In my quest to learn to do nothing and in my happiness project I have found one thing. If I let passion lead the way, I will never get lost. I have always believed when setting life goals that setting specific milestones can set you up for disappointment or confusion, but when you set coordinates your journey will figure it… Read more →
Author: Jennifer Chan
Everyday Learning
I have been writing more and more about everyday learning – this is something that I regularly think about, the little life lessons that sneak up on us when we are going about our normal business. These are the moments that can easily wash over us in the blur of everyday, but for me I am trying to take the… Read more →
Practice makes…
Perfect? I don’t really believe in perfect, so I am just going to say practice makes for more practice. It would have been easy for me to let myself “forget” to write for 2 minutes today, but then I thought if I slip this time, what is to stop me next time? Today I thought that the inspiration would hit… Read more →
Knowing Your Influence
Having influence is an invisible power that can be used with authority for good or evil, like trust it needs to be earned and can easily disappear, but using it well can be extremely powerful. I was reminded of this when I observed a young boy eating lunch with his sister, mom and nanny today. His nanny tried to feed… Read more →
Tests of Life
In the school of life, the tests are always pop quizzes and the answers are never in the back of the book. Being on this trip, the tests usually come as small and infrequent bursts of frustration or confusion and then pass quickly. Sometimes the small pieces stack on top of one another and that is when the outbursts come,… Read more →
Giving Yourself Time
In a world where people constantly say they don’t have enough time, they are overworked, over-stressed and under appreciated, I want to give myself time. I met a young man yesterday who takes 2 minutes a day to write a story, so by the end of the year he will have some sort of book, or at the very least… Read more →
Starting Something
Funny enough, I wrote this blog on the plane. I thought I would get a head start on this idea of “Learning to do nothing” only to later realize that what I had initially wrote here was to “Learn to be happy” – now this things have two very different means to me, but they are also deeply intertwined. So… Read more →
Multipotentiality
I learned a new word this week. Multipotentiality. “Multipotentiality is an educational and psychological term referring to a pattern found among intellectually gifted individuals.” I find this both to be, humourous and comforting. When I was a kid, I really wanted to go to gifted classes because once a week the really smart kids got to leave class and go somewhere, I had… Read more →
Building Blocks
*re-posted from Exhibit Change from June 28, 2010* Lego pieces are well known as interlocking building blocks. Lego pieces build foundations. Lego pieces are better together than alone. While at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, there was a wall of lego pieces, this sparked a conversation between hubby and I about lego pieces and the way they represent different people. There are… Read more →
The Moment
Can you pinpoint the moment when you become disengaged? I am often told to calm down, that I get worked up when I am passionate, that my energy is contagious. I recently learned a valuable lesson, heading in heart first means you can have your heart broken. Pick your battles. Geez, that makes so much sense! But it never really… Read more →