May 2012
6 posts
“There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Never apologize...”
– Ryan Adams
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It keeps getting better.
Dudes, I feel so dang lucky. Who the heck chose me to live this amazing life? Lately, I’ve been reflecting on everything good that has been happening to me. There has been so much good.
To quote my beloved Britney Spears, I have been stuck in the phase of “not a girl, not yet a woman” for FOREVER. When I was 10, I didn’t feel like a kid. When I was 20, I didn’t feel...
April 2012
10 posts
Home.
We were sitting on my bed in this empty-walled room; boxes piled high, one room already moved out completely - our very last night as a family in this house - and so casually, my roommate said:
“We made a home.”
(Ugh. Cue the tears.)
We did. 4 years ago, we all met. 3 years ago, we helped each other move into this cheaper than cheap student house, and together, we made a home. Our...
On repeat all day. So pretty.
Counting down.
Within the next 20 days, I will have:
Written 2 exams
Said goodbye to University
Found an apartment in Toronto
Moved into said apartment
Started my new job career
Holy moly. This is super exciting!
Countdown has begun!
“3 things in human life are important. The 1st is to be kind. The 2nd is to be...”
– Henry James (via emphasisadded)
March 2012
8 posts
A Place I'll Miss.
When I was 17, and stepped foot on this campus for the first time - I knew - McMaster was home. Graduating next month brings a lot of good feelings to heart - but shoot, I’m really going to miss this place.
(It’s not often that I step into a political conversation. It’s not often that I feel my expertise outshines that of my neighbours’. But today, I know that my voice is valid, and I feel like I’ve got something important to say. )
KONY 2012.
Do you realize what this video campaign has done? It reached over one million views in 12 hours. That’s one million people who...
ryan gosling x interiors mash-up
Had to.
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February 2012
11 posts
thequietplace →
Have a minute? Thank me later.
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Be happy, every day. →
5. Take refuge in yourself. The most incredible practice I’ve found is free-writing for 30 minutes each morning. I learned this from The Artist’s Way (another great tool for tapping into your creative talents). I’ve done “morning pages” as consistently for over two years, and they have made such a big difference in my attitude about life. I grew up in a family where I was...
YES. YES. YES.
There is so much good going on in my life right now.
I think that it’s a bit of a Universal consensus that your twenties are the up there in the best years of your life, and while I’m only a couple of years into my twenties, I couldn’t agree more. I don’t specifically know if it’s been the education I’ve received away at University that has been such a...
A Daily Email for Aspiring Writers
Now, this is something I wouldn’t mind popping up in my inbox each morning. Subscribed.
Cultivating a daily practice takes discipline, while the search for inspiration can feel time-consuming and fruitless. Figment, a digital community for young fiction writers, is tackling both impediments with its new “Daily Themes” newsletter. Every morning between January 2 and March 30...
Next Week is National Random Acts of Kindness... →
January 2012
8 posts
GOOD news →
Do you guys know about good.is? A friend of mine introduced it to me last week - a website that is all about good things happening in the news. After reading articles for too many hours, I made this my homepage. What better way to start your day than with an inspirational article, video or graphic?
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WatchI rang in the New Year at the cottage with my little family of four. It was perfect.
December 2011
6 posts
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My Mom is a high school music teacher (and a great one at that). She returned home beaming late last night from her Christmas Concert, but not because the kids rocked it out on the trombones and clarinets, but because of an e-mail she later received from a proud parent. The e-mail was a very simple thank you for all the hard work she had put into the program, and the patience she had with the...
Home for the Holidays!
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Critically Informed Citizens!
A excerpt from my notes of the most memorable lecture of my University career. A passion-infused discussion on how to defend ourselves when people ask “Humanities? What are you going to do with that degree?”
Humanities as my major is what I will become. $80K, maybe not, but a well rounded dreamer? Certainly. There is a relationship between the humanities, and being a critically...
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YESS. I’m loving the Holiday Issue of RUE this year - makes me pretty excited to move into my own apartment, which (cross your fingers!) isn’t too far off!
Is it really December already?!
This is my favourite time of the year, and I’d be lying if I said that my Christmas cards aren’t already created, written, stamped and waiting to be mailed.
But goodness, is it really December already?!
(image via: Micah Lidberg)
November 2011
7 posts
Black Friday shoppers spent 11.4 billion. The UN...
sick.
in a bad way.