私の反省から放つ

"Unleash me from my remorse"

I seem to be pissing people off left, right and center lately, and I find myself constantly apologising for just being me. This does not sound right to me. I need to get rid of all these guilty feelings and get on with life.

If my friends are truly my friends, they accept me even if I'm not living up to the expectations of "Happy Skye". Apparently a lot of my friends don't think the same way I do and only want to know me on the good days, not the bad as well.

Well guess what: I am me.

If people can't deal with that then they need to consider why they are friends with me in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I care about each and every one of my friends, but I am tired of being told that I need to change.

Project 365

On a brighter note, I plan on starting a Project 365 soon. Hopefully I'll stick with it and greatly improve my camera skills. Maybe even get some awesome candid and artistic shots along the way.

Australia Day

With Australia Day fast approaching, I've been thinking about why I love living here as much as I do. Obviously it's my home and I'll always think of it that way, but why else should I celebrate my country?

Not only does my country have a rich and diverse multicultural heritage, but is has vast, striking landscapes... some of which I've been lucky enough to grow up in.

We're (apparently) a nation of sports lovers. We have gorgeous beaches, great expanses of bushland and desert, we have beautiful wetlands and rainforests. We have a long history of farming and industry. Our music, film and theatre industries are beginning to thrive.

We have lost many brave souls to different wars, and we celebrate them and their surviving comrades with pride. Just because I don't agree with current wars doesn't make their service any less meaningful.

Australia Day doesn't usually bring out the patriot in me like this. More often than not it takes a major sporting event for me to proudly wave the flag and claim "I am Australian". But the more I think about just what my country is, and the history that it has, the more I realise I am very lucky to be living in this little part of the world.