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Weekly Summary

Well, well, it's another delayed email! The weekends have become endless lists of chores at the moment or work. This week in general has been PACKED full of things. Including...packing and moving (har har! see? had to have a pun in there!)

That said, this week has also been full of interesting things including, seeing the Rone exhibit in the normally inaccessible parts of Flinders Street Station, one of the most memorable dinners I have had in a while and also moving to our new apartment!

All of that over on the blog...

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Why hotels don't fear Airbnb

I was under the impression that hotel chains were quite worried about the phenomenon that is Airbnb. Alas, it turns out that I was quite mistaken!

This video breaks down how hotels and Airbnb's work and why hotels are currently thriving, especially in the current days of post-pandemic travel booms

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Quote I'm pondering

“When you sign up to run a marathon, you don’t want a taxi to take you to the finish line.”

— Derek Sivers

This quote pretty much sums up the week for me, though I think I would like the taxi to the finish line! 🤣

So much of the past few days has been all about moving to the new apartment that I feel like every non-working waking moment is spent either moving things, unpacking things or finding homes for said moved/unpacked things in the new environment.

Even if I asked someone to come and do it all for me, there's no way it'd feel like MY place due to the thousands of little decisions about what goes where and how things should be organised. I suppose some elements of this CAN be done with hired help unlike a marathon, but it's going to just take time and that's part of what makes a house a home...

Anyway, that's all for this week! Stay safe and see you next time!

- Raffy

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