Lucky Number 7
Today marks exactly 7 years since I moved to Calgary from Halifax. Today is also my sister’s 27th birthday. My mom’s favourite number was, you guessed it, 7. In honour of my mom, I’d like to share 7 things I’ve learned/discovered since moving here on May 7, 2005. 1. My passion. I’ve always loved sports [...]
Continue ReadingAnswering Some Questions About…Me
My friend Crystal recently added an interesting post to her blog titled “Questions we should be asking”. It’s a very personal thing to answer questions about yourself and to look internally and be honest with yourself can be difficult. I personally like doing challenging things so I decided to take her advice and repost the [...]
Continue ReadingInvictus – My Favourite Poem
Before playing on the Calgary men’s ultimate frisbee team, Invictus, I had never heard of this poem. But when I first read it, the last 2 lines stood out in my mind and to this day, remain my personal mantra: I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. The [...]
Continue ReadingThe Bank of Time
Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course? Each of us has such [...]
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Passion vs Obsession
Some would say there’s a fine line between passion and obsession. First of all, what is the difference? I found a great explanation that I will use here to frame the rest of this post. Passion – when people admire you for it Obsession – when you do it too much and people think you’re [...]
Continue ReadingOften He Who Does Too Much Does Too Little
So whatever you do…do it well. Don’t get pulled in so many directions that you don’t have time to focus on any one area. Know what matters to you. Give it your proper attention. Know what your goals are. Work towards them. And when you get distracted or something/someone gets in your way and pulls [...]
Continue ReadingFamilies Are Like Fudge – Mostly Sweet With a Few Nuts
In honour of the holiday season, give your family (and friends) a hug. Enjoy the time you have with them – you never know when you might not have them around again. Be safe. Be healthy. And be thankful. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and all that And enjoy one of my favourite Christmas songs – [...]
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A Recap of My Guinness Trip to Beijing – Dec 2011
Last week I flew to Beijing, China to attempt a new Guinness World Record – “most targets hit in one minute with a flying disc (frisbee)“. Guinness set a minimum requirement of 20 targets hit and although I was close on my 2nd attempt with 16 targets, I was not successful in establishing a new [...]
Continue ReadingIn the Pursuit of Passion
I’ve been struggling the past few days with the concept of following your passion. In the pursuit, you will gain so much in return but the journey will also be very lonely since you will be doing much of it on your own. I’ve been discovering just how lonely this pursuit can be. I don’t [...]
Continue ReadingWorry About Now and Later Will Take Care of Itself
Too many times people worry about the future. If I do *something*, how will that affect the future. Well, we cannot predict the future. We can only do what makes us happy in the present and believe that it will all work out. I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with [...]
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