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 …
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 …
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 …
As life seeps out of my phone, I switch it to low power mode, conserving the minimal energy it has left. In this mode, it doesn’t operate at the same effectiveness. It’s unable to seamlessly be the device it’s meant to be. It will stay this way until I give it the time it needs …
When I was in university, I remember sitting and listening to a very established guest speaker talk about their journey through university and their career. They spoke about how they always had a dream job in mind, explaining how it motivated them through the duration of their career, and how they took certain steps and …
No but really, do you? If you don’t gratitude journal or haven’t heard of one, the concept is pretty self-evident; it’s a journal where you write down things you are grateful for. As the practice goes, you spend a few minutes at the end of your day writing moments that brought you joy. You set …