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12 in 12 – Month 1 – Day 2

30 minute walk complete.

Weather was really awful, and I had no idea what time to expect my children to be dropped off by their dad, so I opted to use the treadmill to get my walk in anyway in the morning. After reading more from Steve Kamb about barefoot running on Nerd Fitness I [...]

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Life’s balance, demands and sacrifices / “Left Neglected” response

I just finished a great book that demonstrated some of my own take on the need for balance in life. Left Neglected is about a corporate mom, with a highly successful and demanding career, living a very fast-paced life with her husband and three children. She is forced to change everything when she has a [...]

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The Unconventional Book Tour – Halifax stop

On Tuesday evening I had the pleasure of hearing Chris Guillebeau on his Unconventional Book Tour speaking about his book: The Art of Non-Conformity. I was fortunate to be selected to receive an advanced copy of the book, and have posted previously about it here.

From Drop Box From Drop Box From Drop Box From [...]

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Go rain on your own parade!

I’m working on a business plan. In an effort to come up with a good one, I wrote a survey monkey survey that I’ve been asking my friends to complete and share. If you’d like to help me out, it can be found here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RPMMPQD

Someone wrote a comment in the first question of [...]

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The Art of Non-Conformity – a book response

I have read enough postings on Chris Guillebeau‘s webpage to know that when my free copy of his book The Art of Non-Conformity arrived, I’d want to isolate myself somewhere where I could curl up and read it cover to cover, uninterrupted. Unfortunately my J-O-B, and family obligations were not going to allow that to [...]

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / ACK!

Every week one out of three days my spouse takes the responsibility of driving the “childcare taxi” and I get to leave my car at home and use an alternate form of transportation to commute to work. When I can’t cycle commute, I usually opt to take transit. I look forward to using my commute [...]

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Cooking for the Rushed: great cookbooks!

I am no Foodie. In fact I find the daily cooking to be a chore I rarely look forward to. I do enjoy (VERY occasionally) planning and preparing a big dinner for a group (i.e. family holidays). But otherwise, it’s not my favourite activity. That being said I am a health-conscious mom and an environmentally [...]

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Inspiration to “do good”: “Good to a Fault”

Have you ever had that conversation about WHY people do benevolent work? Is the benevolence discounted if you get something (even just a “feel good about yourself”) out of it?

Is the act any less valuable if you gain something in return? I’m sure many a conversation in this regard has stemmed from discussion of [...]

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We must start to give a damn!

Considering sending this to our local paper(s) as a Letter to the Editor type piece.  I would value feedback to help me polish it up:

We must stop paying lip-service to caring and giving, like we all do. Sure we believe we live in a fantastic city, province, country and society where we all care [...]

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