This coming Monday (February 17) is Family Day in Ontario, Canada. A statutory holiday, it was originally created to give families important time with each other. Ontario isn’t the only province in Canada to celebrate Family Day – Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia also celebrate it. For me, it’s another reason I’ve come to […]
Journal
The Loneliness of Downsizing and Starting Over
One of the things I don’t think gets spoken about often enough is the loneliness that can be felt when downsizing and starting over. This doesn’t necessarily need to be the kind of loneliness that you’re completely off-grid, or you have no friends, or you’ve left family and all you know behind. Although reading that […]
On Getting Used to the Local Way of Life
It’s funny the changes that happen when you make a move from the city to a small town. Some, you immediately expect – less shops, less restaurants, less traffic. Depending on your previous like or dislike of these things, these changes can be minimal (or big). Then there’s the school routine. Whereas it used to […]
Relearning the Love of Simple Food
When it comes to simple food, none of us have really been what you’d call good disciples of this approach. Before the kids came along, Jaclyn and I would frequently eat out, and – more often than not – this would be at restaurants that weren’t known for their healthy options. Heavy foods like pasta, […]
The Danger of Not Work
When we’re passionate about something, we never see it as something we have to do – we see it as something we want to do. Blogging; business; job; hobby; singing; drawing, anything. If we love it, we’ll spend time on it that we don’t even realize. While it’s still work, we don’t see it as work. And there’s the danger.
You Only Have Two Shoulders
Whenever people ask me who my biggest inspiration is, I tell them my grandfather. It’s not that I don’t have other people in my life who inspire me. There are many. My wife, for facing up to her everyday battles. My friend Sam, for his tireless pursuit of saving the lives of our kids. My kids, for […]