38. Listen to Your Inner Lighthouse Keeper
The Case of the Overwhelmed Oceaneer
Hello, friend! Hope you’ve had a good week.
I’m currently learning to how buy our first house. To get into the right mindset, I’ve decided to channel the spirit of a grizzled lighthouse keeper that has ‘seen things’ and ‘knows things only megalodon knows’ - to help mentally prepare for negotiating with real estate agents.
I figure that having an innate sense of the sea, can only help when battling for the title of a reasonably priced ‘2 bed, 2 bath’ unit in the city. I’ll keep you updated.
Fishbird Catch of the Week
We post articles twice a week on the Fishbird Central website - usually every Wednesday and Saturday! This week’s catch included:
Let’s Read in February 2025 - Monthly TBR!
In this post we choose our TBR for February! We’ve got some cosy crime, some supernatural horror fiction, and a healthy smattering of mysteries to solve! Our Fishbird Central Book Club pick this month is Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw’s ‘The Dead Take the A Train’!
Check out the latest post here - Let’s Read in February - Monthly TBR!
Art Attack! January 2025: Week 4!
In this post we say ‘smell ya later’ to January, with 7 more sketchy creatures and their backstories! Meet Terry Dactyl the windowsill cat, and Claude Mouseley - runner for the Cheese Corporation! Will Egret Pete find a top hat that stays on mid-flight? Will George Peterson the stubborn salmon ever make it back to calmer waters? Choose your favourite character & let us know what story you’d like to follow :)
Check out the latest post here - Art Attack! January 2025: Week 4!
Quick Fire Wrap Up
Currently Reading: ‘Back to the Garden’ by Laurie R. King. Restoration work at the Gardener Estate unearths a grim relic: a human skull, hidden away for decades. Inspector Raquel Laing has her work cut out for her - could the skull discovered belong to a victim of the serial killer ‘The Highwayman’, whose case has just surged back into the public eye?
Currently Watching: ‘Sweetpea’ on Binge. When forgettable wallflower Rhiannon gets pushed over the edge and loses control one day, her life transforms as she develops a vengeful and liberating taste for murder.
Currently Learning: ‘How to Stop Procrastinating and Finally Take Action’ - Ali Abdaal. In this 16 minute YouTube vid, Ali talks about expressing and labelling your fears, starting when you’re not confident, and the ‘Batman effect’ - adopting a fearless and competent alter ego.
Wishes for the Week
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead, friend.
Remember - if you hit a wall of overwhelm this week, remember that there may be other options.
Have you tried digging under the wall? Perhaps stop in at your local Bunnings and buy some rope and grappling hooks to help hurl you over the top?
If all else fails - pretend that you don’t even care about the wall, and then when it’s reevaluating its life (wall?) choices you can sneak around it. Win win win.
Stay cool, punks x
‘We were born for more than just potato salad and salted crisps.’ - Joan of Arc (probably)