Hey look mom and dad, I made it. They say the third time’s the charm and in this instance, it was. Don’t push me for details on who ‘they’ are, but take me at my word when I tell you in my third consecutive stab at a 60-book-a-year goal I finally accomplished the feat. I …
Lucy Stone, an abolitionist and suffragist, a frontier in the women’s right movement whispered four words to her daughter on her deathbed, “Make the world better.” Stone died almost three decades before the Nineteenth Amendment passed to allow women full voting rights, but her prominence in changing the landscape for women in the U.S. is …
One hundred and twenty – that’s the number of job applications I sent before landing my position with the NHL. One hundred and twenty is the amount cover letters I wrote; the number of interviews significantly less, but the hours spent on each application considerably more – triple, maybe quadruple. The journey to get to …
Looking forward we can see exactly what is in front of us, but usually, not much more. It’s just like when we punch a location into our GPS – we can’t actually see the destination, or for that matter even any of the steps to get there, we just have to fully believe that every …
International Women’s Day, a day created to celebrate women’s achievement, to stop and reflect, to raise awareness on the work that needs to be done. Today, I have one challenge and hope: that we use International Women’s Day as a chance to ask questions. Instead of downplaying the importance of this day or inquiring when …
In 2016, when I graduated university I vowed one thing: I would never work in sales. In 2018, during a job interview I attested the exact opposite: working in group sales was the best thing I could have done for my career. Follow along for a second. At the start of the 2017-18 OHL season, …
If you were told that you would never reach your desired destination, your goal, would you still remain on the journey you are on right now? Are you passionate enough about the work you are doing that if the ultimate dream doesn’t materialize you will, with lack of a better term, be okay? Will it …
A year ago, I set a new intention – to read 60 books by the end of 2018. A challenge I had given myself for the second consecutive year and one I still must say I’ve yet to reach. This year I came four books shy, eight closer than my 2017 attempt. The seemingly overzealous …
This past Tuesday is one now marked #GivingTuesday – trailing behind US Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday… Strategically placed after families have overindulged in food or opened their wallets to receive the latest and best deals for themselves. Following the consumerization and commercialism that now is American Thanksgiving. Giving Tuesday, started by the United …
April 17th, 2018 – I’ve just arrived at my hostel in London, I haven’t slept in 30 hours but I can’t force my body to rest. I’m homesick and riddled with anxiety and fear. Two months of travelling alone is all that is on my mind, I can’t think clearly but my brain tells me I …