Right now is a rare time in the labour market, more employees have more choice than they ever have before. It’s driving wages up, people have a choice of what industry to work in and it might seem like job seekers are interviewing you. That to me is a great thing! This won’t last forever... Continue Reading →
How and what to cook on a wood stove
While most things about living in Nova Scotia are just wonderful dealing with Nova Scotia Power is definitely not one of the good things. Power outages are widespread, long lasting and often in circumstances that really add up to just regular storm. We are fortunate enough not to live on one of the problem circuits.... Continue Reading →
8 ways to survive a busy time
Am I the busiest person in the world, no and I hold no delusions about that. But… every year the work that I have done means I have crazy busy periods. That’s true of me in the past and now. I’ve probably had a busy period most years for the last 15 years. In the... Continue Reading →
How to Train a Weakness Until it’s Your Strength
No two people are exactly alike and that’s sort of what keeps the world interesting. But that also means we don’t necessarily have the same natural ability to do any task. So depending on what activity you’re trying for the first time it may go great or suck balls. It’s easy to ignore a weakness... Continue Reading →
Actual Help with Your Side Hustle
Side hustles love them or hate them they are a thing. There are pretty much just as many reasons to have one as options for what to do. For many these days it’s hard to find that perfect job that gives you all the hours you need, pays enough, fulfills you and provides benefits all... Continue Reading →
How to Talk to Kids about Exercise
Before we want anything else for our kids we want them to be happy and healthy even if we aren’t always. Personally, I think that fostering a love or a habit of exercise in your kids is a really big part of that. But that, like so many other things in life is complicated. If... Continue Reading →
8 Tips and Tricks for Dealing with a Sunburn
Sunburn season is fast approaching. I firmly believe that a tan is just a more aesthetic version of skin damage but year after year I end up with a pretty dark one. Not for lack of trying though. Most years I get a certain degree of a sunburn too. We will talk a little about... Continue Reading →
How to get Back into Running: Mental Work
I’m willing to bet that for every runner out there exists another former runner that thinks about starting up again. If you’re thinking about it dreamily then that’s enough to know that it’s the right choice for you. Since you used to run you already know about all the crazy varied reasons runner’s love their... Continue Reading →
20 Tips for Completing your Thesis in Record Time
My heart goes out to the grad students out there that are now out of their labs or in from the field without warning. Had I not been able to get to the lab during my research it would have shut down my progress entirely and every continuing semester cost me about $3000 dollars. I... Continue Reading →
How to Add a Triathlon to Your Race Season (And Why You Should)
Did you know that triathlon has been the fastest growing sport in the last few years? I’ll bet that if you run, bike or swim at some point you’ve already found yourself tri-curious. You may be already asking yourself “how hard is it?” “Would I live through it?” Or even “could I do that?” The... Continue Reading →