Have cake and eat it
So I'm still here in sunny Australia. Everyone keeps asking me if I'm ever coming back to England. Yes of course! Travelling is so brilliant and I've still got Melbourne, The Gold Coast and New Zealand to do before I come home at the beginning of February 2012. The weather in Sydney is apparently disappointing for this time of year. It's warm but a bit rainy. I don't mind really - it's still summer in my opinion.
The way of life over here is fabulous and I am really enjoying teaching yoga and eating amazing food, the beach, the City and all that jazz. But the time here has also given me space to think about me as a person, what my core values are, my media work and what I want to do in 2012. I'm excited about the various projects coming up next year in England. I now know that as a person, I like to be free to roam, creative and varied in my work, to be healthy and to find a balance. Yes, money is important as I want to build a nice life for myself and others (and so I can afford to travel again) - but just as important to me is my quality of work and maintaining great relationships with the people I work for and alongside. This is when amazing productions occur.
After taking stock, I also realise how my ambitions have changed over the years. I used to want to be a hard hitting, award winning journalist - then I wanted to be a breakfast show presenter and now, I just want to continue doing what I'm doing. I'm so blessed to get to do a bit of everything - telly, radio and voiceover. Whilst in Australia, I'm even producing (filming/editing etc) a promo for a new spinning studio in Bondi. It's so cool to be able to earn a living doing the stuff I would do for free.
Oh, and if you see 'Fit And Famous' on Fitness TV (I'm interviewing Trudie Styler), please let me know what you think. I've not been able to see it yet!
Voiceover wise - I'm now the voice of Fitness First - you'll hear me in gyms across the UK.
Video wise - Here's something I've been doing for Mike Walmsley Recruitment. It's a news feed which gets updated monthly for various clients in the UK. A really good idea which is relatively cheap to produce. I would recommend this for any business wanting to stay current and to heighten their online profile. Contact me for further details. My mate Polly can also write amazing scripts!
Just polished off a huge slab of pear and raspberry loaf at Gloria Jean's Coffee House. Off to yoga to sweat it out of my pores! Ha. Well, it's Christmas.
Here's to a happy 2012.
