One of my “52 challenges in 52 weeks” was to expand my Twitter network.

But do I really want to do this? What would the benefit be?

I’ve been on Twitter for over a year, following people and groups that interest me. I’m happy with this aspect. We got free tickets for a live tv show, due to a tweet. At times, I’ve picked up news ahead of other media. I enjoy the inspirational angles from some 50+ groups and midlife contributors.

But should I post my own tweets?

I did post my “photo a day” images for a few months but Facebook is my primary media for that. I lost interest in duplicating it when we had internet connection problems.

Do I want to promote my blog on Twitter? I’m blogging for my own interest, to share with family and friends. It is a delightful bonus that fellow bloggers have chosen to follow me, but my focus is not on stats or a large readership. Some days I struggle to find time to read all the comments left on my posts or to read other people’s posts. This is when I’m not working. I’ll have even less time when I rejoin the world of employment.

I’m not using Twitter to find other blogs of interest. I do that through the blog network. I look at others contribution to photos challenges. I look at comments from others on blogs I do follow.

So as I review my blog, spring clean some elements, notably tags and categories, I’m wondering if there are things I should change, new things I should try.

Fellow bloggers, I’m really interested to hear your views on linking to other social media, to Twitter specifically. Please leave a comment. Many thanks.

We have been in Hobart for two months. We love our new home, the city, the river, the beaches, the hills and mountains.

It is exciting to have the time to explore Tasmania, to wake up and decide what to do today, where to go. There have been beautiful warm sunny days in these winter months, where we have driven to national parks, spent the day out walking, along beaches, on bush tracks.

We have visited art galleries, museums, historical sites and a brewery. We’ve completed coastal walks, mountain walks, and walked through gardens and parks. Each week we have discovered another stunning, unspoilt, almost deserted sandy beach. I have taken lots of photos.

We have created a home, bought furniture and furnishings, bought and created artwork for our walls. We bought the basics required for a home, four piece crockery and cutlery. Each week we discover something else that we need, a cheese grater, food storage boxes. We bought fresh walnuts on the road from a walnut farm, but still have to open then with a knife handle as we haven’t got a nut cracker.

We have found and supported farmers markets. On days out at the beach, we’ve stopped at random farm shops, coming home with fresh veggies and pockets full of shells.

We have spent time – ok hours – just sitting on our balcony, or at our dining table, watching the river estuary, the birds, the boats, the weather, the tides.

So … My dilemma …. At what point should start looking for jobs?

We have finances for our “adult gap year” which technically started last September, when we both became non-employed.

We can stretch the finances for a few more months. We don’t want to restrict ourselves by work hours or work days, just yet. There is still too much to see and do. On several occasions, we have enjoyed days out with beautiful weather on weekdays, which have been followed by grey rainy weekends.

We are looking forward to family visiting from Sydney and taking them out and about. We don’t want to have to juggle this into holiday time from work.

So I guess the answer to my dilemma is … we will remain non-employed for a while yet, we will keep track of our bank balance and look at job sites each week incase the perfect job is advertised. And we will revisit the dilemma in a couple of months.

In the meantime, I’m going out for a walk along the beach on this sunny Friday morning.