The Talking Traveller

And here I am! Again! Helo. First things first, I have reached 1000 contacts! Yeha! Only 99 000 to go and then I can retire :)  There was a mistake on my last post calculation , it should have been 790 + 56 + 15 = 861, that day(Wed 7 june) I hit  my ultimate record in contacts by making 180 in total that day, thus giving 805 + 180 = 985. I started my 4 day tour from Melbourne to Sydney that Thursday and had definately talked to more than 15 people in those 4 days. So beyond any reason of doubt and confusion I  have made 1000+ contacst from 15th May! But now you are thinking exactly what the hell is a contact he keeps yapparing on about? Is a telling people my story? Is it touching them with a electrical wire? Is it holding hands? What counts as a contact? Here goes........

Hein'zes definition of a contact: Approaching a person to verbally translate my thoughts is a contact. But it is only a contact if my intentions are to use eloquent speech, and use good McGuire technique. (Take a pause, Breath full costal breat, speak, release residual air). If I speak only to speak, it doesn't count, it is bad infact , bad dog!. Even if it is fleuntly, still bad dog! Because that is the road of thoughts I had when I still stuttered severely. And if I speak only to speak and stutter like in 'em old days....ooohh.. very bad dog!Then it is best to cancel that and repeat the (bad dog word!) with good technique. Then lastly: Speaking eloquently is not neccesary perfectly fluently. It means being in control of what you say. I use voluntary stuttering when I speak, to practice control, and also to show people my intentions. Of course the ultimate super dooper contact is when I disclose to strangers my story and what I am doing. Of my 1000 contacts about 350 were disclosures, and that feels good.

O ja, my trip........ kangaroos, wombats, rainforest, mountain walks, sqeuky beach, rosellas (pretty parrot), caves, wine tasting, snowy river, snowy mountains, snow, cold hands, zip wire, vegetarian food, buddist meditation, emu's, 1000 year old trees, hydro electric scheme, parlaiment house and now I am in Sydney! See added photo's!

The last four day's I didn't do vey much talking. Spent many hours on the bus looking at the coutryside and getting lost in my thoughts. I'm reading a book from Susan Jeffers "Feel the fear and do it anyway" which I highly recommend for anyone. I modified my motto from "Face your fear and your fear will disappear" to an affirmation "I am facing my fears, and my fears are disappearing"       why wait for IT to happen!?        It is happening!