March was a month that had a lot going on. I headed to Montreal for 5 days for the ACPA conference. I interviewed dozens of students for what seemed like dozens of different positions. I headed to Boston for 5…
I’ve always been a quote person. When I was younger, my favourite quote was one I found in a Lurlene McDaniel novel: “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” I’m not sure why 12-year-old me liked it so much,…
I discovered an unwritten rule this month: if you’re writing a post about goal setting in February, somewhere in the post, you must mention that most people have failed at their New Year’s Resolutions by now. I’ve also developed my…
While I didn’t even come close to working towards all of my 2016 goals, I’m very, very satisfied with my January- and there’s 11 more months for the rest of it! I’m on my way to 5K- I’ve reached the…
It’s almost #BellLetsTalk Day, and I have a confession: I hate the #BellLetsTalk haters. You know who I’m talking about. The people who, instead of taking the day to focus on mental health, spend the day focusing on any and…
Some non-fiction books have information that is too good not to share. Some fiction books have plots that are too good not to encourage you to read. These reviews aim to spread my love of learning, reading, and writing all…
If I ever had any self-control (and I like to think I did), I lost it last fall. I’ve never been one to hand in assignments late, but for the entire month of November, I don’t think I submitted anything…
Every year when I sit down to plan out my goals for the upcoming year, I have a feeling of déjà vu. I often feel like my goals for the upcoming year are very similar to the goals I set…
This is the third time I’ve done a year-in-review on this blog. Usually I go into the process thinking, “Not a whole lot happened this year” and then by the end of the review, I’m all “Okay, this has actually…
Grade 8 was not a particularly defining year in my life. If I’m remembering correctly, it was the year I made a 3D cell with all its little organelles, the year I learned a whole lot about fractions, the year…