Every tattoo tells a story. Here are mine: [Read more…] about Day 24: A Tale of My Tattoos
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Day 23: Monday Intentions
I wrote yesterday about my self-care Sunday, and I concluded my blog post with how I prep for the week. My end of weekend preparation is key for me to start the week off on the right foot, yet somehow I did all of my preparation and still felt like I failed on the productivity front this morning.
Here’s why:
Day 22: Self-Care Sundays
The longer I work from home, the more I find myself working late into the evening and on weekends, and in order not to burn out, I find myself needing to set my own boundaries more and more. One of the boundaries that I set when I first started working remotely was taking Sundays off. It’s been exactly 2 years since then, and I still have Sundays as my dedicated day off and my day for self-care.
What does a self-care Sunday entail? [Read more…] about Day 22: Self-Care Sundays
Day 21: Social Media Detox
In the middle of September, I did a 7 day, 6 night trek on the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island where there is NO cell reception. It meant that I had a 7 day day digital detox.
I’ve made it a goal time and time again to do digital detoxes, and each time I’ve failed because I’ve had a “reason” to go on social media.
I need to post for the podcast. I need to share this blog post. I’ll just check for 3 minutes.
Having an opportunity to do a 7 day digital detox with no opportunity to go on social media, even if I wanted to, was such a blessing, and it taught me the following things: [Read more…] about Day 21: Social Media Detox
Day 14: 7 Reasons Why I love Harry Potter
If you know me well, you know that I am obsessed with Harry Potter. It’s one of the only series of books that has survived the many purges I’ve done on my stuff, and it’s the only series of books that can continue to capture my heart even though I’ve read them countless times.
Ryan and I had the chance to go to Harry Potter World in Universal Studios in Japan this past spring and it was easily one of the best days of my life. If I had the disposable income to buy everything there, I probably would have, but alas, I left only with a Hogwarts shirt and the taste of butterbeer in my mouth.
When I re-read the series again this past year, I contemplated why I love the books so much. Is it the characters? The writing? The escapism? The lessons I learn time and time again? All of the above?
Here’s what I’ve come up with:
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Day 13: A Lesson on Being Patient
In our fast paced world, we have everything we need at the tips of our fingers. Literally. Our smart phones are an amazing access to any information that we may want, from recipes, to how to jump a car, to YouTube tutorials on how to get almost anything done. The world we live in is truly amazing.
The downside of having everything available super easily is that we expect everything to happen quickly. We get frustrated when our internet browser takes more than 3 seconds to load. We’re annoyed when our Uber drive takes more time to pick us up than the app said. We are impatient.
And this impatience transfers over to other parts of our lives. We expect to start at a management level making $50,000+ a year in our first year in the workforce. We expect to start a YouTube channel and instantly have 10,000 followers. We expect to start a podcast and immediately be sponsored.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I believe there is a difference between setting lofty goals for ourselves and expecting to get Insta-famous in the first week of having an Instagram account. Having goals that you can work towards is undoubtably a great thing, but we must also have patience with whatever we are trying to achieve. Fame and fortune will not happen over night.