Welcome to Simon Montgomery
Thanks for visiting my website. My name is Simon Montgomery and I hope to share with you my knowledge and expertise that I have acquired in my professional life as an educator, pastoral care leader, professional musician, and entrepreneur.
I have also tried to share some of my loves and passions with you - the things that bring me joy and life. Whether it be my reflections on exercise and fitness, music, travel, or faith.
I hope that you can find some inspiration and motivation from my experiences to be the best that you can be.
Music Practice Journal Reflections
Simon Montgomery Music: Weekly Practice Reflection November 13 to November 19
I have experienced another solid and consistent week of practice as a built towards the Funk Club 20th Reunion Party which was held on the 19th of November at the Leederville Hotel.
Simon Montgomery Music: Weekly Practice Reflection
The past few weeks I have been reflecting on my practice routine and working on ways to continue to improve and develop effective habits. The last few years have been challenging for me from a personal practice perspective, other commitments, particularly working on further studies has really impacted the time available to work on my […]
Fitness Journal
90 Day Running Challenge – Day 11
Term Four has now started and the challenge has kicked up a gear with this week being the first one back to my full running load.
90 Day Running Challenge 2024 – Day One
The 2nd of October marks 90 days until the end of the year. Just as like last year, I have decided to treat these last 90 days as an additional running challenge for me to help in keeping myself accountable and break things down as I work towards larger goals. This goal for 2024 being to try and run 2024km in 2024.
2024km in 2024 Running Challenge
2024 has seen me undertake a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) regarding my running – to run 2024km in the 2024 calendar year.
Wellbeing & Mental Health
Gratitude Journal Day 14 – Hugs
Today marks the end of the second week of my challenge to keep a gratitude journal through until the end of the year. I have noticed that over these two weeks I am beginning to observe smaller moments that I am stopping and enjoying amongst the hectic and stressful pace of life. Today’s three moments, I think, captures this perfectly.
Gratitude Journal Day 13 – Generosity
Today I am grateful for the generosity that people continue to show towards me. This may seem a little cliche, but I want to especially focus on the small things: coffee for a meeting, authentic conversations, and open selfless actions for the benefit of others. Coffee for a meeting.Friday mornings we have our Pastoral Care […]
Gratitude Journal Day 12 – Setbacks
This week, some personal experiences combined with one of the books I am reading has made me reflect on setbacks, rejection, adversity, and bumps in the road of life and how we deal with these when they come along.