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22 May 2017

Working Hard to do Nothing

I just got home from spending the long weekend at my parents' cottage on Lake Simcoe and I couldn't feel more relaxed. It probably has something to do with the 11:00 am wake up I had today (how did that happen?!) and also something to do with the whole lotta nothing I did all weekend. The funny thing is, it actually took effort to do nothing. As a blogger and as someone running my own business, I am constantly faced with the feeling that I should always be doing more. In a setting as beautiful as the co[...]

That Time I Turned my Phone Off

I know this post is long over due but I want to talk about that time I turned my phone off. Yes, you read that correctly. I actually turned my phone of. For 24 hours. In Mexico. It's hard to remember what life was like before Instagram. But when I do think back to that "simpler" time, I remember that five years ago I went to Thailand without a phone. Of course I brought my clunky digital camera so I could upload Facebook photos when I got home, but that didn't have the same affect on me tha[...]

A New York Minute with Old Navy

When I transitioned from my corporate job in real estate to full-time fitness instructing, personal training and health coaching, there were some lifestyle changes that came with the territory of pursuing my passion, which I expected, and other changes that I was simply unprepared for. Working longer hours, expected. A smaller paycheque, expected. But the amount of times I have to change my clothes in one day? Well for some reason, I just never seemed to consider that. And let me tell you,[...]