Money can’t buy you happiness nor a successful, meaningful life.
This article from The Atlantic really hit home because it’s what I’ve always known — stop chasing happiness, find meaning in your life instead. You need to feel g
Brain Dump: Life, Work and Baby Bun
Needed to vent / dump my thoughts out. FAMILY LIFE My partner and I have finally reached a good place. Things have been rough ever since The Bun was born. Between my exhaustion wit
My 168 Hour Workweek Mosaic
I read this book I know how she does it (so-so review here because I wasn’t thrilled with the book), but I did the exercise of taking a look at my week’s mosaic as sug
I once dated a guy who was homeless at one point in his life
I once dated a guy who was homeless at one point in his life. He told me he ran away from a perfectly good home (he found his mother too strict), at the age of 16. He lived on the
Observations of a New Mother and Parent: Round Five
BABY BUN NEEDS A POSSE Now that Baby Bun is about 9 months old, he is starting to get BORED. Like seriously, you need to play with him and give him new “toys” to play w
Why you shouldn’t choose your childrens’ careers
Obvious police right? Except.. in many families it is not. My friend is the perfect example of this. Her parents owned a business that made pretty decent money, but was located in
18 Rules for Living and Truths by the Dalai Lama
I love this list by the Dalai Lama and I re-read it each year on January 1st so today’s the perfect time to post this. When I read it, I also focus on 5 of those lessons to r
There will never be a right time for anything
When is it the right time to.. Clear your debt? Have a baby? Start saving for retirement? Take that dream trip? The answer is: There will never be a right time for anything. There
How many toxic chemicals do you slather on your face each morning?
Yep, another hippie rant. It has been a while since I have been dabbling with the idea of eliminating all toxic chemicals completely, even if they have no basis in scientific fact
You think you’re being frugal, but you’re not
I had a lady the other day crow about how she got such a great deal at Target buying 10 pairs of $5 flip flops in various colours when others are spending $20 – $50 on a sing