Tag Archives: hope

Changing the world, one day at a time

I want to share a story with you, one that I read on Robert Genn’s website a long time ago. The entire version can be found here. “Robb Dunfield was an active nineteen year old sportsman, ski instructor, and all round good chap when he had his accident. He and three of his friends plunged [...]

Never, ever, ever, ever, give up.

Some stuff went down yesterday, stuff that threatened my dreams. I want to move out in a few months with my boyfriend, but we’re running into money troubles. You know, the economy and stuff (i.e. The Apocalypse). It was suggested that maybe we wouldn’t be able to leave, that there wasn’t enough money, that there [...]

I'm talking to myself again.

So yesterday, as you can all see, was not exactly a brilliant day. But it did force me to make some choices. I felt so stuck, mired in all the exhaustion and shame and sadness, that I couldn’t really see clearly. So I took a leap of faith. I think I had reached a point [...]

One of those delicious days

Yesterday was one of those delicious days. Jesse has lent me his laptop for the week so that while my sister is home for exams and my dad is off work, I can still work on the computer, without having to do battle for our one PC. Oh my gosh, this whole laptop thing is [...]

Self reliance, independence and chicken sacrifices. What?

Ooh boy. Sometimes life can seem so scary, eh? (That was the Canadian in me coming out.) I talked about the scariness of business decisions the other day. And I’ve been pondering that, and reading what other people have to say about business decisions, and making a business work without getting rid of the joy. [...]