Don't just live in the world
Self-development, posts where I think too introspectively.
There is something very pleasing about sitting in a room as the sun slowly sets and everything gets slowly dimmer. Something about sitting on the deck when there’s a chill in the air and coffee in my cup. Getting to a point in a book when you just want to find out how it all …
When I was born my Granny (dad’s mother) was 82. When she died I was 11. By the time I was old enough to remember her she wasn’t remembering much any more, she had Alzheimer’s. Most of the visits to her house involved my Dad telling her the same things over and over again, answering …
Tonight is our last night in this house. We moved here in 2018 thinking we’d be here for longer than this, but factors became factors and the housing market moved in our favour. A lot of things happened after we moved into this house and I started to blame the house for it all. Disrupting …
We have been under lockdown since March. We are very lucky in that we are a two income household, we can both work from home, and have a child who is old enough and independent enough to do alright. We couldn’t not have been better placed for this pandemic. But still. It feels like grieving. …
One of the things that has been good about this whole lockdown has been the fact that I have turned doodling into sketching and painting. I created a pandemic notebook that I use every day to draw in. It have always been better able to pay attention while doodling, and now my doodling is growing, …
It’s been a year since we drove to Toronto to meet a dog that we thought might be right for us – and then drove home with the dog. He went on a walk with the kid, jump into the car and then slept all the way home. We were amazed at how comfortable he …
Last night I wanted to make macaroni and cheese, so I went to the pantry and found that we didn’t have any macaroni. It was a simple moment when the fact that we’re dealing with something like no one has ever seen before became clearer. Because we can’t just run out and buy some macaroni, …
I turn 39 today (technically around 8:30 tonight) and it’s got me thinking about being 13, and being 26. At 13 I was living at home with my mother and sister, grandparents around all the time, and our new puppy. I had just met the girl who would become my maid of honour. I was …
Last year I went to Cuba by myself. I went to an adults-only resort and spent a week doing whatever the hell I felt like doing. It was excellent and I needed it. This year we all needed it. So we booked a trip to Cuba – a week over the Family Day holiday weekend. …
I have been trying very hard to care about Christmas this year. I have a 9 year old and she’s excited and I want her to be excited, but there is so much else that I want. I want certainty, but we only walk farther away from it. I want to be okay, but every …