Travel tips for people who don’t like to do much.
All in lifestyle
Food for Thought
It’s certainly true that one must eat to survive. But cooking? In this day and age? Totally optional.
“Needs More Ridiculous”
We live in a serious, grown-up world and life should be dealt with very seriously. But I can’t seem to shake a thought I have about this approach to life – which is that it doesn’t work.
“So, how old are you?”
Why I think asking someone their age is bullshit.
Wherever you go, there you are.
Thoughts on living in different places and thinking the same thoughts.
The perniciousness of work
Reflections on the stickiness of work.
5 Steps for Starting a Sabbatical
I’m certainly no expert on sabbaticals (yet!) but I AM two weeks into one. For anyone considering an experimental “creative break” in their lives, I have a few tips to offer up.
A move to London
There comes a moment when you begin to almost question if this call to adventure that brought you to London, England in January of 2022 was such a great idea after all… almost.
Play your own game
Motivational posters and people are always saying things like Play your own game! The problem is when you do so and everyone starts freaking out about how you’re not playing the game right.
Philosophy of the Absurd
Given my great love of the absurd, I cannot believe I wasn’t aware it had its own goddamn branch of philosophy. Absurdism.
Personal Policies of Yes
The guidelines and rules that help guide my decision-making on what I say Yes to.
Personal Policies of No
I’ve been struggling to decipher what I should be saying Yes to in my life. So, I figured why not start at the other end of the question: where should I be saying No?
The New Productivity.
“Move fast and break things” has influenced and helped build a culture of disposability. But people are starting to push-back against this narrative, asking a previously uncommon question: how do we un-create something?
Re-imagined: Life in 2100.
Completely impractical (and some assuredly impossible) solutions for a few of the most common bits of every day life, and my answer to the question: what will the world look like in 2100?
Can Capitalism and Democracy Co-Exist?
Can a society truly be both democratic AND capitalist at the same time?
A Nuclear look at Nuclear
Should Canada be furthering our investments in nuclear energy? A nuclear look at the problems of going nuclear.
Let them eat (a slice of) cake!
With the world in lockdown and unemployment at an all-time high, I’ve been thinking a lot about work and why it’s better to share a cake than eat the whole thing.
Politics: Municipal Edition Part 2
Now that we’ve got a basic idea of what our Municipal Government does and what the heck politics is, we are ready to move onto the question of how we, tiny little political tadpoles that we are, influence any of this?
Politics: Municipal Edition (Part 1)
Turns out our Municipal system of government, and its politics, are not as straightforward as the uninitiated (me) might think! Today’s post takes an introductory look at Edmonton’s Municipal government, asking how it’s organized and what the “politics” of this system looks like.
Confessions of a Politically Unsavvy Gal
I have a confession: I’m a full-grown adult, and I don’t understand politics. This blog post is me trying to unpack why I have a mental block when it comes to politics, why I think I need to overcome this, and what exactly this “politics” thing is, and where I might fit in. Are you, like me, a hopelessly unsavvy political tadpole? Well then, follow along dear friend!