& Everything in Between
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Why Am I Getting Flabbier Even Though I’m Working Out?— A Muscle-Maintaining Diet Guide for Women in Their Late 40s
Even with just yoga, I found a way to protect my muscle. If you’re a woman in your late 40s wondering why your body is changing — the answer might be in what you’re eating, not how much you exercise.
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What Australia Has That Can’t Be Copied
Why does Australian café culture feel so different from anywhere else — even when the aesthetic looks identical? After years of living in Sydney, I think I finally know the answer. It’s not the interiors. It’s the attitude
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That One Hour That Changes Everything — My Honest Thoughts on Daylight Saving
Daylight Saving in Australia ends in April and starts again in October — but is it still worth it? A Sydney mum shares her honest thoughts, plus which states actually observe it and why.
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Because I Live in Sydney
Not every day off is a proper one. On houseworks, laundry, school runs, lunch boxes, 90 minutes parked outside a sports field — and why living in Sydney still doesn’t feel obvious after all these years. 온전한 휴일이 아닌 날들에 대해. 집안일, 빨래, 학교 픽업, 학교도시락, 운동장 앞 90분 — 그리고 시드니에 살면서도 여전히 당연하지…
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Not Long. Just Free.
There’s a question I get sometimes, usually with a raised eyebrow:“Are you trying to live to a hundred or something?”And honestly, I understand why they ask.I exercise. I do yoga. I think about what I eat — not obsessively, but deliberately. I pay attention to ingredients, to movement, to rest. From the outside, maybe it…
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Well-aging: From “not aging” to “aging well”
Honestly, I didn’t want to age. I think a part of me still feels that way.Somewhere in my early 40s, after having my second child, I couldn’t ignore it anymore. Aging wasn’t something happening in the future — it was already here with me.But accepting that changed something. The question shifted from “how do I…
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Why You Can’t Just Stick to One Type of Exercise After 40
I barely exercised in my 30s. Too busy, too tired, too many excuses. Then I had my second child in my early 40s and suddenly my body was telling me things I couldn’t ignore. That’s when I started yoga — just over a year ago now. I’m still very much a work in progress. But…
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So what’s an influencer?
The whole idea of “influencers” is actually pretty new. Back in the day, bloggers and YouTubers were the originals, and it wasn’t until the early 2010s, when Instagram started taking off, that people could have influence without being a celebrity. But these days… influencer marketing has become so commercialised that it’s impossible to tell whether…