Why Clichés are Clichés
I recently gave a toast in a backyard filled with black-and-gold balloons, oversized letters that spelled PROM, as well as 30 high school students and thier parents.
I took it upon myself to do what every person making this type of speech does: I told them to keep being themselves and follow their hearts, cliché words of encouragement that held a truth but will remain meaningless until they are challenged.
Purpose Lady
In the last week, yes, in one week, I was called a coach (I do not have a certificate), a photographer (which I do have a certificate for, but have not been practicing for 20 years), and a teacher (again, no certificate).
Talk about an identity crisis.
Everyone’s Editor
I can’t help but feel the parallels between writing a book and living life. The more I write, the less clarity I have about how and why I am writing. The more we live, the less clarity we have about how and why we are living.
Being Supreme
Spoiler Alert!
Marty yells at his pregnant girlfriend, Rachel, “I have a purpose!” In this heartbreaking moment, he is trying to justify leaving her to compete in a table tennis tournament in Japan. Not only is it heartbreaking because of the state in which he is leaving her, but he also implies that he is the “supreme” because she lacks a purpose.
Matt, Jane and Me
Recently, Matt Galloway, host of The Current on CBC radio, asked one of his guests, “You mentioned the true authentic person, what does that mean?”
Whenever I am working on a project, I always imagine myself being interviewed by Matt, so when he asked the question, I thought, “How would I answer it?”
Bird’s Eye View
Bird’s-eye view of what it means to be Self-Driven vs Purpose-Driven through the 9th inning of the World Series.
No Magic Bullet Podcast Interview
Purposeful people are not always the ones who have fame and fortune. Some of the most purposeful people are those standing in an Ontario river fly fishing.
Why Write A Book Now?
The time to write my book is now, because my dog Toshi died.
Diving In Naked
I am about to dive into one thing that is everything: every life experience I choose to give meaning to, every one of the 371 letters I wrote to a house and all 83 Moleskine research journals I filled.
I’m just happy to be at the table.”
“I’m just happy to be at the table.”
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