In preparation for the month of November and my commitment to complete a 50,000 word novel in that time frame, I have been doing some casual reading on human psychology. What I’m interested in learning about is our motivations for doing things, our unspoken desires, and our nagging uncertainties. Most recently, I picked up Missing…
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I spend my time hiking in nature and reading great novels.
A Date with the Career Counselor
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to visit with a career counselor to talk about what makes me tick when it comes to working environment, desired career roles, and personal goals. It’s been exceedingly beneficial for me to step back and look clearly through the haze of competing and contradictory employment-related messages…
The Curse of the Hallux Valgus
I have a curse. It’s not rare, it’s not life-threatening, but it is a curse. Some days it hobbles me more than others, and I have to gingerly mince my way around. Thank god for corrective footwear. For those of you familiar with the term, ‘Hallux Valgus’ is a curse that modern people live with…
A Trip to Ottawa and Gatineau
Over the past Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I had the chance to visit Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. The weather was beautiful, I got some incredible pictures, and I went for many lengthy walks. Even the drive cooperated with our travel plans and we sailed through Toronto en route to our destination, then took a leisurely…
A femme fatale and a brilliant female scientist
It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A femme fatale and a female scientist walk into a bar….but that’s where the joke ends. Instead of ordering a drink, these two dynamos stand in the center of the room and let all eyes fall on them. The looks that they garner are filled with admiration…
A Circuitous Route into Money-Making
Anyone who has used Reddit before probably knows about the extensive and maze-like nature of the internet. It can lead you on crazy, circuitous journeys of exploration and fascination (or just plain hilarity). One site links to other interesting sites, and next thing you know you’ve been glued to your seat and your laptop for way…
From Ugly Cat to Super Cat Extraordinare
Given that I someday aspire to be the local ‘crazy cat lady’ and enrich the lives of felines everywhere, I spend a fair-to-moderate amount of my leisure time looking at pictures of cats doing funny and/or cute and/or silly things. Don’t get me wrong – I’m a big dog lover, too. I just find them…
Temptation is a Doctorate
I often feel compelled to write two or more blog posts in a day, and have to restrain myself from sitting down to type out the words buzzing around inside my brain. It’s a therapy, it’s an outlet, and it helps me to resist temptation. What is this 23-year-old female being tempted by? You might…
Fitness (Re)fresh
On this rainy, lazy day, I’m working to shake off the last vestiges of a cold that has plagued me for some days now. As with many of the colds I’ve recently sustained, it hasn’t involved anything more terrible than a general feeling of tiredness and malaise. To turn things around, I’m reading and planning…
The Process of Creative Reimagination
I’m standing in the hallway before the exam, wet palms sticking to the edges of folded papers nervously worn and stained with coffee-coloured circles. My lips are moving in a litany, almost a prayer, of phrases and words which stand alone and bereft in the air; a listener would say that they make perfect sense…
Time is Elastic
In and out of focus, time turns elastic In and out of focus, in and out of focus, time turns elastic In and out of focus, in and out of focus, time turns… [Song by Phish – Time Turned Elastic] Reading through the links on my Facebook page this morning, I came across an article…
Viewpoint: Be Your Own Mentor (?)
Somewhat by accident, the issue of mentorship, sponsorship, and counselling has become my viewpoint topic for this week’s blogging efforts. For, immediately after writing my blog post of yesterday, I discovered an article in Parade entitled “Who Says You Need a Mentor? Be Your Own“, and I thought this contentious issue could benefit from some…
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