Page 13 - Tropic Magazine Issue 25

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A DAY IN THE LIFE
Tropic delves into the daily routines and habits of a local identity.
Georgina Twomey
Managing Director and
Pharmacist
Alive Pharmacy Group
Very early mornings.
Espresso shots. Juggling two
kids and a busy husband.
Intense exercise. Running
a business operating
from Cooktown to Central
Queensland. All that and
more is just a typical day in
the life of Alive Pharmacy’s
Georgina Twomey.
3:15am I often naturally wake up at this 1:00pm - 3:00pm Alive Pharmacy store
time, plug in my earpods and listen to visits. Could venture anywhere from
Audible, during which I’ll rest or get a Calliope to Cooktown to call in on our
couple more hours sleep. I think I’ve wonderful teams and see how things
functioned with this level of sleep are going. I may find myself dispensing,
deprivation since having children and
compounding or vaccinating as I often
have learnt to live with it. Either that or cameo as a pharmacist.
it’s early menopause.
3:00pm - 5:00pm Transfer children
5:00am Slam a quick espresso and from school to some form of sport/
jump on the indoor bike trainer. I’m training and squeeze in a run whilst
training for Cairns IRONMAN 70.3 so they are preoccupied. Stick on some
I often have to squeeze in multiple tunes to keep my pace up and drown
sessions per day in preparation - why
out the noisy suburbs.
do I do this? Thank goodness I can
double up and catch up on Grey’s 5:00pm - 6:00pm Video call the
Anatomy at the same time. With 16 relatives down south. Hopefully the
seasons I’ll never run out of material. kids actually talk to them, not just play
6:30am Organise the family with with the filters.
breakfast, pack lunches, throw back 6:00pm - 7:00pm The Witching Hour!
a protein shake and drop children Get the washing on, throw together
to school as quickly, calmly and some delicious, nutritious culinary
efficiently as one possibly can with a delight and feed the horde. If the
7 and 8-year-old. husband is home this is a good time to
catch up. Usually need scotch by now
8:30am Arrive at Alive Pharmacy HQ (because husband is home).
in glorious Westcourt (sometimes
via Blackbird Newell St for a sneaky 7:00pm - 7:30pm Read with the
Magic). Then it’s supp time: NAD+ children. Have been at this for eight
(obviously I need all the help I can years and still can’t manage to kick
get in the energy department), the habit. Currently working our way
Ashwaganda to even out my stress through the Harry Potter series which
levels, probiotic for gut health, olive is great because it means we don’t
leaf extract for immunity and a handful have to fight over books for at least 12
of whatever else is laying around the months I reckon.
office which is usually plentiful being
the central hub of our pharmacy group. 7:30pm Sit down! Have recently taken
up knitting again. My latest creation
9:00am Alive HQ team meeting to was so good I gave it to my daughter…
prioritise and focus workload for the It’s a good habit as it keeps my hands
group and the stores (more espresso). busy and off the poisonous socials. Try
to hold myself back from raiding the
10:00am - 1:00pm Emails and team chocolate stash.
meetings. Pre-COVID our team were
used to working in regional bliss with 7:45pm I’m usually good for bed by
not many reps travelling to FNQ for now. Might put on The Witcher again
catch ups. Now, they’re booking out so I can dream of Henry Cavill tonight.
my diary constantly harassing me via Zzzzzzzzzzzz…
some form of virtual meeting app. Joy!
MORE: alivepharmacy.com.au
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