If You Get Tired, Learn To Rest
Reading time: 7 minutes Our lives have become so packed, so busy, so noisy, and so full of conflict. At the end of the day, we feel drained, cranky and overly judgemental. Some of us numbly pace through our days not knowing how out of balance we are, finding…
The Contrast Of Loving Your Job
Reading time: 5 minutes Author and anthropologist David Graeber mentioned in his book ‘Bullshit Jobs’, that today’s work features a lot of needless busywork and it’s preventing people from making a meaningful contribution to the world. Maybe the modern quest for future unemployment comes from the fact that many…
Her Tiny Little Fingers Gave Me A New Direction On Life
Reading time: 5 minutes A little over a year ago, I gave birth to the most beautiful little girl I had ever laid eyes on. However, she did not come at the best time. At the time, I was working full-time and completing graduate school full-time as well. And,…
Change, Happiness And Feeling Alive
Reading time: 5 minutes I am walking my son, Lars, to school this morning when it hits. A foreboding magnitude begins to press down on me and the looming feeling of fright is palpable. However, there is nothing I can do about it since I’ve played my own key…
From Small Town Girl To Full-Time World Traveller
Reading time: 8 minutes All my life I have dreamed of escaping the small town where I grew up. The world was calling me to go explore it, but circumstances kept me stuck in that small town in Canada for over 30 years. When I was 19, I had…
Change Is Hard, But With It Comes Opportunity
Reading time: 5 minutes Life comes at you fast and apparently without prior notice or any warning. I never expected my life to make a complete U-turn, but it did in the summer of 2014. I lived and breathed politics during my college years. The purpose of one’s life…
Happiness Is Just Around Your Expectations
Reading time: 6 minutes Lately, have you caught yourself having expectations from others whenever a plan or appointment has been made? Did it turn out the way you wanted it? Are you disappointed with people because they don’t do what they say? Do you secretly expect others to react…
Bye-Bye Stuff, Hello Minimalism
Reading time: 5 minutes I didn’t really think about it until I was scrolling through Unsplash.com searching for some photos for my previous article. I came across the theme of minimalism and it caught my attention with its simplicity and cleanness. This made me reflect on how I used…
