What Calms You?
When you feel overwhelmed by life, how do you relax and take time for yourself? Some people read a book. Some drink some wine. Others exercise. Some listen to music. And some meditate. But, what do you do to find…
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Being Happy
A lot can be said for doing what you love. I’ve written about it before. And many people before me have as well. But what it comes down to is doing what makes you happy. Many of the things that…
Imagination. Entertainment. Balance.
Did you ever read the Hardy Boys? Tom Swift? Nancy Drew? I miss reading those books. When I was a kid, I would sit and read for hours and hours. My favourite thing to do as a kid was play…
Murphy’s Law – Proved Yet Again
So you know those famous last words… Me: You don’t have to do X because Y won’t happen? T: If Y will happen to anyone, it’ll be me. And then Y happens. And you feel like a total schmuck? Long story short…do X because if…
Are You An Option or a Priority?
“Don’t let someone become a priority in your life when you are just an option in theirs.” Wow, I saw this quote on someone’s status on Facebook last week and it struck a huge chord. Why spend so much time…
Barack Hussein Obama – 44th President of the United States
Today was the 2nd day of training at SMART. It was also the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. So promptly at 10am, we took a break and went down to the cafeteria and…
Melty Snow
I curse you warm weather and melty snow for making mine and my friend’s lives so annoying. Why won’t you just disappear altogether so we don’t constantly get stuck trying to park on the streets where we live? Why can’t…
University of Calgary – Online Payments
So the University of Calgary just this year stopped accepting credit card payments and instead are only accepting cash, cheque, debit card, or money order. This was done with the goal of using the credit card fees saved by the…
Weekend Ski Trip to Panorama, BC
Roz invited a bunch of us to her condo (see house) in Invermere, BC this weekend. Her plan was to go for about a week and go skiing/boarding/blading at Panorama a few times at least. Sterling and I headed down…
Christmas Day – Memories and Reflections
very Christmas Eve, I am brought back to being home and being so excited for Christmas. Growing up my family was never rich, but my parents always seemed to get me something that I really wanted. My mom and dad…