I’m constantly chasing – chasing (the idea of) success, chasing a dream, chasing the lifestyle I envision in my head every day. I gradually learned that the only thing I actually own is myself, and to truly “own” myself, I need to be constantly reinventing and investing in myself, physically and mentally. I started by […]
My exponential growth only came after years of accumulating resources – friends, experiences, and skills. Growth comes in many different sizes and can derive from the most unexpected of happenings. Have you ever thought about all the ways change has happened in your life? We grow fastest when we’re emotionally connected or impacted to an […]
The summer after my first year in university, I decided to buy a penny board – small, portable, and fast, I thought it was a great way I could get around the city. So I trekked to the store and ended up choosing an all-black board, brought it to the cashier, and got the trucks […]
“I mean, we’re from two different generations, but no matter if you’re like, 60 or 16, at the end of the day we’re all still trying to make money and make a solid living, right?” is what he told me. At first, I grimaced. He was talking about the notion of learning extensively about current […]
On July 1st, I flew back to Canada to spend the rest of my summer. My life had just done a delicate 180, and I had to re-shift my focus a little bit and embrace the open opportunity of being as free as a bird and devoid of any responsibility. I looked at these next […]
So, country music. Honest, bare, relaxing, and uncomplicated, are how I would describe country music. But that definitely wasn’t how I would have described it two months ago (and seriously, 15-year-old metal-head Chloe is staring me down right now) Learning extensively and deeply about country music taught me that we are only unfavorable about something, […]
When we make a choice, chances are most of us think about what could’ve been if we chose the other option. A hard choice doesn’t just act as something that fuels an inner struggle, it’s just as much something that uncovers who you are. What is a “hard choice” anyway? Well, I see it as something […]
Emilie Wapnick is a career coach who celebrates the idea of a “multipotentialite“. In essence, it is a title for a person who has many interests, many jobs over a lifetime, and “many interlocking potentials.” I recently sat down for a coffee with an old friend of mine, and we talked about the idea of […]
In 2012, I wanted to be a journalist. Me being me – ambitious and sort of tunnel-visioned, began naively searching for ways to get there. To be honest, I wasn’t really confident about the job description of a journalist, but all I knew was I wanted to write for a living – non-fiction material, for […]
One of the defining factors of my blog’s focus towards self-improvement and motivation was Alain de Botton’s TED talk on “A kinder, gentler philosophy of success.” In it, he makes a comment about how in today’s world, the biggest type of snobbery we encounter is job snobbery. He says we encounter it most with the […]
