12/300: Complete this thought: “I wish I had paid more attention when…” …I was supposed to be…planning for my future? I don’t know about that. Wishing I had paid more attention to this or that would be implying I have regrets about something. Sure, there are things that have happened in my life that I have learned from, events that… Read more →
Category: everyday learning
11/300: Do you prefer taking risks or having a safety net?
11/300: Do you prefer taking risks or having a safety net? Takings risks feels natural to me. But lprobably because I have a safety net. I’m extremely lucky to be able to take risks in my career and my company because hubby is so stable. He’s my rock. For every decision I have made from starting my own company, to… Read more →
10/300: What did you get into trouble for the most when you were a kid?
10/300: What did you get into trouble for the most when you were a kid? “Jennifer is a good student…she does talk a lot.” I can’t really remember a report card where I didn’t receive this comment. I think this says a lot about the school system. Are students not meant to disrupt class with their own ideas or only… Read more →
9/300: Name one thing you have lied to yourself about. Why did you do this?
9/300: Name one thing you have lied to yourself about. Why did you do this? I have lied to myself to believe that I prefer chaos over order. This is more than the fact that I grew up with a messy bedroom and that if it were up to me I’d leave clean clothes unfolded in the laundry hamper. It… Read more →
Writing Prompt 8/300: Come up with a mathematical formula to express something you know/believe.
Writing Prompt 8/300: Come up with a mathematical formula to express something you know/believe. Math and I aren’t really good friends. We used to be, like in grade school. But then we drifted apart, at a time that we probably needed each other most. It is probably because math likes things in right answers and black and white. I tend… Read more →
Writing Prompt 7/300: You are the wind’s interpreter. What is it saying?
Writing Prompt 7/300: You are the wind’s interpreter. What is it saying? Yo…I’m the wind! You think I’m just an airhead but really I am a force to be reckoned with. That’s right. I’m the wind! *Mic drop* Read more →
Writing Prompt 6/300: Write about something presently in your life that is “worth it.”
Writing Prompt 6/300: Write about something presently in your life that is “worth it.” It would be all to easy to say that my kid is totally worth it. Obviously every second with him is precious. But when I really think about the question of telling a story about something that is quote-unquote worth it, I have to think about… Read more →
Writing Prompt 5/300: Give your city (or town or region) a new name that reflects what kind of place it is, and explain why you chose that name.
Writing Prompt 5/300: Give your city (or town or region) a new name that reflects what kind of place it is, and explain why you chose that name. Toronto. Turunno. Tdot. The Big Smoke. Hogtown. The 6ix. The city I was born and raised in. A city I love. A city I call home. To me Toronto is a place… Read more →
Writing Prompt 4/300: Write a diary entry, dated 10 in the future.
Writing Prompt 4/300: Write a diary entry, dated 10 in the future. Dear diary… It’s the end of the first week of school. J just started grade 5. How time flies! Every first week of school brings on a flurry of emotions. The summer is over. Routine sets in. We’ve come down off the high of birthday week and the… Read more →
Writing Prompt 3/300: What is your favourite piece of art? What do you love about it?
Writing Prompt 3/300: What is your favourite piece of art? What do you love about it? Art is a funny thing. It is subjective, personal, someone’s story. One of my first jobs as a teenager was working in an art supply store and I was surrounded by people creating and I was inspired. I loved the idea of being an… Read more →