A documentation of my journey to improve my life
Tag: mindfulness
So I am now the proud owner of a bus. But (as most of you know) I did not come to this ownership in any normal way. This is how, with no money, extremely limited resources and a lot of will, I managed to trade my way from a button to what is essentially a full-scale mobile home bus. Creating something from nothing There will never be a perfect storm of money, time and tools, so if you want to...
Living outside of reality Over the last few months, I have been giving everything I have into making my dream of traveling across Canada in a bus come true. It’s the first thing that’s on my mind when I wake up in the morning and the last thing that I think about when I go to sleep (often much later than I would like). The rest of my life, be it my digital marketing business, my finances, my friends, family, and...
“It’s easy to dream about it, but much harder to execute it” – Gary Vaynerchuk Everyone has a dream, but very few people are out there living their dream. Why is this? Well, the hard truth is that dreams are nothing without the dedication, hard work and sacrifice it takes to get them off the ground. I am currently attempting to fulfill my own dream to live a life of purpose, passion, and exploration. At this moment I am attempting...
Commitment is one of the scariest and most difficult challenges we face in our lives. The very definition seems intimidating as the dictionary tells us commitment is “an obligation or promise that restricts one’s freedom of action.” Well, who the hell wants that!? I think the problem with commitment is that it feels so permanent and final. It feels like there’s no escape and no turning back once you’ve made a decision. After all, none of us know what the right...
This was, by far, the best year of my life. Not only has it been an incredible adventure but I have experienced incredible change, and learned so much about who I am and the life that I want to lead. Before I move on to what I hope will be another incredible year (Scale My Life 2.0) I wanted to share what I had taken away. Here is, part 2 of my lessons to scale your life (Part 1 here):...
After years of watching A Christmas Carol, I never before realized how much we have become a society of Scrooge. We all spend our lives endlessly striving for better jobs, bigger houses, and nicer toys, all so we can live the fantasy life that we all imagine (just like Scrooge). We are so obsessed with wealth and obtaining more stuff that we have basically become blind to everything (and everyone) else in the world that does not serve that purpose...
The sad truth that no one is talking about As part of this month’s ‘entrepreneur challenge,’ I’ve spent a great deal of time ‘interviewing different entrepreneurs‘ trying to extract some of their personal and professional knowledge. This was an incredible, eye-opening experience but surprisingly I found it was not what the entrepreneurs shared on camera that was the most interesting but instead it what they have shared off of it. Almost every single founder expressed that they were currently or previously struggling...
How many times in your life have you laid out plans for something really amazing just to have them flipped completely upside down at the very last minute? You lay out your strategy, you double check your work, make sure all your i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed and then life decides to come and rain on your parade. What do you do in these situations? What can you do? While attempting a month trying to ‘experience something new‘ everyday I’ve run...
As I sat knee’s locked and neck cramped squished into my seat on possibly the cheapest airline in the United States I had a lot running through my mind. I was returning home from our annual company trip to Scottsdale Arizona where I had just spent the last 5 days trying to find a balance between accomplishment and indulgence (not an easy balance to strike especially when the drinks are free and the peer pressure is high). I was the only...
A Reflective Run Through Toronto So there I was in Toronto Ontario; centre of the universe, home of Stanley Cup victories long passed and dreams (delusions) of new ones still fresh in people’s minds. I ventured out for a jog to clear my head after a long day at the conference I was attending. My headphones in, a smile on my face, my mind was completely engrossed in the incredible scenery around me. The buildings all had this eerie history...
