A Life Less Frantic - Kelly Exeter

A Life Less Frantic

Kelly is a mother, runner, writer, designer and serial entrepreneur. She is also a reformed over-committer and believes that a busy life need not be a stressful life. She blogs about all this and more at A Life Less Frantic.

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Imagine if someone else could do this for you

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Feb 15

6 completely selfish yet valid reasons not to breastfeed

The other day I was sitting with a friend workshopping some issues she was having with breastfeeding. And I (seven months pregnant) remarked to her that I didn’t think I was going to breastfeed this time round (my second). Her reaction was interesting. She kind of sucked in her breath, stared...

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Jan 30

The best relationship advice you ever received

I have a theory based on a sample size of one (me) that the way we approach relationships is hugely influenced by the relationship of our parents. So when I was recently asked what’s the best relationship advice you ever got, the first thing that came to mind was don’t take any shit...

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Jan 04

Why being born in Australia is like winning the lottery

In April my husband and I will welcome a new little baby girl into the world. And according to a recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit she will be born in a country that sits second on the 2013 rankings table for ‘where-to-be-born’ in 2013. Yep that’s right –...

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Dec 11

Confession: I Do Not Like Being Pregnant

Just as I am about to step into the shower I reflexively glance at the mirror. Oops. Big mistake. My eyes skim over the unfamiliar proportions of breasts sore and swollen to thrice their normal size. They take in the massive white belly with its attractive network of pale blue veins visible just...

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Dec 03

How to Keep a Long Distance Relationship Alive

This week I am heading to Melbourne with seven of my closest friends for a girls’ weekend. I am just a little bit excited. These girls are a part of the absurdly large, but incredibly close group of friends I have. And sadly, despite living in the same city, we hardly ever get to see each...

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Nov 13

Should We Aim For a World Without Labels?

Have you noticed? We are a world that is big on labels. Mother. Father. Teenager. Lawyer. Disgraced footballer. Former Prime Minister. Secretary. Openly gay. Home owner. He. She. Fitness fanatic. Hippie. Last week three separate incidents highlighted this for me. First someone on twitter mentioned...

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Nov 06

Is your baby a good sleeper?

It’s pretty much the first thing anyone says to a parent of young children when meeting for the first time. Sleep, or lack of it is the universal language of new parents the world over. “Is your baby a good sleeper?” is one of the first things I said to our neighbours when they...

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Nov 01

Everybody has a THING. What is yours?

I blame my Grandmother. I lived with Granny for six years and that meant living with someone who needed to have the TV volume set at a billion decibels in order to hear it. This was sort of fine during waking hours, but at night while I was trying to get to sleep … not so much. So I started...

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Oct 26

The most irritating call to answer

Telemarketing? Does it still actually work? Judging by the number of phone calls I get each day now that I am working at home, it does. Otherwise companies wouldn’t be indulging in this most repulsive of marketing activities would they? I find it utterly reprehensible that in this day and age...

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Oct 16

The most fascinating case of sporting fraud. Ever.

I am not one for late nights but on one particular night in July 2005, I had little choice. One of my sporting idols, Lance Armstrong, was riding to seal an historic and unprecedented seventh straight win in the world’s most gruelling event, the Tour de France. It was one of those great...

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