Self-help guides are everywhere. You cannot move within 30 links on the internet without hitting one. On top of that, there are over 240,000 self-help books available for purchase on Amazon. And I’m sure that many of them are fantastic, well-reviewed and considered best sellers. But the thing is, none of these books are really essential reading. Almost all of…
After a long day at the office, salt mines or looking after the rug rat(s), we all need a bit of a breather, something to rejuvenate the mind, heart, and spirit. And that dear readers, is what we in the creative industry like to call striking a work/life balance. Well to be honest, in any industry…
Another month, another post about The Reading List, my ever-faithful and dear readers! In case you haven’t read that article yet, which is okay, because I’ve only been writing about it once a month, I’ll give you a quick update. The Reading List Every month, I turn back to The Reading List for another book…
Today’s post, dear readers is all about keeping track of your scrapbook in a digital age, or as I like to call it… Everything you wanted to know about Pinterest, but didn’t know you wanted to know, in a thousand words or less. Way way back in roughly 1500 BC, somewhere in Mesopotamia, the tool we commonly…
My day job is interesting, dear readers. I work for a major Canadian retailer, at their corporate office, coordinating marketing efforts. To be more specific, I’m responsible to ensure all of the product photography, marketing related images, online product catalogue, and any written content associated with the brand stays on track and keeps on keeping on. Though…
So how many of you remember when I wrote that post a couple of months back about one of my personal goals for the year? Nope, not the one about my movie watching goals (The Watch List), and also not the one about my music reacquiring goals (The Back Catalogue). Want a hint? It has…
I think I’ve gone too far this time, dear readers. I decided to write about a topic which is far more complex and grand then I could possibly fit into the space of these 1000 words or less. And I also feel that I’m too close to it really give you an objectively focused and emotionally restrained tone….
Our days our filled with observations and analysis. Whether it’s dealing with social hoops of family and friends, the inherent differences between the opposite sex or the tedium of the work week, we have to take in a ton of information and process it rather rapidly, so that we can then move onto the next…
I’m a little bit nervous to write about this topic. Mostly because I think that fashion is a personal choice. However, I am also terrified at the prospect of being overwhelmed with the paper cuts of the world, AKA all of the little trappings that go with life, and so I’m constantly thinking about ways to…
Intuition is both mysterious and incredibly powerful. It’s also really difficult to write about. Seriously, dear readers. I probably spent a good three hours online trying to find a way to articulate what I wanted to write as a thematic jumping off point for this interview topic, but then I decided to instead go with my…