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Nov
11
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A personal reflection on finding unexpected love and joy after embracing solitude, and the liberating effects of letting go of social media and embracing real connections.
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Jan
24
2024 - Year of Discipline

2024 - Year of Discipline

Today is Bell Let's Talk Day, a day focused on mental health awareness. For the past few years, I have been using it to talk about a theme for the next year.
8 min read
Nov
11
44

44

This is the 13th year of writing these annual reflections for my birthday: soberness, aloneness/solitude, and recommendations for books, music, and podcasts.
9 min read
Jan
25
2023: Get Back in the Box

2023: Get Back in the Box

Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day, and like last year, I want to use it to help prepare myself for what is to come this year. I do that by coming up with a theme to follow for the year.
6 min read
Nov
11
43

43

A reflection on my birthday about another difficult year, plus book and music recommendations for the winter.
9 min read
May
27
The Stories We Tell Ourselves

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Music creates an emotional attachment to our lives like nothing else can.
5 min read
Mar
02
60 Days (Mainly) Without Twitter

60 Days (Mainly) Without Twitter

Nearly two months later after planning to avoid Twitter, lead me to question the value of social media in my life. Here is what I discovered about the absence and return.
7 min read
Feb
23
Chuck Klosterman’s ‘The Nineties’

Chuck Klosterman’s ‘The Nineties’

For Klosterman, the nineties began with the release of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album, released in September 1991; for me, the easiest marker would be the fall of 1989 when I moved to Whitehorse, Yukon from Regina, Saskatchewan, at age 10.
7 min read
Jan
26
Let’s Communicate

Let’s Communicate

Today happens to be Bell Let’s Talk day in Canada. I thought it was an appropriate time to talk about where I am at mentally and where I would like to see myself go in this coming year. The framework for this discussion is around the concept of a theme for the year or season.
7 min read
Dec
31

Turning 12 Years Old

The predictions I make in these birthday posts have almost become a jinx of Kylie’s life, and my own.
4 min read

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A personal reflection on finding unexpected love and joy after embracing solitude, and the liberating effects of letting go of social media and embracing real connections.

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