The other day I received a phone call from my son’s school. It was 9.30am; I had just dropped him off and got myself ready to attend class. I missed the phone call actually but while listening to the voicemail I received an email as…
I am supposed to study lecture One of my Anatomy and Physiology course for tomorrow but I got distracted by the huge amount of snow I saw looking through my window. And it keeps on snowing. Winter in Canada is no joke. This is my…
“Above the mountaintops, all is still. Among the treetops you can feel barely a breath: birds in the forest, stripped of song. Just wait: before long you, too, shall rest” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe After a bunch of stressful weeks, I finally found the…
While my son and I had breakfast yesterday he asked me if I can explain what a calendar is. This made me think again how fast time flies; we are days into the new year and 2017 seems to be so far behind already.…
The other day it hit me. I cleaned and went through a bunch of Petit Joel’s things and realized, there is no baby in the house anymore. No high chair, no baby toys, no stroller and no more diapers. I had to buy him new…
Really? Sometimes, things change. Il faudrait traverser un universe lyrique Comme on traverse un corps qu’on a beaucoup aimé Il faudrait réveiller les puissances opprimées La soif d’éternité, douteuse et pathétique” – Michel Houellebecq Getting knocked down in life is hard but it is important…
I just submitted my final course paper for graduation and the research I worked on all summer and fall. I cannot believe I finished both. It feels awesome and I will never forget what I have been through while trying to focus and write. It…
“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” – Lao Tzu I did it again. I quit another secure job with great benefits, great opportunities and great everything else. It was not easy and there were many thoughts involved…
So, here is the thing. I love to eat. I love good food. I love comfort food even though I usually feel bad, stuffed and gross after eating it. I also admit that I have tried many different diets throughout my life and changed them…
I had a pretty productive day today. Finished some important work for my research and course and edited my book manuscript that I will hopefully publish soon. I have been a hermit for the last couple of days/weeks and either hid at home in my…
