So, a lot has happened since 29 June 2024.
My fixed-term contract at one place was coming to an end, and I got the offer of another fixed-term role in another government department. And it was in many ways as close to a dream job that I've ever had. It combined a whole range of my professional skills, from customer service, to data management, to catalogue maintenance and the role directly contributed to putting money directly into the pockets of Australian creatives. I worked with a team with colleagues who were passionate and dedicated to the creative sector. I loved it and was very good at my job, and was optimistic that new doors would open as a result - possible permanently!
Flash-forward a year... I still love the job, but the doors that I was hoping would open are experiencing something of a freeze.
But another door opens - one that I wasn't sure that I'd walk through again. And in September I'm on a plane flying to a Pacific nation, once again "bibliotheque bound".
I've been here almost five months now - living in a beautiful, expensive, welcoming, sweaty rock, only a three-hour flight away from Australia.
It's given me time and space to sit with my thoughts - and it's helped my realise a lot of things that I think I already knew about myself, but wasn't ready to admit until now. (Mostly that I am a cool climate person!)
In the coming months, it's already time to start thinking about my next move - hopefully I'll have more to say about which doors I want to open once we get to June 2026!
