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Lessons Learned as an Office Mover

I first got into commercial moving service 11 years ago and after working for 18 months, I got busy with school. Aside from school, I also got busy with frisbee and digital media. However, about a year ago, I came back…

Getting Used to Success

For many of us, it’s easy to create a to-do list and before we know it, that list becomes overwhelming. It makes us feel good to think all of the things that we want to do, but the trouble is…

Becoming a Santa

Found on Facebook. Author unknown. “In our family, we have a special way of transitioning the kids from receiving from Santa, to becoming a Santa. This way, the Santa construct is not a lie that gets discovered, but an unfolding…

Must See Movie: Arrival

I hadn’t heard of Arrival until earlier today when my friend asked if I wanted to go see a movie. I quickly checked out the description and it sounded good. I like not reading reviews or watching trailers before watching…

Fail and Fail Often

If you’ve never failed, then you’ve never taken a risk. You’ve never had a dream and put your heart and soul into achieving that dream. The opposite of failure is success. We cannot succeed with failure. We learn from failing.…

Interstellar is a Must See Movie

Not often do I watch a movie that makes me feel sometimes opposite emotions but after watching Interstellar, I can say that it made me cry, laugh, be confused, be inspired, be hopeful and be amazed. Interstellar is easily one…

Love is Like Karate

Why is love like karate? If you look at how the ranking system works in karate, there are different colours of obis (which is like a belt) which represents the level one has achieved. While many schools have their own unique…

Don’t Lose Faith

I’ve shared the famous speech by Steve Jobs from Stanford’s 2005 Commencement several times and I share it again today because today of all days it seems particularly fitting. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept…

Clarity of Self

Once you have developed a clarity of self, you can start building the life you want. Clarity of self doesn’t have to be fully developed however, since even a bit of clarity about who you are and what you want…

Meeting Rob

This will be the first guest blog I’ve posted. I had never really considered allowing a guest post but after meeting Rox a little bit ago, and getting to know her, I felt comfortable having her words on my blog.…

Words of Wisdom From Will Smith

This video contains clips of Will Smith from interviews he’s done sharing his advice on life, happiness and learning. What is one piece of advice you’d like to share? Mind would be: find something that you are passionate in and…

Peace of Mind

I have a hard time quieting my mind sometimes. I spend a lot of time on my own and without it, I don’t feel balanced. Trying to find peace within myself is something I’ve been working on for a long…

Dealing with Disappointment

The gift of disappointment is to bring us into reality so we don’t get stuck in the realm of how things might have been. Whenever we do something in life with an expectation of how we’d like it to turn…

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…

The 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.…

In 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…

If You Want To Be Happy, Be

What a simple thought. It doesn’t have to be complicated. It doesn’t have to be difficult. If you want to be happy, be. It really can be that easy. Do what you love. Love what you do. And just be.

Eliminate the BS in Your Life

I’ve been on the internet for about 15 years. 11 years as a website designer. 8 years doing social media marketing. A lot has changed and a lot has stayed the same. Imagine this. You’re in a room with one…

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

The theme of a lot of my posts have been about choosing a path based on what you love doing. If you love sports, then surround yourself with sports people, play sports, watch sports, etc. The time you put in…

Just Be Yourself

If I’ve learned anything through all of my different experiences in life, it’s very simply this: just be yourself. No matter what we choose to do, who we choose to be with or how we choose to spend 0ur time,…

Where Do I Go From Here?

I will be flying back to Canada on Monday after having spent 10 days in Queretaro and truly one of the most incredible experiences of my life. However, there’s been a lot to absorb so I’ve been asking myself what…

Putting it Into Perspective

Today I leave for Mexico. Specifically, Queretaro. But I’ll be flying into Mexico City. I’ve known for a while that Mexico City was huge population wise and it has always impressed me how big it is. I’ve always been fascinated…

Growing Up Hurts

Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more. ~ Aretha Franklin It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. Learning from…

What Are You Afraid Of?

This post is inspired by one of my favourite quotes, by Marianne Williamson: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that…

“Christmas Day” Excitement

Remember when you were a kid and you woke up on Christmas day? The feeling you had. The excitement you felt. How you could hardly wait to open your gifts. What makes you feel like that now? Does someone? Do…

Instituting Change

You know when you get to a point that you know you need to make some changes in your life? But it’s difficult because change can be scary. And unknown. But you’ve been here before. And as scary as it…

What Do You Choose?

In life, we can either question what we’re told or we can choose to believe what we’re told. It many cases, it takes less effort to believe what we’re told but then we’re not really living our own life. The…

Why I Succeed – by Michael Jordan

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that…

Old People

I watched an episode of Penn & Teller’s Bullshit tonight on Old People and some of the opinions of the people on the show really angered me. There was a bunch of young people complaining about old people. Seriously? They…

What’s Holding You Back?

Some of the business books and cds I’ve been listening to lately have reinforced some great points and one of them which really stands out is the idea of how we tend to not spend time on something which will…

How Poor Are You?

Not in terms of money…but in terms of life. Take this quote: The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream So I ask you…what’s your wealth like?

Clarity of Focus

How often in life have you had a project on the go and another one came along that seemed more appealing? How often have you met someone who seemed totally awesome and then you met someone else who seemed even…

The Joy of Parking

Parking is, to put it lightly, annoying. Think about what parking is. Your car is sitting on the ground. Yet you have to pay for it to sit on the ground. Maybe you could have like a time share system.…

Who Do You Listen To?

When you want to do something, whether it’s apply for a job, try out for a sports team or set a goal, who do you listen to? Do you let your friends tell you what you can or cannot do? Do you let your parents? Your…

Random Food Combinations

Do you know what I mean? Like when you eat ice cream while having a beer? Some think it’s strange. I think it makes perfect sense. Eating good things together can only equal goodness. Well, in theory right? Here are…

Home to the Maritimes

I’m flying home to visit my family tomorrow night. I haven’t seen them all in 2.5 years. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long and it makes me sad. I’ve put so many other things ahead of taking trips…

Do What You Want

Lately my topics of choice are about having a passion, doing what you love and not settling. And I will touch on the second topic again here. What is stopping you from doing what you love? 1. Fear of failing?…

Ever heard of a Breathatarian?

Read some thoughts about it: If we can acquire proteins, vitamins and other important nutrients that are grinding stomach needs then i think there’s no need to eat and poop at all. We will even save a lot of money…

Simple or Complicated?

Why do people make things more complicated than they have to be? When someone is giving a presentation, why do they waste time explaining a whole bunch of stuff you don’t really need to know. In order to have relevant…

Why You Do Things a Certain Way

Seriously. Why do you butter your toast a certain way? Why do you dry yourself off after a shower a certain way? Why do you organize your books a certain way? And why do you do your job a certain…

Someone In Need

When you’re in a rush, would you stop to help someone else out? When you’re stuck in traffic late for work, would you stop and help someone change a flat tire? When you’re late for an appointment and someone gets…

Commit to Something…And Then Do It

What is it that causes us to commit to something? And what is it that causes us to actually follow through and accomplish that which we committed to do? I always find it interesting when people talk a big game.…

All Work and No Play…

Do you ever get down and it seems to perpetuate and you wonder what’s going on with you, and then other people start to notice as well? Does it happen to correspond with a lack of exercise/eating properly? Funny how…

All Work and No Play

Do you ever get down and it seems to perpetuate and you wonder what’s going on with you, and then other people start to notice as well? Does it happen to correspond with a lack of exercise/eating properly? Funny how…

Ultimate Thoughts

So many of my posts have an ultimate theme to them. That’s no coincidence. I love the sport. I love everything about it. When I train, I train so I can be a better player. It’s nice how they go…

Ultimate Thoughts

So many of my posts have an ultimate theme to them. That’s no coincidence. I love the sport. I love everything about it. When I train, I train so I can be a better player. It’s nice how they go…

Believing in Something

I watched The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, for the 2nd time, tonight. And wow. Although I knew the story line and what to expect, it still moved me. There are many levels to this movie and many things I could…

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…

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…

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…

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…

But…I’m Busy…Riiight

So we’ve all heard this line from friends/someone we’re interested in: I’d really like to do something this week but I’m just too busy… And then you hear that over and over again. Well, I call bullshit. Obviously. If someone…

Snickers and Spare Change

As I normally do, I stopped off at the Shell before practice to grab some energy (i.e. a Snickers bar). Today was not like a normal day however. Oh no, I only had $1.50 in change. Well, I went to…

Who is Dan Rudy?

I have heard this question before and am always happy to answer it. Dan Rudy, or Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, was the inspiration for the true life motivational movie, Rudy. It is my favourite movie by far and the movie itself…

Ugh…My Head Hurts

Setting: A dark and messy room Lights down. Lights up. There is a bed in the middle of the room. The alarm clock has been beeping for an unknown length of time. Clothes are scattered on the floor. A glass…

Freedom

What does freedom mean? Does it relate more to the political definition: “the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression” Or the philosophical argument: “the idea of being free, is a…

A Reminder of Why It Is

So last night, I got home from the Keg Christmas party a bit early. Sarah and Dean were having a great time with their crew and I had to work at 7:30 in the morning, so I busted out. When…

Favourite Songs

So I listen to a lot of music. I am a huge fan of a lot of different bands that span quite a few genres of music. I thought I’d make a list of my favourite songs. Why? Because it…

Passports Needed for Travel

Yea yeah, I’m sure there are many rants about passports and how it sucks we have to get them and how it sucks how long it takes to get them and how much they cost and yadda yadda yadda. But…

I Eat 33,000 Calories a Day

Dear God, I really thought that I had seen everything. Apparently not. Check this out: On this show, they featured 4 people who were morbidly obese. One guy consumed 36,000 calories in one day. More than a normal man should…