Apparently, it is fall here in LA. I’ve yet to see weatherly evidence of this, as it is still a balmy 25-30 degrees Celcius each afternoon. To encourage more autumnal energy, I made a delicious and hearty soup for lunch this week.
I am not a financial expert and I have zero training in this area, but I did have parents who talked openly about money, taught me and my brother how to be entrepreneurs, and gave us books on financial literacy when we were barely old enough to read. I’ll put it this way – my brother bought himself a boat when he was 12 years old because of the money he made from his PAPER ROUTE. We were kids who, for better or worse, knew how to save.
This week for lunch I made one of my favorite combos – tabouli, falafel, hummus and pita. My family loves Mediterranean food, so even though I grew up in Atlantic Canada, this bowl is a taste of home!
I used to think, unequivocally, that everyone should travel. I would have said, “Go! Travel! See! Feel!” to anyone who would listen.
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It’s been 10 years since I moved away from home. I was 18, leaving for university, and it broke my heart. My whole identity was wrapped up in being my parent’s daughter, my brother’s sister, my cousins’ cousin, a Switzer, a Reid – an islander. I didn’t know how my life would change by leaving, but I knew it would.
I know how to move. In the past 10 years, I’ve lived in 4 Canadian cities, as well as Boston and LA. Not to toot my own horn, but people have said I know my way around a packing supply store. As a result of these moves, I have learned some strategies to get established in a new place.
My dad was in an 80’s Canadian rock band called Haywire (and yes, he had ‘the hair’). Dad toured until I was 7 years old, which included a stint in Japan and 6 months in Norway – and this was before the days of Skype. Even with two young kids at home, my mom made it look easy; she helped me put together these tips for making a long distance relationship work.
I have never been the kind of person you would call ‘domestic.’ Put it this way – at age 21, I called home to get specific instructions on how to boil carrots.
I have been ‘goal-oriented’ since elementary school. Most likely, I started goal-setting because a character in The Baby-Sitter’s Club made it seem fun, but 20 years later, it is still something I do regularly. I’ve been using the below process since high school – it’s basic, but it works for me.
young, wild, and tidy. 