It doesn’t matter if you keep a paper to-do list or use an app of some kind, if you don’t have the time to do what’s on your list, it’s pretty pointless. I’ve written before about needing to give yourself time to breathe throughout the day, as well as giving yourself regular time to create READ MORE
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Don’t Make Adulting Harder
My wife and I were talking about various things going on and some decisions we need to make. I said, “Adulting is hard,” to which she responded, “there are people who make it harder. ” She’s right. Some people make it harder on themselves by pushing people away instead of asking for help, or they READ MORE
Attitude, Awareness, and Authenticity
I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Neil Pasricha’s You Are Awesome (it’s a lot less cheezy than it sounds). I’ve read two other books by him and came across his TED Talk the other day. I watched it and found it thought-provoking, while also funny. I shared it with my teenager and even she READ MORE
Let Go of Control and Embrace The Ability to Adapt
Just yesterday at work we were talking about what lessons we’ve learned throughout the pandemic that we’ll take forward into the future. While I had thought about new habits and new projects I wanted to keep, I hadn’t given any thought to what lessons I’ve learned. What came to me at that moment, has not READ MORE
Better Late Than Never
Many years ago I added the little sticker to my driver’s license indicating that I’m an organ donor. I also made my wishes clear to my family. What I hadn’t ever done, however, was donate blood. There were times in the past when I was anemic and just used that as a blanket excuse to READ MORE
This Too Shall Pass
About six years ago I was knocked out of commission for a few weeks because of a particularly large and painful kidney stone. When I told my dear friend Jennifer Diehr who was recently on this podcast for the third time, she responded by texting me with “This too shall pass”. And yet we’re still READ MORE
It’s Okay to Cry
Before our daughter started school, we had her in a private daycare not far from my wife’s work. For the most part, we liked the woman who ran the day care, but there was something that our daughter told us in her final days there that has stuck with me. Our daughter had been upset READ MORE
Reducing Social Media For Mental Health
A couple of weeks ago I woke up in the morning with my anxiety spiking. I worked out and felt better while working out, but not after. I took my medication, which I do every day. I did some breathing work. No change. Thankfully, I had an already scheduled appointment with my therapist. I told READ MORE
The Hardest Part About Having a Dog
I don’t own dogs. If anything they own me. My wife and I got our first dog from the Toronto Humane Society in the late 1990s while we were living in the area. From the beginning our little beagle / corgi / terrier mix was the queen of our home. About a year after we READ MORE
I, You, They
I’m currently reading a book called The Upswing: How America came together a century ago and how we can do it again. To summarize, the books takes readers through what is known as the American “Gilded Age”, which lasted for about thirty years in the late 1880s, and how the country came out of it READ MORE
