Welcome!
My name is Kristen, aka Kristarella. I’m currently on leave from Automattic with my first child, my son Mark. I have many interests and hobbies (🥋 📷 🧶 🎨 🎸 🎮), some of which you can read about in my blog posts below. For more frequent updates you can follow me on Instagram.
Blog
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The Voice Referendum
tl;dr vote yes I have been umming and ahhing over the referendum since before the date was set. When I first started looking into it there was very little information about it (that was easy to find). All I could find initially was the text of the constitution change, i.e., Chapter IX-Recognition of Aboriginal and…
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Sistaco Nail Powder Review
Yep! I succumbed to the ads on Facebook and bought some Sistaco mineral bond nail powders. I wanted to see if it was as magic as it seems…
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2020: the year that wasn’t
I have been reflecting on 2019 and how it set me up for this year. 2019 was wonderful, and at times really difficult. Before 2019 I was not a goal-setter; I had this sense that setting goals was an exercise in futility because there is so much we can’t control that can derail those goals.…
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Karate
Contents Why I love it Focus Awareness Fun My journey Part of my favourite things (🌧🌹) series. A wonderful quote came across my Facebook feed this week, Consistency is what creates a great martial artist, not brute strength. Karate is not for rank, glory, or revenge. It is way of life, a way to protect…
