My Ongoing Battle with Resistance
Every single morning I wake up, turn off my alarm and get punched in the face by resistance. If there is one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s that resistance is an evil bastard. For those of you who don’t know what resistance means, you should delight yourselves with the workings of Steven Pressfield. Particularly his hard hitting book, ‘The War of Art’. To give you the cliff-notes; resistance is a force lingering inside of you, stopping you from being productive and seducing you into not doing what you know you should. Why work out when it’s much easier to sit on the couch and...
read moreThe Beginning of the Rest of My Life
Hello world. Over the last two weeks I have been through an endless stream of inner turmoil. All of which centered on trying to decide the next path I should take in this crazy little thing called life. Two weeks ago I was greeted with the information that my Canadian visa could not be renewed. The life I had become accustomed with; the sights, the sounds, the lifestyle, the women. Suddenly everything was thrown up in the air and I was forced to come to terms with the inevitable finale. The two days following the arrival of this information were two of the most introspective days I have ever...
read moreShe Won’t Return My Call: My Life Lesson from Working in Sales
I never realized how much my sales job would teach me about the world. More specifically, how we interact with each other on a day-to-day basis. I was talking with a couple friends about how women often flake when you get their phone number. It has always been a really frustrating part of my dating life. When you first meet a girl, the two of you will be getting along great. The fireworks are flying as you look into each other’s eyes and collectively imagine the future you could have together. You exchange phone numbers and then the night turns into another day. With the rising of the sun;...
read more50 Things That Make You Happy
There are probably thousands of things that make you happy. I have complied a list of just 50. As I write this the sun is beating down on the window behind me. Although the air is chilly and crisp, the colours are vibrant as Spring peaks its head out and says ‘What’s up guys, are you ready for me yet?’ I love counting my blessings and reflecting on the great things life brings us. Here is my list of the things that make us happy. Some of them you’ll relate to, some of them you won’t. If there is anything I have missed, comment below and share the love with our...
read moreA writer, a musician, and an artist walk into a bar..
Creative People. . . Assemble! I wasn’t planning on writing this post but this is the fourth attempt at writing something of quality in the last 10 minutes. So I’m going to vent. There is a pattern of thinking that sometimes happens when I sit down to write (and I’m sure it happens to you too). First of all there is the idea. Aha! Our fingers start moving and we start churning out sentences that we didn’t even know existed within our mind. Suddenly our ideas are spilling out onto the computer screen creating beautifully worded blog posts that we hope to God, people are actually...
read moreGet Ready To Be Inspired: Best Short-Film Of All Time
This is without doubt one of the most moving short-films of all time. If you are ever feeling down – WATCH IT. It would make the meanest man smile. Most people who watch it end up crying, unless they’re robots. Then they cry in binary. There is one very powerful lesson from this movie and the beautiful thing is my lack of need to explain it. I’d love your opinions; comment below with what you took away from the video.
read moreBeat Stress Today: The Power of Me-Time
I’m sure you guys can relate to me when I say; there are some days where it feels like the world is out to get us. Trying to weigh us down with its endless stressful bullshit. Sometimes it comes in the form of a pounding headache, a dazed feeling or random muscle aches. Now and again you’ll be walking home from work feeling zombified. You’re in dire need of a mental break. This is where “me-time” comes into play. It’s the ace up our sleeves, it’s the miracle cure, and it’s the solution to our head-pounding need. I define “me-time” as the practice of escaping from...
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