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There is a very troubling trend among drivers, everywhere that there are impatient or uneducated drivers, this is a problem. Tailgating or having too short a following distance to safely avoid a collision in an emergency braking situation is unfortunately the norm BUT! YOU don't have to follow trends, I'm here to tell you that there are three really really good reasons why you should chill out and follow a lot further back than the average driver.  This simple approach will help you relax, reduce your risk AND spend less money on fuel by curbing consumption, all the while arriving at your destination no later than you originally would have anyway; too good to be true? Not so! All you have to do is chuck out a 'couple of bananas'. And what I mean by that is, give yourself a little extra space between you and the car in front. When I was learning to drive, my dad would always tell me to 'Count Bananas' to see whether I was at a safe following distance ...

Australia is a beautiful country, filled with many beautiful people descended from cultures all over the world. We've got unique and magnificent wildlife, we have an amazing array of wilderness - from beaches, deserts to tropical forests. And most importantly, Australia is home to the oldest living civilisation in the world , with continuous roots dating back tens of thousands of years.  So why is "Australia day" so limited in what it celebrates? The problem with Australia Day’s date, I think, does not get to the core of the issue because whilst the date itself makes the discrimination shockingly obvious, there is a problem in Australia of  ONGOING under-aknowledgement  of aboriginal culture  as a core and central part of our rich history. In a standard ‘Australia day’ celebration for example -  where  are the original peoples of this land?? Is there a welcome to country? Is there acknowledgement of ANYTHING about our First Nation ...

Inadequate comparisons isolate people with depression and other chronic illness.  Let me tell you a bit about my experience with chronic illness. This was going to be a generic, well structured article about how to interact with someone who has a chronic illness and you don't understand but it has morphed into a bit of an explanation of my own life journey and my own struggles with mental illness. I’ve done a lot of growing in the past few years through this, I think it has softened me a lot and given me a unique empathy for the suffering of others — and a humility I never had before. Everyone has their own struggles, their own heartbreaks, illnesses and lows. They are all legitimate and deserving of their own time, energy, and respect, but when we’re trying to understand others’ highs and lows this can naturally lead us to relate it to something we have experienced ourselves. But we have to be careful with this, because bringing our own stories and experiences in ...