I need to eat more often. When I wake up, I’m already jumping at the bit to get going. I’ve got no deadlines to meet or people to see. One of the greatest things about the summer months is the freedom to do what I want with my time. But, I’ve overcome with a false sense of urgency, a need to get moving, to make up for the time lost during the last ten months.
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May 17, 2023
My sister told me that if she finds something interesting, she’ll research it and then write about it. That is how she chooses to approach life. I love it. It’s simple and straightforward, much like her. She’s managed to make a career off of her curiosity. I want to do the same.
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May 12, 2023
“If it’s not a, ‘Hell, yes!’, it’s a ‘No’.”
I think it was Adam Grant who said that. Today, it resonates. I’m wavering on a decision I’ve been mulling over for the better part of a year. I’m trying to decide what I want to focus on over the next year in terms of my career development.
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April 22, 2023
I texted my girlfriend last night to see if she’d be ready around 9:30 this morning to drive out to Vaughan. Again. I told her that we should go early to miss as much traffic as possible.
It was just after 11:00 when I picked her up.
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April 18, 2023
This is kind of how I’ve been feeling lately:
Things are coming together quickly and they’re heading in the right direction, but they only make it 80% of the way. A lot of opportunities are presenting themselves but I’m not quite able to figure out how to make them work for me. We’re close to reaching an agreement, I hope, but you can’t deny the thrill of negotiating these types of things as we figure out more about each other. It’s about getting that last 20% just right.
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Deliberations on small decisions
I ordered a book yesterday. Online, it said that the book was available for pick up. When I got to the store, I was handed a bag that contained the notebooks I ordered but not the book. When I asked why I didn’t get the book, I was told that the stock online is not the same as the stock in store because I could have had the book delivered.
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Crazy Eight, living in Toronto is like canoeing down a river
Eight years ago, I moved to Toronto because I wanted a change. I wanted to pursue something different, almost just to prove that I could do it. (more…)
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How Many? How Much?
I knew that weddings are expensive but I didn’t realise how expensive they are until I was responsible for paying my share of one. Every cost is multiplied by the number of people who attend. And, and!, you’re treating them! It’s like you forgot to get drunk but are still willing to buy another round for everyone at your table, and for the rest of the bar.
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I Got Engaged
I’d love to tell you that it was an exciting, well-planned, carefully calculated affair. It wasn’t. It was very simple, plain, almost ordinary, but entirely befitting.
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