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Australia Again???

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What countries do you want to visit?

I don’t have many countries on my wish list anymore. It is not that I have been everywhere but more that I scratched my travelling itch a few years ago. A trip to Australia, which became more long term, was plenty to experience and also to make me realise that settling down was what I then wanted and needed.

But Australia is one place that I would like to revisit with different eyes, my older ones and also those of my children. I would love to offer them the opportunity to see what I saw. They wouldn’t get the same experience as me of course, they would have to go back without their parents to enjoy the freedom that I did.

So that would be my choice. If I could revisit one country that would be it. It is just the best.

Always an Actor!

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Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?

Every day of my life I am performing on a stage. As a teacher that is part of the job that many people do not expect. Of course, you have to be yourself, but any problems that are in your life need to be left at the door. You sometimes also need to supply the energy for the whole room.

It can become exhausting when you ask, “How are you?, and all you hear is, “Tired!” But you have to step up and fulfill your responsibilities. You are the adult in the room and you are the one with the job to do. So do it.

Stranger in a Strange Land.

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Tell us about a time when you felt out of place.

I wasn’t just out of place, I felt like I was in a different dimension. 18 years ago I arrived in Czechia unable to understand much beyond hello. Now, some would say that my Czech hasn’t improved that much, but I can more than get by. But upon first arriving in this new land I lived with my girlfriend, now wife, plus 5 of her family, none of whom spoke very much English. Talk about stress! I started smoking again just so I could escape and not feel like a fish in a bowl.

I don’t want to make it sound so terrible, I am still here after all, and they all did their best to welcome me. But I did feel very unsure of myself, although never doubting that I had made the correct decision in moving here.

It’s Simple

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What things give you energy?

It really is. The search always seems to be on, to find that special technique. So many new ideas and fads come along that wish to save us and provide us with that energy which we all desire. But no matter what I drink, what I eat, nothing can substitute for good old sunshine and sleep. Everything else is just playing catch up. Whatever else you put in your body is just substituting for what you have left out. They are also draining your bank account. So use the two which are the most effective and are also free. You can’t beat sunshine and sleep.

Really?

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If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be?

It is not that I really love the word and would miss it. I would just love to have it eradicated from my vocabulary. I just can’t stop using it. I don’t even notice when I am doing it. But when I check my work or run it through a spell checker it seems to be everywhere. Everything is really big, or I don’t really know, I am not really sure, really? Aaagh!