The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

What Gives You Oxygen?

At a recent therapy session we were discussing burnout and the impacts of long-term stress. I mentioned emerging from a season where it felt like my proverbial fuel tank was running on fumes more…

Mental Health
Jun, 01, 2024
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Happy Things Friday: 31 May

And just like that…May is over (I wrote this before Nicole posted but…ditto what she said). This means we have a little over a month to go until the half-way point of 2024.

I have…

Summer Brain Dump + Booking Another Adventure/Suggestions?

I have a love-hate relationship with summer. On the one hand, during the long, dark and cold Canadian winter I am kept alive by the promise of a day in the future where we…

Random, Travel
May, 30, 2024
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Introducing My…Dreadsheet

I’ve been thinking about dread lately. That sounds like a rather somber and melancholy topic, but I’ve been considering it in the context of what that emotion can tell me. More generally I feel…

Life, Mental Health, Personality Insights
May, 29, 2024
31 Comments

Favourite Things: April + May 2024

It’s time for another round of Favourite Things. I have an eclectic mix today: some food, some outdoor furniture, some traffic decisions – and more!

Let’s get this party started…

MY GO-TO GRANOLA YOGURT PROTEIN BLAST

What…

Top Five/Bottom Five: Ice Cream Flavours

I know people will have some Thoughts on this subject. Let’s remember we’re all friends here and that there are no right or wrong answers. (Okay, there are some wrong answers; liquorice or bubble…

The world seems shrouded in heaviness lately. Some of it is the era (COVID was an unprecedented experience; we’re living through periods of major political, economic and climate upheaval), and some of it is…

What Gives You Oxygen?

Happy Things Friday: 31 May

Summer Brain Dump + Booking Another Adventure/Suggestions?

Introducing My…Dreadsheet

Favourite Things: April + May 2024

Top Five/Bottom Five: Ice Cream Flavours

Happy Things Friday: 24 May

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