Back in December, I began planning for 2014. I did this without giving more than a passing thought to 2013. I had this vague sense that 2013 hadn’t been anything special, just another year to check off, and moved on….
I need to learn how to read. For those who know me, especially those who grew up with me, that’s probably a strange comment. I love reading, and spend most of my spare time doing just that. But I still…
One thing I’ve learned very quickly since starting this blog is that writing is hard. It’s really easy to have thoughts and opinions, but really difficult to put those in writing. The minute I start writing things down, I start…
Everything starts somewhere. The actions of those around us often start with an idea, or a passion. Sometimes things start with a conversation, or a story. Other times, it’s dealing with an unsatisfactory situation, and a desire for change that…
Every university has them. The exceptional students who seem to be involved in everything, or who seem to be making a huge difference in one area of campus life. Those students whose names seem to always be popping up, or…
Over the past month, I’ve been lucky enough to have attended four different conferences- the East Coast Student Leadership Conference, held at Dalhousie; the Student Wellness Conference at Acadia; the Canadian Conference on Student Leadership in Kelowna, BC; and Unleash…
Talking to the void. Words falling on deaf ears. Disappearing into the crowd. All of these sentences basically mean the same thing- no one is paying attention. Increasingly over the last few years, I’ve found that people are often too…