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As a means of stabilizing my financial situation last month, I’ve been making an effort to look for more work than I have been. It’s tough given that my stomping grounds for gigs is UpWork. A site that I owe a lot to, but has been acting weirder and weirder. It’s at a point now […]
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My mom cleans the homes of a variety of people from all different walks of life. One family she cleans twice per week is a family from the middle-east who moved to Canada years ago. The wife of the household who hired Molly Maid to clean her home does all of the heavy lifting around
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The first ever concert I attended was with the Anglican church I went to as a teen. It was called Revival at Belfast, and it featured an ensemble of musicians from around the Maritimes to play with Christian singer Robin Mark — a man born in Belfast. It was a three day event with the first two
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We don’t always realize a great person in our lives until they are gone. The impression that they left on us. How they make us feel. But one other way that hides under the surface is when other people comment on certain things when you bring them up. This occurred to me when I was
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When I first entered the self-help world, there were several YouTubers that I followed. I did this to build my view of the industry, learn how to optimize my own life, and learn how others did it. Those in the self-help or self-improvement world are people who have already “made it” in life, or at
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He’s an international student who came to Canada to develop his skills. Because tuition for international students is much higher than native born Canadians, he had to get a job. I see this individual on a somewhat weekly basis whenever I grocery shop. He wears a shiny black suit jacket. He’s a genuinely great guy
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Pacing around my apartment this morning, I breathed steadily as the other man I was talking to rambled on about internet speeds, young kids, and browsers. I figured the guy wanted to talk as I nodded along with the occasional “yeah” and other interjection about the problem I called in with the hopes of getting
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I’ve been there. I’ve had anxiety attacks that have been so bad I kept myself in my room all day. I’ve managed to overcome them and if I can do that, I know you can to, my friend. The issue here isn’t the fact that I’m having anxiety issues about being out in public. He
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Today I want to talk about Christopher Booth. Up until April, this man was your average adult. He has a kid, and is a small time producer (He has 22.5K followers on Instagram), filmmaker and his music is in various products. Universal films. Amazon Prime TV shows. And, as the internet discovered, 1980s adult videos.
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Asking for help when one needs help is a pain in the ass sometimes. We get stuck in our heads thinking no one cares about our plight. Or perhaps asking for help isn’t really our thing. It’s awkward, it’s weird, it makes us feel inferior and that we owe the people who decide to help
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It’s only recently that I’ve seen some light at the end of the tunnel that is my current chapter of my life. It hasn’t been particularly brutal, aside from financial disparity, though mentally it’s been a battlefield. At every turn I have self-sabotaging tendencies. They normally can be stayed in check, but in times where
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10,000 hours to be considered an expert is bullshit. Perpetuated by Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers,” the biggest takeaway is that fact: To be considered the best and an expert, you need to spend 10,0000 hours (or roughly 10 years) of deliberate practice. Deliberate practice is more nuanced than merely practicing something for a long time.
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