If you really think about it, how many words do you use to describe how you are feeling? Three? Four? For most of us, we go no further than happy, sad, and stressed, or some variation of those. For some, it is simply ‘good’ or ‘bad’. But the english language has over 3000 words to […]
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I just saw a post in an entrepreneurs group I am part of which asked the following question: “If you could create absolutely anything in 6 months, what would that be?” I was astonished at the number of people (60+) whose response was simply a number – $10k/month, $1 million, etc. etc. If I could
I used to describe my attempts at surfing as ‘trying not to drown. I’m not a great surfer, but that’s only because I haven’t practiced surfing as much as I have practiced the things I’m good at. This weekend, for the first time in my life, I actually felt good about surfing. I tried the
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I spent last weekend at a natural hotspring. A truly magical place, in the middle of nowhere. It is a place of alchemy, of liminality, of juxtaposition. Situated right next to the river, my friends and I spent the weekend jumping from hot to cold, from the calm and peace of the hot pools, to
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Yesterday I hiked one of BC’s crown jewels, up to Garibaldi Lake. It’s not a particularly challenging hike. Even though there’s over 1000m of elevation gain, the gradient is pretty comfortable all the way up, but the reward is spectacular. Even on a dreary, overcast morning, the views from the shore of the frozen lake
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