Nine months
This is the longest period in my adult life when I've not been in paid employment.
This is the longest period in my adult life when I've not been in paid employment.
Today’s target is 177 push-ups, for the 17.7% of Canadians who reported average or poor mental health at the beginning of the Covid pandemic.
Today’s target is 120 push-ups, for the 120 minutes of time spent in nature per week that is associated with good health and well-being.
Today’s target is 118 push-ups, for the 11.8% of Canadians who have contemplated suicide in their lifetime.
Today’s target is 75 push-ups, representing the fact that approximately 75% of lives lost to suicide are male.
Today’s target is 84 push-ups, representing the 84% of young people who are worried about climate change.
Today’s target is 76 push-ups, for the 76% of Canadians who say they would be supportive of colleagues who may be experiencing mental illness.
Today’s target is 63 push-ups, representing the 63% of Indigenous women who have experienced physical or sexual assault in their lifetime.
Today’s target is 60 push-ups, for 6 ways to bolster mental wellness in our 2SLGBTQI+ communities.
Today’s target is 50 push ups, for the 5 minutes per day of mindfulness that has been shown to reshape your mood.
Today’s target is 55 push-ups, for the 5 out of 5 Canadians who can and should do things to look after their mental wellbeing.
Today’s target is 54 push-ups, representing the 54% of children in foster care in Canada who are Indigenous – despite making up only 8% of Canada’s child population.
Today’s target is 49 push-ups, for the 4.9 times increased likelihood of poor mental health among those experiencing a low sense of community.
I'm doing 2,000 push-ups for the 20% of Canadians who will experience a mental illness each year.
Blogs are becoming fashionable again?
I may have become what I once mocked.
Have I become an iPhone convert? Will I own Apple everything?
If you don't get the reference, I don't know you.
So many apps to organise!
The iPhone arrives and the story begins.
The iPhone has shipped!
I don't want to be an iSheep but I need to understand if iOS will work for me.
Of course it's been just shy of two years since my last post.
As I learn more about autism spectrum disorder, I risk forming a confirmation bias.
There's a word for something I've done for years. There's a word for everything, I guess.
A week has passed since my last post.
I pay a counsellor every week to talk about the same thing.
I guess it's a soft launch?
Blue Monday is a creation of the travel industry to sell winter holidays, but blue is a good description for me today.
I used manage stress reasonably well. Now, not so much.
The random non-sense running through my mind.
Nothing to report today, but honouring my one post a day minimum.
Nothing too meaningful to discuss today.
Another boring day in the pandemic.
It's just another Monday.
The internet is a very weird place right now.
This Saturday has been like so many over the past year.
It's Friday and the weekend really only represents two days of not working.
It's kind of a nothing day.
I have a love/hate relationship with London at this point.
Second business day of the year is boring. I should cherish this.
The first business day of a new year is always an interesting time.
Losing weight is on the top of many people's New Year's resolution lists. It's an empty resolution without an plan to take the related emotional issues.
The first business day of the year is coming, and I dread it.
"New year, new you" is the cliche. How do I move forward?
Whilst it's technically the end of a year, it's just another day in many ways.
When my interest piques on a topic, my brain goes into overdrive.
Facebook owns the messaging space at present, so I can't give up it up entirely.
Working between Christmas and New Year's Day is always a bit odd.
I'm launching a new site for long-form blog posts and other content.
On my last day in the office, I received Jamie Oliver's latest cookbook, "Jamie's Food Revolution" as a gift from my friends.