I'm an accountant. Accountants are notoriously bad at communication. Often, someone chooses to become an accountant because numbers are so straightforward. They are clear, concise, and easy to line up, deal with and sort. They are usually associated with projects and decisions with clear outcomes. I have stated it and will repeat it – I [...]
In the very few moments when I wasn't working this year, I was thinking about working better. I got in over my head by saying yes to all work that came my way. Why did I say yes? Saying yes was my lifeline out of pandemic limbo. It combined with my life training not to [...]
Christmas, I am not a fan. Why, as a society, have we not yet outgrown the need for Christmas? Why does Christmas persist? Why, oh, why won't we come to our collective societal senses and banish it once and for all? I have come to the conclusion that Christmas is a self-perpetuating system, a feedback [...]
Photo by Bruno Figueiredo on Unsplash There has been a recent spate of discussion about the importance of Connection. Unconnected people feel alone, and lonely people, not surprisingly, don't have as positive health outcomes as those people who feel loved and connected to the world. It only took a pandemic and a bunch of people who were suddenly [...]
Photo by David Marcu on Unsplash Yes, I stole that title; my good friend posted it on Facebook a few months ago, and it's been ricocheting around in my brain ever since I read it. The author is Theodore Roosevelt - apparently, that man had some things figured out that I've taken longer to learn. Comparison. It's insidious. [...]
Photo by Anton Scherbakov on Unsplash Christmas What? Yes, Christmas is the word that can suddenly switch my day from ticking along smoothly to suddenly becoming one of "those days." Yes, "Christmas" and yes, just the word "Christmas." Christmas starts to pop up in discussions (or so I have noticed) in about September, and then it becomes a major theme [...]
Photo by Noah Silliman on Unsplash Hi, Yesterday you inspired me to write this post. Why? Because I only write about what I know, and everything you said resonated with me. "I know that," I thought to myself. "Yes, I've felt that way too." I had a consoling platitude for everything you said. I wanted [...]
Photo by Irina on Unsplash September. Labour Day. A day of transition (understatement). If you are a parent to school-aged children, September can be a bit much (I'm polite here). If you are separated and divorced and share parenting with a co-parent, September can be too much. It can be too many decisions, [...]
It's Dec 19. Today I had planned to go Christmas shopping - it's getting close to the wire! But it started to slush (you know what this is if you live in Vancouver) and after going for a short walk and getting soaked and cold, I decided to leave the Christmas shopping until tomorrow when [...]
I've been doing a lot of work the past three weeks helping clients prepare budgets. I think it's that time of year. People start to freak out around December - I know I do. All this money going out - I'm going to be destitute! That thought doesn't help when you're already stressed out about [...]