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Sunrise at Point Walter a picnic spot on the Swan River near Fremantle in Western Australia.
On a recent bike ride past this popular picnic spot I saw this superb sunrise. As we rode close to the jetty I couldn’t resist grabbing my smartphone and capturing it.
The Swan River has some beautiful spots along it’s North and South Banks. Perth has such clear skies and bright light so it’s always best to capture these sort of scenes during the magic times of sunrise or sunset.
It’s Wednesday and our bathroom renos started yesterday. By bathroom renos I mean BOTH bathrooms which means that we are without a toilet and shower.
We arranged a portable toilet and shower to be placed outside in the carport about 50m away from the side door of the house, and for the moment we have to go through our partially covered patio and then step down some slippery steps. So going to the toilet is an adventure.
Needless to say, doing the middle of the night toilet trip is something you really don’t want to have to do.
So after listening to Michaels Hyatt’s podcast “Achieve More by Sleeping More”, I thought of a few ways in the true Michael Hyatt style that we all could all develop to prevent this ritual.
After all, whilst it’s not every day that you renovate bathrooms there are times that you just don’t want to get up. If it’s cold, if you are camping or staying in a caravan, sharing a bathroom etc. etc.
So here are my 6 ways to prevent getting up to go the toilet
1. Don’t drink anything
I mean it just because you’re are meant to drink 2 point something Litres per day doesn’t mean you have to.
2. Don’t go to sleep
There’s plenty of successful people who survive on less than 2 hours of sleep. They have the odd health issue but who cares at least you don’t have to get up.
3. Don’t drink anything after 4PM
If you can’t do 1. Then do this. After all, if you go to bed at 10 then you’ve got 6 hours to get rid of all your fluid.
4. Don’t get up
Just suck in it and hold it. You’ll be OK.
5. Have an accountability partner
If you share your bed with someone else, then there’s a good chance that they too will need to get up to pee during the night as well. Just have an agreement that both of you hold each accountable to NOT get up.
6. Don’t drink diuretics after 4PM
This is actually a more serious one. Diuretics are things like alcohol and caffeine and they make you pee. So don’t drink ‘em! You’ll be considered pretty antisocial at the pub or a restaurant but you will have the satisfaction of not having to get up in the night whilst everyone else who is drinking will.
So what about if you have to get up but don’t want to have walk too far
Here’s 6 tips on that as well:
1. Pee in the kitchen (or any other close by) sink – easier for blokes I think!
2. Find a nearby tree
3. Pee out of the window – again easier for blokes
4. Wear a nappy
5. Have small chemical toilet
6. Have a potty
So there you go. Can you think of anything I’ve missed? How many of you have been in the same situation? What have you done?
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Oh and Michael, feel free to use this if you think it will be useful for your readers.
I guess we all complain about where we live at one time or another. As some of you know i live in Perth Western Australia and like everyone else you become blasé about your surroundings. Matilda Bay is a small bay that is a part of the Swan River and from there you get a great view of the City and river.
Near the water’s edge is a restaurant, café and a couple of Yacht clubs. In fact, for those yachting aficionados, the famous Royal Perth Yacht Club is one of these. RPYC was the Club that won the America’s cup in 1983 after the New York Yacht club had successfully defended it for 132 years, the longest winning streak in sporting history.
This image is a bit abstract but you can see the yachts in the reflection.
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Perth in Western Australia was once a sleepy city far from anywhere and where getting a good coffee was always a challenge. That’s all changed now and there are coffee places everywhere that all have good coffee. In my suburb, Subiaco, 3 km’s from the city centre there are around 20 different café’s or places to get a coffee along its main strip.
Why do my photos of landscapes look ordinary?
Ever taken a photo of a beautiful scene and found that even after you thought it looked OK in the rear screen, once it was displayed on your computer at home it looked nothing like you remember it. Usually that’s caused by a rush of blood to the head that tricks you into believing you can capture the scene before you (usually a landscape). Most common faults are that everything is too small, too much sky, too much foreground, e.g. grass, or it just looks uninspiring. When composing a scene look to use the rule of thirds and place the horizon carefully away from the centre either high if the sky is uninteresting or blown out and the foreground has some points of interest like interesting rock formations or place it low if the sky is full of interesting cloud formations or colour. Make sure the horizon is straight and if you have the sun at your back watch out for your shadow. Finally play around with different positions and zoom in and out.
Here’s an interesting landscape
Anzac Day Perth
Gum Trees Perth
War memorial Perth
Beach at dusk Broome
Kings Park in my home town Perth, at over 400 hectares or 1000 acres, is the biggest inner city park in the world. Situated on Mount Eliza it overlooks the Perth CBD and is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Western Australia thanks to its diversity of attractions, beauty and activities. It’s also very popular with walkers, cyclists and joggers. This is one of the many joggers thrashing their hearts all in the name of health, that I snapped running past me in quite dim light just after a touch of rain.
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Perth in Western Australia sits on the western edge of the Australian continent is the world’s most isolated capital city. Its also a city of spectacular scenery and happens to be my home. This is the Swan river that snakes its way some 90 km from its beginnings to the Indian ocean. The city itself is about a km to the east (left). 1/125 @ f8 120MM ISO400
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I have just started a project to document in images, the essence of Subiaco an older suburb of Perth Australia. 3k’s from the city, it was settled in 1851 by the Benedictine monks of Subiaco Italy and is full of characteristic homes from the turn of the 20th century to the 1930’s it also has its fair share of characters. This is Mary who has lived in a our street for over 30 years and she had a few choice things to say about life today. I’ll add more as I go.
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