno songs

For mum
For Jo
For Tina
2 spiritual songs
Song for Chris's sister

Transcribe

Dad's letters to Jo (x2) while Jo overseas
Jo's letter to Gramps on 80th birthday
Gramps letter to Jo before wedding
Matt's history project of Mike during war
Poppa George's stories

Nostalgia

Discovering the joys of birding
TV shows as kid
Cartoons as a kid
Music as a kid
Comics, Asterix, Tintin
Dragons
Toys: Lone Ranger & Tonto, Lego, Army men
Labrador puppies
Mike's stamps
St Georges Cathedral & Choir
Birding

Index (List of labels)

Dynamic list from feed (Thanks ChatGPT)

Sort out redirect issue

life-trove.com was not working

Movies

ChatGPT analysis of my movie diary

Photography

Afrikaburn

Take many portrait photos
Create site & slideshow

Topaz

PhotoAI freezing fixed by deleting files

Own outings (Starting in June)

Outings: Cremorne Point, Chinese Garden, Cockatoo Island
Hikes: Uloola Track, Lane Cove, Berowra, Malabar, Bradley's Head
Museums: Barracks, Australian Museum, Museum of Sydney
Birding: Ospreys at Long Reef, Tempe Wetland & Cook River, Nurragingy Reserve

Home

Rotting wood project

Get 2 quotes, organise inspection, choose supplier, set up EGM approval
Manage project (Apr, May)
Whatsapp group while away
Get them to do my back balcony
All rotten wood removed (including back gate and Martin's bannister). Looking great.

Grouting and cement

My balcony
Martin's balcony
Back balcony
Back courtyard on side
Cement preventing leak under hot water cistern

Fix broken window with Chris

Glass, Plaster, Paint

Garage leak

Source leak with Martin
Remove flower bed and replace with smaller (better) one with cement edging
Cement cupboard edge to plug leak

Painting

Lounge wood
Steps
My bedroom step
Toilet floor touch up

Courtyards

Buy outside chairs & paint them
Table and chairs back courtyard
Irrigation research & purchase

Small room

New chair for office
New curtains
Fix study light switch

Compass

Daily review dashboard as tables and take out interim pages
Daily reviews part of each day
Add weekly view to Daily Tracking sheet

Spirituality

Average of 44 mins meditation per day
No cp porn 9.4 months

Life Design

Outings
All Trails app for hiking
Daily cleaning and clearing

Appreciation

Flesh out "Wonderful World" to add to sense of benevolence

Self-insight

Evernote tag including: Enneagram, INTJ, Gene key, Me at my best
What limits me

Finances

Sell Canon 90D, 400 mm and 300 mm lens ($3500)
Find new housemate before South Africa (3 weeks to do it)
Did not lose glasses
Interest rates not decrease in Jul
July balance $201K, Nov balance $210K

Admin

Reset passwords to make harder

Purchases

Washing machine
Electric toothbrush
Clippers

Movies

Flxstor.com access

Health

Dex

Under control (4 + 2 + 1)
Very few days without
Dx spare when meet Cosgrove

Tennis

42 games of tennis
Purchase tennis racket

Teeth

Flossing again after dentist

Meds

Blood pressure meds
Crestor for cholesterol

Wisdom Projects (Life is a Movie)

Progress

Going quotes and key statements route

Research

Life, movies, dreams same due to structure of consciousness (AI)
The hard problem of consciousness (AI)
Transpersonal psychology
Root metaphors

Structure

Split narratives and metaphors into: 1. Worldview narratives and how root metaphors shape them 2. How spiritual metaphors can point to transcendent states of being.

Books

Rational Mysticism (John Horgan)
The Grand Illusion (Steve Hagen)
The Outer Limits of Reason (Noson S. Yanofsky)
The Web of Life ( Fritjof Capra)
Mysticism: Value and Validity of Mystical Experiences (Antti Pilola)

Quote curation

Limits of reason
Limits of science
Worldviews (as narratives)
Paradigms
Spirituality as experiential
Universe as machine, organism, web
Brain as computer
Experience is the ground of all knowledge
Emotional knowing: Emotions as a valid knowledge about reality
Subjective experience as valid knowledge
Art, intuition, imagination as valid knowledge

Source quotes

Life as tree, circus, roller coaster e.t.c.
Metaphors for mind
Theory
Root metaphors

November 01, 2025

Grateful (2025)

Finances

$14 K ↑ in balance in 2024
Sale of lenses and camera (Canon 90D, 10-22, 400, 300): $3600
300 mm lens costs only $110 to fix
Antony is doing fine past Barry
Jan divs: $4600 + $ 500
Div from div fund > $ 2000
$21 K ↑ in balance in 2025

Glad

Got Carcoar train ticket night before. Fully booked on day.
Nearly missed dinner with Marion et al. Looked at watch at 7.05 pm and realised. There by 7.25 pm.

Home: Timber replacement

We got $ 13000 refund from Triaxil. Otherwise would have been a huge psychological blow.
My cash balance was high.
Ed had recommended contacts and spoke to him.
Greg made final decision, not me.
2nd quote came in at same amount ($75 for 75% replacement)
The quoting inspection went well. Everyone home.
Easy, nice homeowners to deal with. Sense of cohesion.
Chance to be in home owners good books: Earn good will.
Live in a time when all can be managed from my computer (safe, ordered place)
My rear balcony. Noticed it. Got it replaced. Synchronicity in Cape Town of: 1. Contacted Joe. 2. Bev whatsapped it was over. 3. I looked in emails in pm and saw mail from Sean that ending. 4. I emailed Sean with support from Jo. 5. Checked 30 mins later and he'd repied. Upbeat. Will get to it.
Whatapp group I set up played an important role: Discovering near end, discovering outstandings, Sean sending some messages.
Bledisloe would have rushed it. 2 weeks with 2 carpenters. Any addition would have been stressful.
Sean, not Paddy. Much friendlier.
People at Hunnit were lovely and approachable / friendly (Joe, Sean, Lawson)
Good attention to detail / quality. Did good job.
Angled handrail looked good.
Only had to pay $5600 plus levy not increase for year. Mum giving $8000.
Had plenty of extra dex (because of pending South Africa trip).
Benefits of organising: Serious brownie points, sense of control and agency, growing and learning, experience in sourcing and dealing with suppliers.
Increases my confidence with suppliers.
Carpenters did not notice or mention lifting wood on the wall.
I now have a working gate and Martin's balcony is fixed.
Getting my property done first , thoroughly.
Came in on budget budget ($75K + Vat) even with my back balcony.
After Cape Town, they came and finished work (including my balcony) without need for follow up.]
Tail end, did not get Chris to do it. Sean came back to us without me needing to push it.

Home: Garage hole leak

Water leak coming through hole from cupboard, not flower beds! Not liable for $100K.
Do not need to take up flower bed and chop down trees and expose wall.
Martin kept me sane. "I'll tell you when to worry" Without him, I would have been totally lost.
Took up right bed. Should not have had it right across.
Had 7 to 8 dx available per day and temazapam.
Without dex, could not have done it.
Can go to South Africa.

Home: Garage leak (second)

In Sep, seems to be leak from other side of the slab but I check after rain next day and it is not. Thank you for rain and confidence to check.
Was looking at wrong unit! The relief !!
Courage to test water
Discovered issue quickly (2 days)

Home: Back wall

Wall has not moved. Filled crack fine.
Hopefully wood stopped moving. Easily fixed.
Hunnit did not mention

Home: Roof leak

Suppliers did a water test and did not mention the wall.
Months with nothing, letting me recover.
Issue resolved / fixed ?

Home: Inside

Martin shower grouting in place.

iPhone

Found lost phone on hike
Not a problem with charging like I thought

Martin

Vegetable knife replacement and fitted
Did not lift lid in stove & eat curry: He came down

Find housemates

Before going to Cape Town in March: 1st person who came (Shra). OK to pay 6 weeks rent
December: 2 people (Maria & Shelley) both wanted it. At one stage, looked like neither.

Movies

Lekulu maliciousness stopped by Martin's firewall
Flixster (Thank you Anusha: $45)

Life Trove

Life-trove domain working again

Xenia asked if I'd told re 12 Step Program

Called Shushann when I did and she picked up
Walked home, not in car
I could deny it
Had good chat with Shushann which I wouldn't have had.

Dex

Mostly under control (4+2+1)
2 in my mouth when realised mistake
30th Jan was my appointment
Enough dex for water leak and timber project
Matthew there every time, except once
Matthew lost key to safe but had some incoming.
Dex for canyoning trip. Matt there.
Did not send email to Cosgrove for more dex for canyoning.

Health

Don't need to go in to see Cosgrove next time (blood pressure)
↓ cholestrol
Appointment 6 months, not 3 months
Cosgrove going on leave so saw early. Despite much worry, not an issue I was 1.5 months short.
Got Micardis without needing blood pressure taken.

Andre

Meeting him
Risking discomfort and organising canyon trip
Sharon & Lydia not upset
Gavin lending wet suit, tent, mattress etc.

Computer

Keyboard got very wet. Switched off, thought it was dead! Ok

Yogi

Beautiful relationship through Whatsapp
Prostrate issue benign

Wrong train to Liz

Waited so I checked it

Cape Town

Large screen available, so much better
Jason passed away after I saw him

Ruth

Broken fridge issue ended up ok

October 30, 2025

Priceless moments (2025)

Afrikaburn

Portrait photos
Site and slideshow
Art installations at dawn on dex
Zebra leggings
The Burns, especially The Scratch, Clan, Dog&Owner
Ego Check and heart

Home

Discover leak coming from cupboard, not flower beds
Roof issue resolved !?
Smaller flower bed complete
Balcony grouting looking good
Painted rocks on balcony
Find housemate twice quickly (Shra & Maria)

Swimming

Bronte swim under full moon
Swimming up rapids and swim back at Brents Basin, including heron flying over
Maiden's Cove tidal pool, Cape Town

Hiking

Night on Table Mountain
Canyoning with Srini & Andre

TV & Movies

White Lotus
Companion (2025)
Weapons (2025)
Wicked: Popular song by Ariana Grande (and her oscar performance with co-star)
I Swear (2025)
Sentimental Value (2025)
Black Mirror S7

Beauty

Mist clears at Maiden's Cove
Opera singing at Cape Town Cathedral
Ospreys at Long Reef

Family

Dad's letters to Jo while overseas

Tennis

42 wonderful games, evenly matched

Fun

Humming tunes with Russell

Jubilation

Winning wood throwing with Russell and family after shaky start
Success of our red curry dinner for family
Tennis: Coming back from plus 4 match points to win (x 2)
Win 4 tennis games in a row

Photography

Grassbird and sunbird in Betties Bay
Ospreys at Long Reef
Cathedral

Birding

Kingfisher and crake in my backyard
Ospreys at Long Reef

Music

Sasha Park busking in Circular Quay with everyone dancing. Donate & leave comment with lovely response.
John William documentary, especially Schindlers List theme.
Laufey
Save Your Tears (Arianda Grande & The Weekend)
Creating songs for mum, Jo, Chris, 2 spiritual songs

Movies

October 29, 2025

Spiritual moments (2025)

Afrikaburn

Ego Check booth burning to reveal a heart built into its frame
Mack message

Sit and be

When shopping for mum's present → Sit & be and there is immediate resolution

Roof leak

Day of intense Presence & Surrender

Benevolence reminders

Fleshing out "Wonderful world"
Times of worry that all worked out (Garage leaks, finding housemates)
Watching nature documentaries (Our Planet, Life on Our Planet)
Yogi prostrate

Movies

Sentimental Value (2025)
I Swear (2025)

Nature documentaries

Ocean (2025)
Shark Whisperer (2025)
Life on our Planet (2023)
Our Planet (2019 - 2023)
Life in Color (2021)

October 23, 2025

Moments of synchronicity & serendipity (2025)

Synchronicity

Spoke about Rocky Horror Show at Afrikaburn. It was showing at cinema on walk to camp.
Jason clearly visible in his paw print
Put sharks in wonder → The Shark Whisperer documentary
Spoke about Andreas with mum. 2 days later, bumped into him at Long Reef.

Serendipity

Gene Key 18: Lydia tells me about it. Judgement → Integrity (Sharing Truth for the benefit of the All) → Perfection (Seeing and sharing divine perfection). Don't worry about not having enough, I will be provided for. I need to stay in one place to do the work. My mind needs a passion project.
Find glasses on fence post at Narrabeen after unknowingly dropping them earlier.
AI Intelligence and insight feels divine. The timing of it.
Lost chat on nature of consciousness. Rewrote it. Massive break throughs in insight. Mind as content, not entity or agent. Pre idealism stay metaphysically neutral. Brain or consciousness created. structure of consciousness: how experience appears verse texture (how feels).
My rear balcony on Sean's agenda. Message Joe who left, Bev whatsapp that finishing, Email Sean who is approachable.
Family research at Sue's gathering. Jan's family book.
Jason passed away in South Africa after I had chance to see him.

October 10, 2025

Affirmation (2025)

Krissula birthday

My card that others read
Chris re Krissula's birthday photos: "The eye of the artist of life. You share the beauty that is in your heart."

Jo family 2025 review

Oh my gosh. This is amazing. Thank you G!! Love and appreciate you. What a year it’s been. Lovely to have a summery.

Rein Wurde on Wisdom Trove

I think you have, by far, the best website online! What I really love about it is, that you quote so many people, for the same idea. I do not know if it is your intent. However, to me, within all the quotes, the idea is, these Truths, are not quotes at all. Rather, they are Truths that exist, which we are all trying to understand and explain.
When you have so many people, saying the same thing, you only see that bit of Wisdom, not the person saying it. At least, that is my experience with your Trove...
Your site is still the best, even as it is. Overall, I hope you never change the simple 1990's format. I do not like the busy, flashy websites of today. Just the Wisdom. I love it.
I just thought of you the other day, and wanted to see how you are. I do not talk to too many people on the internet. So the ones whom I do talk to, are important to me.

Timber replacement project

Managed to function despite Garage leak stress.
Everyone very happy with my organising. Managed to get two quotes with smoot access to all apartments.
Ed's call "Great job. Really factual"
Greg: Big thank you. Emails very informative.
Got lots of good will with everyone.

Chris

Stumbled on your blog. Your photos such a beautiful way of viewing the world.

Antony

You seem to be very confident

Afrikaburn photos

Hailey affirmation
Slideshow. Rob watched 2nd time.

Alun

You seem very whole.
This is Graeme's Group.

Gavin and Srini

Always feel invigorated after seeing Graeme.
Always interested and affirming.

Carcoar

With Dom in car "Such a beautiful, deep conversation."
Dom: "You are next level in terms of relating."
Larry's game: "Camels in Mongolia" Larry very impressed with throw up story. Bring camel back to life.
Song for Tina: "I feel so loved. You must have done many. So accomplished."

September 30, 2025

Special connections (2025)

Body corporate

Greg, Ed, Andrew, Clelia, Bev, Alisha, Marc, Me
Paddy (Hunnit), Gary (Bledisloe), Joe

Xenia

Buy computer & set up
Friday coaching sessions

Shushann discussion re her future work

"Lovely to catch up with you yesterday. It does my heart and soul the world of good having a chat with you and life and our service in the world."

Jann at The Little Snail

Family book: In tears
Jann email
Michael email
Advice from others re family research

Chris

Art video for Penelope
Song for his sister
Help with computer

Aimee

Walk in nature
Thanks for today G, I needed it 🥲 Really loved seeing you.

Yogi

And if resistance arises, be the open, aware Space for that too.
I just loved what you said: Surrender is not something I need to do. It is something I Am.
Blessed relief, & blessed sleep!! Now for day 2 of my practice.
Day before Appointment: What you’ve texted since 14:00 has lifted my mood enormously.
Day before Appointment: Wow! You are The Self. The Eternal Dreamer. I think, for the first time, I really get it, at a gut level. What a load off one’s shoulders! It banishes all fear! This is radical, game-changing stuff G! And as I say, I think, for the first time, I really get it. I think you are ready to finish your book now G! I’m just going to reread all yesterday’s momentous texts!

Movies with Jason

Mickey 17
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Naked Gun
Running Man
Predator: Badlands

Songs

Introduce Xenia to Suno
Song for mum
Song for Jo
Song for Chris

Gavin

Watch him do talk at Opera House. Affirmation
Invites me to Jane Goodall memorial
Glebe Bathhouse

Andre

Mountain biking in rain
Canyon

Mum

Curtains, remaining calm

Service

Help Antony with Stratecon site.
Help Sam fix her Google Ads.
Penny art
Shushann help with her business

Afrikaburn

Take portraits and send to few
Create site and video for group
Brandon
Affirmation after aliens talk

Dawn

Heart to heart on walks up & down mountain
Noddy dip in dam

Cards

Xenia, Tina

August 22, 2025

Insights (2025)

Life is a movie: Limits of science and intellect

Mystical insight points to transcendent, ineffable, super-sensory, timeless, dimensionless, benevolent, non-dual reality that gives rise to observable world events and the sof our senses. Science points to the non-dual, timeless, dimensionless state of reality through quantum physics and relativity. Actually this reality is transcendent reality is Consciousness. We know this reality in mystical states when we merge with it. There is only consciousness and its contents (Subjective experience). Science (with focus on what can observe and measure) and intellect (with time, space, separate subject and objects, causation etc. built in) really struggles to explain and describe this reality. Both consciousness and its contents. Right brain modes of being have essential role to play.
Subjective is significant and indisputable aspect of reality. But science and intellect ill suited to know, capture or explain it.
Truth is an expanded state of being: a non-conceptual right brain mode of knowing and being, that the intellect can only point to.
The intellect can be used to switch itself off. Like a thorn removing a thorn. A ladder / raft.

Mind as content, not agent

The mind is an appearance, created by brain or consciousness. It is an activity / process in brain or consciousness. An excitation of matter or consciousness. It is not an enitity or agent. Except in dualism which makes no sense.

Nature of consciousness

Structure: How it appears
Texture: How it feels
Content: What appears

Gene Key 18

Judgement → Integrity → Perfection
An extraordinary clarity of vision — often intellectual, analytical, or even surgical.
You are here to see where the world is out of tune, and help it sing in harmony again.
Can grasp things that others cannot easily see
Creative project: Remain in one place for extended time
Simplicity
I will have enough
Prosperity is in your connection to source, to nature, and the simple purity of loving your life
Seeing the perfection in everything just as it is.
Moving from withdrawing to protect your clarity to entering the world to radiate your clarity.

Plant seeds today

Invest in areas (habits, skills, projects and initiatives) that will reap return (shade and fruit) later.
Plant seeds and tend to plant. Keep investing and tending to it. Then reap a life time of fruit.
Seeds need special nurturing at beginning. Vulnerable to harm. As germinate and grow, become more and more hardy and self-sustaining. But still need fertilising and pruning.

Garage leak

Martin: Do not worry until I tell you. Make yourself ill.
Martin problem solving and level mindedness
No point to panic until worked out source of leak
"Wailing Will" character
Sharon "Get in touch with younger Graeme where anxiety and "all is not well" default started
It was so helpful to spend afternoon with Lydia and Sharon. Slept that night

Not avoid

Garadge leak. Had look when tenant told me 2nd time.
Xenia "Tell anyone re 12 step program?" Phoned Shushann immediately. No.

Power of calm

Ramaphosa stays calm despite Trump video and gets political capital.

Gavin

Not fazed by several not liking yellow doors.

Timber

Timber project was fine: Overly anxious and over-managed
Didn't check my wood. Missed back balcony.

Reflect, not just curate

Reflection and writing is key, not just reading and curating quotes.
Writing creates insight. Texts to Yogi.
Be able to explain it to a child

Review

Only track what I will actively review and learn from

Honour people's private stuff

Xenia and 12 Step Program

August 21, 2025

Non fiction books read (2025)

Rational Mysticism (John Horgan)
The Grand Illusion (Steve Hagen)
The Outer Limits of Reason (Noson S. Yanofsky)
The Web of Life ( Fritjof Capra)
Mysticism: Value and Validity of Mystical Experiences (Antti Pilola)

February 28, 2025

Challenges (2025)

Carcoar

Turkish delight eaten

Leak in garage

Discover leak in garage day of wood inspection when already low.
My worry: Leak not just from hole, from flower beds. I'm at fault. Ed will blame trees. Will cost $100K at least to retile coutyard.
Have to take away all garden beds, remove tall plants and expose back wall flaws.
7 days. 3 awful days, one night of absolute hell.
Day of moving the bed away, getting rid of soil.
Afternoon with Sharon and Lydia gave me good night.
Martin: The plants are over the garage slab. Turned out not.
We do water test in corner garden bed and it seems to cause leak to worsen (mistaken).
Made peace with all cash gone, selling house.
Later seems to be a leak from the other side of the slab. Worry for one day, then rain, I check and it is dry.

Timber replacement

Expense $10,000 each (But paid $5600)
1 awful day concerned about wood moving on back wall
Take Gary round, place falling apart, then discover leak later
Needing to organise and decide on supplier
Let dog out and stepped on Greg's tiles
Paddy gets Sean to do formal quote. Increase amount? Still cost and materials? An awful day.
Worried Hunnit will decide not to do it or not in March. Email asking when, no reply after weekend.
Sean wants to come round and discuss scope. Will change price?
Taking a long time. Will be overbudget ?
I'm going overseas. Who will oversee ?
Decision re the downstairs handrails. Will look haphazard. Call Sean. Next day, decide on edging.
Timber project taking long time, will cost more that max budget
Edging on handrail, will be on both sides? Will look ok?
Handrail lip: Will pickets be able to be replaced?
Days of no action at Greg's due to Joe's accident and rain
Poor communication
Back balcony rot: Both bottom beams and upper beam. Some pickets. Raining incessantly.
Who will take over? Greg?
Email from Sean wanting strata contact for invoice ? Scared to look in emails.
In Cape Town, work on back balcony? Scared to ask. Eventually Whatapp Martin who said no. Whatsapp Joe who said he had left.
Sean said close to end. Panic. I send an email telling him about my rear balcony. Jo sees me seriously stressed, pill popping.
I suggest Hunnit look at 41A ceiling leak. Worry I need to organise.

Tree

Potential problems?

Martin's ceiling

Balcony leak?

Leak in garage 2

Leak not fixed. Coming from side?
Discover looking at wrong unit

Wall causing leak?

See leak test happening
Wood beam cracks
Wall cracks and sloping? Checking.
Rain on wood?

House

Balconies need to be done (next door + Andrew)

Housemates

Stress of two weeks to get one before South Africa
Shra and Martin: Will they get on? They didn't.
Doubts re Sha: Very intense.
Arrive home. Kitchen dirty. Hairs in bathroom. Not working. Up till all hours. Angry tone on phone.
Getting housemate after Shra - we are too old. Very low response.

Sell lenses

Selling camera and 10-22 mm lens in Central.
300 mm lens repair > $450. Actually $110.
Will Bo's payment of $ 1850 come through?

Life Trove

Redirect message for blogspot links.

Lost

Spare spectacles
Phone while hiking

Connection

Xenia "Did you tell anyone about "12 step program?" I phone Shushann that day.
Xenia finds out Shushann knows. Profuse explaining & apologising.
Shushann unhappy when I went camping, not walking with her.

Health

Cold (two days)

Food

Eat rotten yoghurt

Dex

Cosgrove on leave on 15 Jul. Appointment on 12 June. 6 weeks early.
Lots of worry re Cosgrove on 12 Jun. I only have dex till 11 Jul. Should have till mid Aug.

Market and investment

Tarriffs tanks $Aus and Asx, then recover and I wish I'd invested.
South Africans (Russell, Antony) and Rajesh invested in America.
Jo's home increased as Cape Town influx.
Elna: Got enough in super to retire. Invested in US.
Everyone invested in US doing very well (Ant, Elna, Rajesh, Gav) with AI boom

Finances

Will it last?
Not able to travel
Jo's car
Tax: Need to make amendment

Andre canyoning

Dex on Fri
Sharon & Lydia upset
All organising (wet suit, tent, sleep bag)
Andre too old? (76, actually 68)
iPhone power bank cord not fitting

Beata

Direct Whatsapp and my response.

February 20, 2025

Exercise (2025)

The highlight of my exercise this year was playing tennis with Rajesh 42 times. I absolutely loved every minute of it. We often did over 10,000 steps on the court in a match.