My Life

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Is there something you want to do but think you can’t? Write it down.

April 18, 2013

Some people think I’m a risk taker or an adrenaline junkie. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. Did you know I’m afraid of the dark and that sometimes the squeak of the windshield wipers makes me jump? What I am is curious – which means I love trying new things all the time. I [...]

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Are you lost?

March 15, 2013

I’m fucking lost. I struggle to write this not because I can’t admit it, but because I’m so lost that I don’t know what to say about it. Self-improvement, change, figuring it all out – this is normal and a good thing; I know this. And it’s not something I haven’t experienced countless times before. [...]

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What I learned from being Undead.

October 22, 2012

This past Saturday I was undead. Don’t worry, I’m fine now. It was all for a VIP event at Screemers, an indoor haunted scream park. A few Hamilton bloggers were invited to enjoy the event and two of us brave souls got done up to be monsters so that we could do some of the [...]

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Gorgeous Blonde Singing “The Fry Song” from Adventure Time

September 20, 2012

If this video doesn’t “go viral” there is something wrong with the Internet. The lovely blonde in the video is Marissa, my business partner, my #FitHamilton motivator, my Derby Wife. She’s singing a surprisingly meloncholy folk song from a really cool animated kids show that’s for grown-ups too. All the while dealing with her amazingly energetic (and devilishly cute) [...]

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The Gold Tree

August 13, 2012

Once upon a time, there was an ordinary girl. Her name was Zoe. One day she found a box, the size of a growing tree. She found a lock to it and put her house key in it. It opened and inside was a gold tree! She closed it and ran to her friends. She [...]

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How to get over feeling like a failure.

February 9, 2012

You know those quotes that are said by smart people about failure and how it makes you a better person? Like… I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over [...]

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