Everything went surprisingly smoothly and we have finally got rid of the left over nick knacks that hadn’t been allocated to anyone.

We still have a few items left waiting to be couriered (by the wonderful guys at PACK & SEND) to the recipients up country, and a few remaining items we still haven’t chosen a home for yet. This we will do over the next week.

NEW ENERGY – There is very definitely a new energy in and around us – I woke up feeling a mix off relief, like I had taken of a heavy old dusty coat, and sorrow like I had lost a part of me. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

One thing that is really nice is to imagine how the people who have received the items must feel wearing them. It’s a strange feeling to think you have physically made a difference in a bunch of stranger’s lives!

I think sometime when we give to a charity we lose that personal touch. The name, the face, the reaction and effect your contribution makes. That’s why we have decided to put the ‘personal’ back into helping people and experiment with what effect that has on our lives and others as we go around Australia.

EMAILING EVERYONE – A few people have been quite upset that we haven’t sent out an email yet telling everyone what is happening. This is for two reasons. First up until this weekend we still hadn’t allocated anything. And second we discovered the current email system we were using would cost over $1000 to send to that many recipients. Unfortunately we don’t have that spare, so we have had to get a new system set up which is underway as we speak.

I promise within 10 days we will have an email out to everyone letting you know exactly what’s happening with the giveaway and what else is unfolding literally day by day with the experiment.

JUST BEGINNING – Of course now we are clutter free the experiment is really just beginning.

Just because you didn’t get an item does not mean we will not be coming to your area to help YOU out.

The next stage of the adventure, which you will be able to watch live on our new site, will be going around Australia, following the flow and helping people as we go. So if your email touched us you may find us rocking up on your doorstep to help out.

SUGGESTIONS – Please keep the location suggestions, needy people suggestions and inspirational people & places suggestions coming – Send them to help@thelifechangeexperiment.com

YOUR COMPANY – Would your company like to get involved, along with Winnebago, and the other wonderful companies that have come on board our national Life Change Experiment. We are looking for people or companies that may be able to offer a few products or services to allow us to help more people on our journey. Even if you don’t think you have anything to offer give us a buzz anyway because you never know how you may be able to fit in. help@thelifechangeexperiment.com

WINNEBAGO- The wonderful guys at Winnebago Australia have generously allowed us to use one of their incredible vehicles to be able to travel and continue the Life Change Experiment. Their involvement has been an amazing example of flow in action, and we cant wait to see where this leads us next.

We got our first peek at the vehicle this weekend when they brought it around for our Open Day! Wow I wish we had known about these things years ago. It is like a home from home. Youll get to see lots more of it as we go around via our upcoming Video Blog.

Special thanks to my little niece Charli for minding BlueBelle xxxxx

Ok enough chit chat – Back to enjoying the free sunshine, POSESSION FREE -

- Geoff Blog——–

GIVEAWAY CLOSED – Finally we can get down to the mammoth task of sorting out who gets what. PLEASE be patient as the logistics are a nightmare. We will LET YOU KNOW BY EMAIL if you are to receive anything – PLEASE don’t contact us to find out as it only makes more emails to respond to.

MORE FREE STUFF – It looks like most people went for the obvious items. That means there are lots of things left that no one has claimed. We are going to have an OPEN DAY on Friday the 11th September at 11am where anyone can pop around, say hi and choose what they want from the unclaimed items.

UP COUNTRY – Don’t panic, anyone up country who won, we will NOT put your stuff out. We will arrange bulk pick up from an area close to you or direct if you prefer.

JUST THE BEGINNING – Now the adventure and experiment REALLY begins.

• Will the ‘universe provide’?
• Will I stay in flow or end up a blithering mess at the bottom of a bottle of voddy like the old days haha.
• Will we end up begging at a soup kitchen or meeting people like you and having a blast? Your guess is as good as mine. But I can’t wait to find out

- Bessie Blog- ———

VIDEO BLOG – Coming Soon. An old mate has loaned us his very, very cool camera (Thanks Paul). So we are hoping to put together some really up-close n personal video blogs of our journey. Documenting the experiment, the people we meet (you) and the things we get up to in our quest.

BABYSITTER Thanks to the wonderful ladies who have offered to babysit. This week Paula and her cute son Ashton gave BlueBelle a lovely hour in the sunshine whilst we got some much needed work done & Jean from next door – Thanks for the break

If you would like to claim an item for yourself or if you would like to benefit from our live research in the ‘Life Change Experiment’ – Then join our Blog here and check out our website http://www.thelifechangeexperiment.com/