A documentation of my journey to improve my life
Tag: meditation
“Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop to look around once in a while you could miss it.” This quote by famous 1980’s movie philosopher Ferris Buller has always been one of my favourites. It’s stood as a reminder for me that life is precious and not to be wasted, that life needs to be about fun and entertainment just as much as it does about work and achievement. This quote has inspired me to live a more adventurous...
As I sat knee’s locked and neck cramped squished into my seat on possibly the cheapest airline in the United States I had a lot running through my mind. I was returning home from our annual company trip to Scottsdale Arizona where I had just spent the last 5 days trying to find a balance between accomplishment and indulgence (not an easy balance to strike especially when the drinks are free and the peer pressure is high). I was the only...
A Reflective Run Through Toronto So there I was in Toronto Ontario; centre of the universe, home of Stanley Cup victories long passed and dreams (delusions) of new ones still fresh in people’s minds. I ventured out for a jog to clear my head after a long day at the conference I was attending. My headphones in, a smile on my face, my mind was completely engrossed in the incredible scenery around me. The buildings all had this eerie history...
Pretentious attitudes, long hair, man buns, Lulu Lemon, tight pants, overly bendy, over complicated, stretching disguised as a workout. This was basically my general perception of Yoga and those doing Yoga up to the beginning of this month. Was it a bit (quite) prejudgemental? Well, ya, but I’m not sure this was totally my fault. My only experiences with Yoga to date hadn’t really been the most positive. Besides my one-off encounters with the friendly but strange hippyish types practicing their...
Work/Life Chaos Just so you all understand I am pretty great at completely underestimating life challenges (which also makes for entertaining stories I guess). My name is Drew Vincent, I’m a 30 year old single guy with a great job and very full life. I recently bought a house this last September, finally moved in this December and since then have done nothing but project after project. I figured I could do most of the work in a few weeks, wrap...
Have you ever gotten in your car, driven somewhere and then realized upon arrival that you have no recollection of the trip over? How about checking the clock at work and realizing ‘holy crap, it’s already 2:30, where did my day disappear to?’ Or how about getting into an argument and then suddenly stopping to ask yourself, ‘how did we get here?’ This happened to me all the time, I would float through my days doing my best to steer my life in the...
I never in a 100 years thought that I would ever try meditation It’s not that I’m a closed off person, actually far from it, but meditation just seemed hokey and kind of far fetched. The only people I knew that meditated were long haired hippies and equally long haired (but probably in a man bun) yoga instructors and I didn’t exactly identify with either of them. Besides, I always felt like I was a pretty intelligent and self aware person and...
‘Okay what do I have to do today? I should send some emails, finish that excel spreadsheet, call a few clients, make a Facebook post, find some images that look like clouds, and remember to message my girlfriend to make sure we’re still on for dinner at our friends house tonight. Maybe I’ll start with that Facebook post. Oh hey! Looks like Shelby had her baby. I should probably comment on that or she’ll think I’m a dick. Might as well check...
