Where did the time go?

Wow. I'm only about 2 weeks into age 40 now, and can definitely say, without exaggeration or misconceptions, I have NEVER been busier in my life!

It feels like it's one of those moments in life where we're going to look back and go "Yeah, wow, we survived that, & we even thrived" I'm hoping my journey here on WA, and the website I've started building, is what's going to be the part that allows us to start thriving, once I get my head around it all.

That is the first of a few things that are taking absolutely all of my time at the moment, the remainder being, of course just normal life stuff, I.e. working full time, mon-fri, trying to be the best husband possible, trying to be the best dad possible.
The added pressures at this particular point in time are the fairly decent amounts of homework we are required to do every day on top of everything, for our son's ongoing therapy program-as he is level 3 autistic, currently non verbal-aside from a handful of 1 syllable words.

We of course want to do the homework, as we know early intervention is the key to successfully managing these types of issues from an early age, to better equip our son in the future. We attend a therapy session with our son for 2.5 each week, which is due to likely increase greatly, mainly being around more one on one sessions between therapist and our son, but has been recommended at this point to receive around 20 hours per week of therapy.

We're not yet sure how that's all going to play out, so will cross that bridge when we come to it, but for now, it's safe to say that between just managing our son's outbursts, constant meltdowns, and relentless screaming (as opposed to talking-often literally a scream every 15 seconds!), which often upsets his 9 month old sister too, has kept us on our toys lately.

To add to the list, since I had back surgery last year, I was no longer able to do the physical job I was doing, so have been desk bound ever since, and the weight has piled on-mainly due to not only not being on my feet all day, but also permanent nerve damage down my left leg, calf, foot, from associated back issues etc.

To combat this, I've been on a mad mission the past 7 weeks to lose a stack of weight, in a healthy, gradual way, so as to keep it off. I'm happy to say I've thus far, as of today, lost 9kg in those 7 weeks, so keeping that up will definitely be on my priorities list.





Finally, just to add insult to injury, or actually the other way round in this case, after both wondering what's been going on with my wife's back and legs lately, as she's been getting increasing pains when walking, had tons of Dr appointments, medications etc, with no relief. After a pretty full on week, it's Saturday today, and my wife went to get an MRI done, and has since learned that she has 2 fractured femurs!

So she is now sitting in emergency, at the hospital, who we both work for, her caring for patients just like her, with orthopedic issues-broken bones, fractures, replacements etc. So with fractured bones of her own, she's been taking care of full-grown adult patients in similar conditions and wondering why she was struggling!

So yes, I think, (and hope) that's about the sum of it at this point. But just thought I'd share a bit with the WA family, as some of it certainly helps me realise why I have been struggling with finding more pockets of time to work on my website.




It's good to keep busy and all, but at this point, although I know we are meant to 'enjoy the journey, not just the destination' which I'm sure we will (at times lol), I look forward to 12 months from now, I cannot wait to see what that looks like.

I just do hope it's a little less busy, or maybe even just busy in different ways. But very much hoping it'll be a much more financially free reality for us a year from now-I feel THIS is the place that can make that a reality, so going to be tap, tap tapping away any single moment I get free. Wish me luck, I may need it!





Thanks WA family, for even just allowing me a platform to voice my thoughts, stresses etc, If you've read this far, well done, and thanks!

I hope everyone is doing well. Peace.

Matty.