"I'VE done something really stupid," I tell my wife.
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"What?" she replies, wondering what unnecessary gadget I've blown a ridiculous amount of money on.
"I've signed up for the CEO Sleepout and have to camp outside at Aurora Stadium in the middle of winter."
She thinks that is hilarious.
I've never been a camper and do not own a sleeping bag.
"You get cold when someone leaves the fridge door open too long," she says, encouragingly.
It's true. Having been built like a garden rake since I was a teenager, I shiver at the mere thought of sleeping outside in subzero conditions.
Recent freezing temperatures have not helped preparations; awakening each morning to thick frosts covering the ground.
Even the dog won't go outside to retrieve the newspaper and he's a retriever bred for arctic conditions.
Tiptoeing barefoot on slippery ice to get the newspaper, I have the realisation that I'm dumber than a chocolate labrador — and he eats cat poo.
But St Vincent's CEO Sleepout, on June 18, is an event worth feeling the chill for.
Nationally, more than 1000 people take part and raise in excess of $5.7 million. Tasmania raised $112,000 in 2014 with 40 participants.
While the money is fantastic, the event is also about raising awareness of people sleeping rough.
More than 105,000 Australians are homeless. That is one in 200 people.
The bulk are in the 25-34 age bracket (18 per cent) but, shockingly, children under 12 account for 17 per cent.
The causes are varied but include: domestic violence (23 per cent), financial difficulties (16 per cent), housing crisis (15 per cent) and inadequate or inappropriate dwellings (11 per cent).
There is also the false perception that homeless people are sleeping in parks or under bridges.
Most are in overcrowded dwellings (39 per cent), supported homeless accommodation (20 per cent), boarding houses (17 per cent) and temporarily staying in other households (17 per cent).
It must be pretty bleak to find oneself homeless, without the support of family and friends.
How many of us could imagine not having a warm place to call home? A place where your family is safe and nurtured.
We should not accept children accounting for such as high proportion of our homeless population.
Homelessness can happen to anyone but it mostly impacts those already close to the edge who do not have a safety net of family and friends.
They are not all lazy deadbeats who spend all their welfare money on drugs and alcohol.
The Age newspaper last week featured a 19-year-old woman who was sleeping in a tent while going to class every day to complete her high school certificate.
We should all make an effort to support those people doing it tough.
You might want to donate to me, one of the other participants or just the appeal in general. Just go to www.ceosleepout.com.au and look for the Launceston event.
Or you might like to donate to The Examiner's Winter Relief Appeal, which raises funds for local charities Launceston City Mission, the Benevolent Society, Salvation Army and Vinnies.
The point being, if you're in the position to help those less fortunate, please do so.
And if you happen to be in the vicinity of Aurora Stadium on the morning of June 19 with a hot cup of coffee, I'll probably pay a ridiculous amount of money for it.