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Good and Bad in a Person

You don’t hate them, you just hate the things they do. There is always something you can’t stand in somebody. Some people have more things…

Goals in Edmonton Alberta, sitting at desk

Mid-2018 Goal Update

I’ve been daydreaming about getting the CPA, since I am my own company’s accountant and have the patience for it. What I do seems to…

Sour Memorairs of Vancouver 

Despite doing much better these days in Alberta, the words echoed to me almost daily since I was a child still remind me of my…

Tears From Vancouver to Alberta

It has been almost 4.5 years since I threw all my stuff in my car and drove away from Vancouver to Alberta, not looking back.…

Defeatist Attitudes

“Getting a Ferrari is unrealistic though.” “Some peoples’ families are just rich.” “They’ve just had connections.” “They were just [academically] smart.” So common are quotes like the…

Theory of Making Mistakes

“You often think it’s all over once you fuck up. But then you know now you won’t be doing that ever again.” Risk takers and…

Differing Mentalities of Life

Often at some point we’re posed with the question: “what is life about?” Problem is, there are so many different philosophies of life. For instance,…

Employee and Norm-focused Societal Brainwashing

The most difficult battle in life is often not finding a job, becoming fit, buying a home, getting through school, finding love, and the other…

A Day in Road Construction

4:30AM: Wake up, pack food for the day. Get dressed. 5AM: Drive to truck shop at work. 5:30AM: Pre-trip semi- especially checking for all heavy…

December 2016: Cyclicality

Life in Alberta has always been of a cyclical nature, from work to personal life. One moment I was being offered jobs left and right, dating pretty…