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  People who know me in my youth knew me as a hopeless romantics who bought in way too much of the notion of “The one”, and who showers his love interests with needless affection and over-top-grand gesture. People who know me in my late twenties – early thirties knew me as a cynic whoContinue reading “My Valentine”

  So when I quit my job at a fast-growing start-up, after 3 years of solid struggling and after I finally hired a junior team member, and while we are growing both revenue and headcount, to join a much much smaller company, my boss said “Of course it makes sense for you. You are PureContinue reading “#PureAdventures”

I started a new job today. It’s an amazing feeling. The fear, the uncertainty, the challenges of starting something new in the middle of a pandemic. It’s exhilarating. I know I’m odd. But that’s in my nature to get out of my comfort zone and grow.  The last 2 weeks at my old work hasContinue reading “Old memories – New Beginnings”

  So, there’s no sugar-coating this, 2020 has been a clusterfuck of dumpster-fires. From the pandemic and delays to our major life goals, to my having shingles and had to miss work for 8 days, to our ceiling leaks with water, and a bird family lived in our vent. Small annoyances to life-altering life decisions.Continue reading “2020”

  “Waiting is wasting, for people like me” – Wind by Akeboshi In my anxiety-induced restlessness, there are always two versions of me. One that is restless, self-deprecating, and hating about the fact that I am falling behind. There is another, kinder, softer, but the more resilient voice I’d like you to hear from. It’sContinue reading “Hunger”

 “Look around, look around at how lucky we are To be alive right now Look at where you are. Look at where you started The fact that you’re alive is a miracle Just stay alive, that would be enough I don’t pretend to know the challenges you’re facing The worlds you keep erasing and creating inContinue reading “That would be enough”

 “What’s terrifying about praying is the loneliness of it. You show more faith praying for your first time more than any nuns. It’s so terrifying to sit alone by yourself in that silence” – Mary Karr I will never pretend that my life right now is not in a place of privilege. Considering where IContinue reading “Restless prayers”

This new blog begins with a love letter We start in 2020, the year of the pandemic, with rising infections and death, and stupidity of people who don’t believe in the virus. The global economy, and Alberta’s, severely struggled after the pandemic and the crash of oil prices, once again. The US is tearing itselfContinue reading “A Promised Land”