Happy 2022! This year was another weird one. Despite everything, I still like making lists! And checking things off them! (Or not.) So, without further ado, here’s the update of last year’s list: 1. How to deadlift 200+ lb. At the end of July, after weighing (no pun intended) my…
I mean, I learned a lot more than ten things in 2021, but here are a few of the ones that came to mind: 1. My queer identity is valid. I’m allowed to be bisexual, grey-asexual, and gender non-conforming, and nobody but me gets to say whether I “really” count…
We often phrase the “Golden Rule” as though it’s simple: do unto others as you’d have them do unto you. Or, according to Rabbi Hillel, what is hateful to you, don’t do to your fellow. Or, love your neighbour as yourself. All of these are slightly different takes on the…
I haven’t added one of these blocks in a while, because it seems ineffective to repeat what I’m doing each post. That’s because addressing anti-Black racism as a white person requires not a couple one-time changes but long-term shifts in practice and thinking. I’m still working hard on making my…
As a university instructor, I’ve struggled with a lot of professional challenges during the pandemic, but the biggest one has been setting boundaries. I know that many throughout the education sector — from preschool teachers to postgraduate supervisors — face a similar dilemma. We want to do our best for…
It’s that time of year again! The time when we all get to see how over-optimistic I was last January! Here we go with my goals for 2018: 1. How to better understand spoken German. Starting in March, I began listening to a learning German podcast every weekday: Slow German.…
Here are 10 things I learned in 2018. They are helpful in that they helped me; results not guaranteed for anyone else. 1. How to balance bullet journals and flexibility. I like keeping records. I like maintaining habits, planning out routines that help me achieve goals I want. However, because…
Last year, I gave myself the productivity gift of concentrating on only ten goals in 2017. Did it help me actually complete them? Only time will tell! … or this blog. This blog will also tell.
When I was about sixteen, I was obsessed with Andrew Lloyd Weber’s hit musical The Phantom of the Opera. I’d seen it on a family trip to London, and to my teenage self, it was the epitome of epic: all the well funded special effects anyone could ask for, dashing…
Hello, everyone! I’ve decided life’s too short not to run around in capes and spandex and big-ass helmets that will probably make me topple forward face-first. Join me in my decision process as I decide to make a career switch to… supervillain!