I was recently listening to an episode of Brendon Burchard’s podcast and he said something that not only caught my attention but honestly startled me because it was so bang-on. He said: “My first point today is health is luck. Dot, dot, dot AND self-respect. “It’s not either/or, it’s both. There are some things that READ MORE
Category: Habits
Reviewing Your Week
In one of the first posts, I wrote for this blog about five and a half years ago was about the GTD method for, well, getting things done. It comes from the brain and books written by David Allen. I’m not going to go into the method overall in this post, because you can go READ MORE
A Companion For The Things We Often Do Alone
I worked from home yesterday and at lunchtime, I took our dog across the road to the dog park. Before we left I put in my earbuds and searched for a walking meditation in Ten Percent Happier (I also use Calm, neither are sponsors or pay me anything). I came across one for walking your READ MORE
What Are You Working For?
Last night my daughter had her first lacrosse game (they won 16-3) so I didn’t have time to write a blog post in the evening. I’m taking just a few minutes to write this morning before leaving for work. While making my smoothie and getting my stuff together for the day, I listened to Todd READ MORE
Give Others The Same Consideration
One of the things that I do at the university is teaching courses to instructors on a variety of aspects of teaching. Frequently they will apologize for needing to miss a class or for not getting an assignment done one time (there are no grades, but still assignments) or for needing some extra help with READ MORE
Block Time and Untouchable Days
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
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
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
Truer Not Newer
I was listening to a recent podcast from Luvvie Ajayi Jones in which she was talking about not being a “new you” in the new year. There’s a lot of ads for fitness equipment, diet programs, etc. that talk about how their product will help you be “a new you”, but Ajayi said something that READ MORE
Two to Ponder – Wisdom From Adam Grant
Yesterday was Family Day here in Saskatchewan so we had the day off, and as of today I have lived in Canada longer than I lived in the U.S., which is where I was born and raised. We’re calling it my Canada Day and I’m spending it with my family. As such, this post will READ MORE
