Justin heazlewood, author and musician

After a hard day writing my hyperpersonal memoir, Get Up, Mum, I like to knock off with a big can of Victoria Bitter. Just kidding! Sometimes my brain is like a dog. It gets restless and wants to be taken for a walk. I bring my senses for company, reminding myself to smell the leaves and watch the clouds and listen to the brook. Other times, my brain is like a baby – it gets frazzled and just wants to be swaddled. I lie on my bed in a dark room with noise-cancelling headphones listening to the sounds of the sea (or Sea Change by Beck). Ain’t no party like a self-care party!