Many renovation programs focus on creating dream homes, often with large budgets and dramatic transformations. Home Town feels a little different. The homes are usually older, sometimes neglected, and often located in towns that have seen better days. And when I think about regional New South Wales, I can immediately picture places where that same approach could make a difference.

Perhaps someone online has become very important to you. Perhaps they make you feel seen, needed, loved, or hopeful in a way you have not felt for a long time. If the relationship, which currently appears to be only online, is genuine, honest questions will not harm it.

There was a time in my life when I believed that if I worried enough about something, I was somehow helping. Not every road needs a detailed map. Sometimes the journey unfolds one bend at a time. If a problem appeared on the horizon, I would think about it from every angle. If someone was unhappy, I would wonder how to fix it. If something might go wrong, I would prepare for every possible outcome. What I eventually discovered was that very little of that worrying changed anything at all. The...