A very Mustud 2019 - an overshare in bullets

  • Decided to rename ourselves

  • Too much wine, a long chat with a dear friend, a joke, a seed planted. Mustud is born.

  • Had a birthday party.

  • Learnt that the trademark process is annoying. 

  • Completed the TM process. 100% better at completing forms. 

  • Keeping ASIC key handy forever. More annoying than the trademark process.

  • Flipped problems into opportunities. 

  • Decided creating is basically problem solving. 

  • Faced with many choices. Made some choices. 

  • Favourited some words.

  • Got an entire business out of a head.

  • Wrote some processes.

  • Finally got some new signage.

  • Baked loads.

  • Discovered it doesn’t take much to make us smile.

  • Booked some holidays.

  • Took some holidays.

  • Made sure everyone was not watering plants. Successfully didn’t drown any plants. #plantsthrivehere

  • Experienced many firsts.

  • Two one year anniversaries.

  • Just because you can, doesn’t mean you have to.

  • Self awareness curveball. Pay attention to how much you judge other people. 

  • Learn from mistakes. Failure is an intense yet profound, and somewhat satisfying, teacher. 

  • Wrote a lot of songs. 

  • Formed new bands. 

  • Had a lot of gigs. 

  • Looping pedals. Mastered.

  • Many songs learnt.

  • Howlite did good.

  • Dez is still awesome.

  • Fairtrade Narcotics continues to impress.

  • Dominique gigs-a-plenty.

  • Made some new goals. 

  • Drank a lot of coffee.

  • Lots of early mornings.

  • Too many late, late nights.

  • Said goodbye to a beginning. A week early. 

  • Got a new beginning. 

  • Couple of towed cars. Started reading parking signs.

  • Said farewell to some muso’s - harder than we thought. 

  • Eight of the best musicians and educators in one building. Grateful. 

  • Too many gigs to count. Danced a lot.

  • Second Beyond The Notes. An annual event is born.

  • Said goodbye to some people. People like to say goodbye in emails. 

  • Business. A self development program. 

  • Dreamt of a wine bar opening nearby.

  • Wine bar opened downstairs.

  • Wine. A lot of wine. 

  • A consolidation. 

  • Touched some lives. 

  • Created some memories. 

  • Survived adrenal fatigue.

  • Waiting is dumb. Don’t wait to act.

  • Rested a lot. 

  • Redefined balance. 

  • Acquired a Pay It Forward piano. With socks. 

  • Opened doors for other people. 

  • Walked through some doors.

  • Faced some fears.

  • Read a lot of books. Too many to count.

  • Mentored willing mentees. Proud.

  • Got mentored.

  • Showed up even when we didn’t think we could.

  • Learnt we are gritty.

  • Fact: the amount of kids a teacher can fit in their heart is limitless.

  • The end of a decade.

  • New year coming. Excited.