The other day, I got an email from Amazon. They were going to be paying me my royalties for my book Laund-O-Mat at the End of The World and Other Fringe Favourites. It was published in 2014 and I was going to receive a whopping $17.95! Whoo hoo! To be honest, I didn’t think I…
It seems ridiculously long since my last blog post. Six whole days. But that’s what happens when you switch from doing a daily blog post to a weekly blog post. Listen to me. I make it sound like I’d been doing it forever when it was only for thirty days. But I’ve had time to…
Woo hoo! I just completed 30 days of writing a daily blog post. I haven’t written 30 consecutive, regular posts in a year, let alone in a month. That’s why I like 30 Day Challenges. It’s long enough to be difficult but not long enough to be daunting. You can stretch yourself but there is…
When I was working at the WSIB and hating my job, I kept telling my friend Drew that “I didn’t want to work here.” He sagely told me that it is better to run towards something than to run away from something. His logic was that if I didn’t pick something better that I wanted…
The other day, I spoke about using the Miracle Morning SAVERS to start my day. Recently, I’ve found my mind “arguing” more about getting up early and coaxing me to stay in bed. It’s cold out of the covers. It’s too early. You were up late last night. I’ve had to do a few six…
Seth Godin has suggested for years that people should write a daily blog. He says that “Even if no one reads your blog, the act of writing it is clarifying, motivating and (eventually) fun.” A daily blog? In the past few years, I haven’t even averaged a monthly blog! The thought of coming up with…
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” Chinese Proverb Last week, I heard on the radio why New Year’s Resolutions don’t work. Apparently, we get caught up in the hysteria of resolution-making and either make too many resolutions or they aren’t specific enough or we…
