Tag: Life’s Challenges

  • May 12, 2023

    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…

  • May 6, 2023

    May 6, 2023

    Casey Neistat talks about ADD in one of his recent videos. The way he describes it, as the ability to hyper focus but unable to commit to anything long term, resonated with me. I feel like that’s how I am, too.

  • April 29, 2023

    April 29, 2023

    What is your definition of success? I don’t know what mine is. I do know that I don’t feel successful. That’s not to say that I’m unhappy with my life or the way things are. I have very good things in my life that I’m incredibly thankful to have. Mostly, those “things” are people. A…

  • April 28, 2023

    April 28, 2023

    What has feared stopped me from doing? Lately, I’ve been trying to speak up more but I’m still not saying all that I want to, especially when I’m talking to someone who sits higher than me on a hierarchy. I keep wanting certain things to change, hoping that someone will step up and do something,…

  • April 26, 2023

    April 26, 2023

    I’m not quite sure what the word is that I’m looking for. It could be “aggravated,” or “aggrieved,” even. “Unsettled,” captures some of it, but, then, so does, “indifferent.” There’s an amazingly long scroll of words running down the inside of my forehead right now. They’re mostly synonyms. What I really want to do with…

  • April 12, 2023

    April 12, 2023

    I’ve been finding myself to be increasingly irritable at work. I can feel the tension rising up my back and settling on my shoulders as I make my way to work in the morning. I have a buddy who likes to distinguish between teachers who say they’re going to work and those who are going…

  • April 7, 2023

    April 7, 2023

    I don’t like being this tired. I’m not quite sure why I’m feeling this exhausted but not being willing to force myself up off the couch is annoying. I’ve basically slept through the first day of a four-day weekend. There’s still three days left, I suppose. I want to be doing things with my free…

  • What are the pros and cons of procrastination?

    What are the pros and cons of procrastination?

    Procrastination is proportional to priority. My priorities are measured against an arbitrary standard of interest. What I’ll procrastinate on is entirely dependent on my mood.

  • What irritates you about the home you live in?

    What irritates you about the home you live in?

    I live in a decently large one-bedroom apartment, with a den, in downtown Toronto. Given the state of the real estate market right now, there’s little I can complain about. Without a financial windfall to boost my sails, I’m not going anywhere for a good while.

  • What fear have you conquered?

    What fear have you conquered?

    About a year ago, I bought a lathe to start making pens with. Before then, I had used a power drill and a jigsaw but nothing heavy duty. My lathe is a small one, weighing about 40 lbs and not designed for large work. Even still, I remember being anxious about starting it for the…

  • What chore do you find the most challenging to do?

    What chore do you find the most challenging to do?

    The dishes. There are always too many. The sink is not big enough. The water is too hot. The soap makes everything slippery. The dishes need to be put away to make room to use the dishes again. It repeats. Endlessly.

  • How do you define success?

    How do you define success?

    What does success look like to me? This is a question that I’ve been asking myself for several years, now. I’ve yet to come up with an answer. More accurately, I’m yet to believe any answer that I’ve come up with to be true.