Not a Journal

I almost made it a year without writing one of these. I'm terrible at this, but please accept my attempt to highlight my whole year in a reasonable amount of words for an internet blog with 25 readers. Looks like my last update was about my fundraiser for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. I reached the goal thanks to so many amazing people. We hosted two public events and raised over $2800. That was truly a feeling of accomplishment and made the ride all the more satisfying. The ride itself was, well it was a few things; fun, painful, did I mention painful? But overall, absolutely worth it. Participating in that event with 4500+ other people is a special feeling, especially since they try and get the waterworks going before the start. Over $18 million was raised this year. Approaching the finish line, that 220th kilometre, after 11+ hours of riding, with crowds lining the streets gives you such a rush of adrenaline. I'll remember that experience forever. I also had the opport...

Hiya friends, So if you follow me in some of the other corners of the internet, you'll have noticed I finally began my fundraising for The Ride to Conquer Cancer ! A big big thank you to everyone who has donated so far, and to a good friend of mine for helping me make my initial fundraising video . I'm over $400 after only a couple days, which is pretty amazing. You all rock! For anyone who would like to donate, click on over to this link and enter any amount you'd like in the "Freewheeler" option. Keep your receipts for your taxes! I'll be posting some video and blogs about my training journey, which is off to a slow start, but it's a start! I've also adopted a " STOP EATING SO MUCH " strategy, we'll see how long that lasts. Other than that, life's been pretty routine since starting my career. Work a lot, eat a little, sleep a medium amount, and gym when I can. I'm planning on doing some fundraising events once the ...

First of all, I did not forget about my wonderful readers, and I know, it's been a while... but here's the quick 3-minute recap of my last few months! After my almost viral (177 views!!!!) Tim Hortons blog which you should read (or reread) because it's just artistry level blogging, I let the fame and fortune go to my head... okay well actually, I got a job. If you follow me on any other platforms, I fell off the grid pretty much as soon as I began working, but I have a lot to fill you in on! After a long and stressful job hunt, I received a phone call from a consulting company. Fast forward a month and I'm having a great time working as an energy management consultant. Not to brag or anything, but my office view is pretty sweet, check it out! I also had a birthday during this mysterious, radio-silent time. I had said I'd write a blog then.... we'll just move past the fact that it's been almost 4 weeks since. My biggest news and I'm excited ...

As I sit here pretending to be a scriptwriter at a budget Starbucks  Tim Hortons, feeling slightly out of place, I write this review. This will be an attempt at a new series on my blog, since I've been dry with ideas since returning to Canada. Tim Hortons is a Canadian classic coffee shop turned fast food restaurant while still retaining its coffeeshop status. Apparently, it used to be excellent until they changed coffee beans, but that was before my coffee drinking days so I and most people around my age probably feel the same (we don't feel anything about the changed beans). It also used to be cheap, but since high-status coffee shops like the aforementioned Starbucks and Second Cup somehow get away with charging 10$ for a drink, the friendly neighborhood Canadian brand jacks prices to compete. At least it still has its loyal customers. Fun fact, the first Tim's restaurant was in my hometown of Hamilton! It's also the usual go-to spot for a quick bathroom brea...

Polarsteps is done tracking my trip, but the journey is still  here  if you'd like to check it out! If you missed any of the series, check it out on my social media feeds or on my blog homepage. The last post is  right here! I can't say that this finale will be very spectacular. I do however want to share some of the things I learned through my time in Europe and coming home after such a trip. Venice, my final stop, is something special. It's unique, and after so many big cities and subways and buses, the uniqueness of taking a boat around the city is just fun. I never took the overpriced gondola ride or boat cabs, and I don't feel that you need to because the boat-bus was awesome. A 48-hour pass is relatively cheap and I had a blast boating around the city. It does take a long time to get around though, so you need to keep that in mind! The city is unfortunately sinking and eventually will cease to exist. About 1000 locals leave the city each year. So if you...

This series ended up being far longer than I anticipated. I could make an ebook about my travels! Who am I kidding, no one would want to read that... let alone buy it. Also, side note: Polarsteps was so great up until a couple days ago when it went haywire and threw a bunch of phantom travel paths on my map. Support said it has been fixed however, there was no way to remove the phantom lines. This all makes for a ton of work for me to redo all of the travel steps. It's unfortunate but I understand these things happen. Anyway, it's all updated now and working as it should, sorry to my 7000  7 followers for any inconvenience. Now that it's all back to normal, here is the link if you'd like to check out my trip! If you missed any of the series, check it out on my social media feeds or on my blog homepage. The last post is right here! July 22 2017 Wow, am I ever behind on this. [Left off in Florence] So I went up the massive dome of the Florence Cathedral...