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A self-confessed homebody, Jodi Wilson faced doubt and uncertainty when she and her partner, Daniel, decided to forgo routine and take their four young children around Australia on a two-year journey of freedom, fun and discovery. Here, Jodi shares the life lessons she learnt in her debut book, Practising Simplicity…

AS WE TRAVELLED we stopped in heritage towns to read plaques on the fences of old homes and I wondered about the people who once lived there and the stories they could tell, of how they squeezed 11 children into a tiny room, then fed and washed and soothed them in the very same

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