Excessive Consumption archive
Documented observations from a completely cooked year online AND offline.
CHEERS TO…THE KARDASHIANS
As the old saying goes: the devil works hard, but Kris Jenner works harder.
AUTHENTICITY IS IN CRISIS MODE
It starts like a bad joke: Three global brands, a soul singer, a senator, and Tyra Banks walk into a conference…
CHEERS TO…NSW GOVERNMENT
Apparently there are about 17 million Opal cards with positive cash balances that have not been touched for five years.
LESSONS IN LUXURY: NOTES FROM A FIVE-STAR STAY
Great hospitality is a feeling - it’s a wink and a welcome.
CHEERS TO…THE WOMAN WHO DROPS ALBUMS
The woman who drops albums (and entire cultural earthquakes)
BITES OF EXCESS: SEPTEMBER 2025
Everything I ate, drank, watched, read, followed, bought, listened to + what’s on repeat.
ALL FINGERS DOWN
Sometimes the best next step isn’t to hustle harder or figure it all out alone - it’s to sit in a circle, share honestly, and realise we’re all in the same messy, brilliant, impossible boat.
CHEERS TO…THE Orange Business Awards!
Celebrating our local business community, with a room packed full of all of Orange's craziest, bravest and hardest working people. To be listed as a finalist amongst them is a huge honour 🙌🏻
THE (SOCIAL MEDIA) DEATH OF CHARLIE KIRK
I’ll be honest: I never thought I’d be writing about Charlie Kirk in this newsletter. He’s not my guy, he’s not my politics, and until last week his was a name I’d scroll past at best, roll my eyes over at worst.
CHEERS TO…Finals footy.
The Broncos vs Raiders match on Sunday gave us 94 minutes of utter madness, golden-point agony, and left scriptwriters everywhere wondering why they even bother.
7 LESSONS WRITTEN IN LATE NIGHTS
Ahead of hosting next week’s RDA Central West Solopreneur’s Roundtable, I’ve been reflecting on the lessons I have learned am still learning about running a business.
CHEERS TO…MCDONALD’S
McDonald’s have gone all in on digital-first with this year’s Monopoly promotion - it’s now exclusively app-based, and on paper (pun intended), it’s a really clever play (also pun intended).
SO HIGH SCHOOL
The news that broke the internet. Seventeen text messages pinging my phone before sunrise, everyone asking the same question: Did you see. And yes, I saw.
CHEERS TO…ORANGE’S Favourite HYPE GIRL
Orange's favourite Hype Girl for (finally) moving out of home and opening her very own salon in town!
BITES OF EXCESS: AUGUST 2025
Everything I ate, drank, watched, read, followed, bought, listened to + what’s on repeat.
THE LIFE OF A SWIFTIE
Every girl is actually autistic, they just don’t know it until they discover their special interest is Taylor Swift.
CLEAN GIRLS DON’T SMOKE (AND OTHER LIES)
I called it at the end of last year. Cigarettes are back - not just in people’s mouths, but in the pop-cultural frame.
CHEERS TO…Sydney Sweeney
If you’re spiralling over a billboard pun, maybe it’s time to log off and go touch some grass.
BITES OF EXCESS: JULY 2025
Everything I ate, drank, watched, read, followed, bought, listened to + what’s on repeat.