Somerset Lifetimes 2020

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GHDs or Cloud Nine’s going at the same time. What advice would you offer current students? Try to keep in touch with your Class when you leave. To me, the graduating Class of 1999 had some of the most impressive, inspirational and motivating people. Some of us share some very different operational and societal views, but that is what makes a community. Whatever you do, do your very best, and then next time do better. ESPECIALLY if you don’t like it. This will teach you resilience. You will need a lot of that! Year 12 is not the end, it is just the beginning. Don’t peak at school. Be kind to others who are not good at all the things you are. We all have different strengths and areas of growth. You never know who will do something special. Immerse yourself in all the amazing extra-curricular activities; play music, try different sports, be competitive but not ruthless, have a strong faith and believe in yourself. Don’t expect everyone else to lift you up if you can’t even get off the floor. Pressure is good, stress is not. Try to find love in what you do. If you can’t, do it faster, so you can focus on something fun. Not everything in life is meant to be fun but there will be tests. You can either win or not, the choice is yours.

What are some of your most defining moments in life, so far? I’ll always come back to cycling; so many races and training rides. One of the best, my first mountain bike race ever was the Nationals. Super hot! Cadel Evans was in the seniors and I was only 16 in the under 19s. Finishing a four year apprenticeship in 13 months and taking over the restaurant at Fahrenheit in Paradise Point, three years after I started that apprenticeship. Opening my first company in 2011 in Adelaide. Buying the Audi RS5. I often go back to myself from third person at school and look at grades and potential applicable jobs that I thought I was “meant” to have. Life has most definitely been more impressive than I imagined it would have been. Having a family! When you see the first child and start to develop an incredible bond with them, it is quite remarkable. Although four girls is enough, I think. I’m not looking forward to having five

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