A documentation of my journey to improve my life
Tag: life
I never in a 100 years thought that I would ever try meditation It’s not that I’m a closed off person, actually far from it, but meditation just seemed hokey and kind of far fetched. The only people I knew that meditated were long haired hippies and equally long haired (but probably in a man bun) yoga instructors and I didn’t exactly identify with either of them. Besides, I always felt like I was a pretty intelligent and self aware person and...
‘Okay what do I have to do today? I should send some emails, finish that excel spreadsheet, call a few clients, make a Facebook post, find some images that look like clouds, and remember to message my girlfriend to make sure we’re still on for dinner at our friends house tonight. Maybe I’ll start with that Facebook post. Oh hey! Looks like Shelby had her baby. I should probably comment on that or she’ll think I’m a dick. Might as well check...
3 months into my journey to ‘scale my life’ It was Saturday morning and I was sitting out on my deck drinking coffee on what looked to possibly be the nicest day of the year (so far). Although the weather and ambience were more than relaxing I found myself lost in thought trying to evaluate my life. I had just completed 3 of the most challenging and rewarding months in recent memory but the question that kept spinning around in my head...
What have I learned living on $250 for a month? I’ve been asked this a few times over the course of my challenge and each week the answer seems to be different. I guess that’s kind of the best part of doing these challenges and writing this blog, I’m always progressively learning and changing my understanding of the world I’m exploring that month. Just thinking about the growth and development I’ve gained over the course of this month makes me believe that...
First off I’ve always been a car guy. Not a car guy in the sense that I could take one apart and have any idea how to put it back together again (not my forte at all) but a car guy in the sense that I love driving my car. I am the proud owner of an Octane Blue 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer that I bought brand new off the lot (my first new car). I’ve put over 160,000kms of road trips...
What if you woke up one day and you found that without warning your whole life had been completely flipped upside down? What if your house, your job, your financial security and everything you knew were all of a sudden ripped away and you were forced to start from the absolute bottom. What would you do? Would you breakdown, fall apart and give up or would you brush yourself off, pick yourself up and will yourself to move forward? It’s a...
To most people living on a whopping $8 per day means cutting down to just the bare essentials. Get all your food, cheap transportation, hunker down, do as little as possible and hope no unexpected disasters happen. Would this allow you to survive on your meagre budget? Sure. But how boring does that sound?! If I was going to do this month long budget challenge I wanted to do more than just survive it, I wanted to make it epic! Sure I didn’t...
Big Plans For The Day This was supposed to be a good day. Actually I’ve been looking forward to this day for a while. Funny how just when you think things are going fine and you’ve got everything under control, that’s when life will pick you up, whip you around and land you so drastically off course that you’re not sure how you’ll find your way again. I woke up at 6am on Friday nervous and excited about the busy...
My old roommate and good friend Ryan Majeau and I often debate, about pretty much everything (we’re both stubborn). One time we got into an argument (debate) about whether it was more expensive to buy your lunch out everyday or spend the time to make a bag lunch. His argument was always for eating out. He figured by the time he bought bread, lunch meat, cheese, and veggies to make a sandwich, then added a granola bar and maybe an...
Who’s Got What It Takes To Live Without? Of course living on $56 for food, gas, entertainment, and booze for a week is crazy; it’s ridiculous, drastic, and near impossible. That’s the point! This challenge is supposed to be an exercise in extreme budgeting practice. It’s meant to throw you in an uncomfortable situation and see how (and if) you handle it. What if $56 is all you had? What if your world changed in a second and you had no other choice...
