September 21, 2019
If you’re planning a trip to Banff, here are five places that should be on your must-see list!
September 13, 2019
My alarm wakes me up from my hotel bed at 4:00am. I’m crazy, I think to myself as I groggily layer up for the 5-degree weather outside. Today I’m going to watch the sunrise over Moraine Lake in beautiful Banff, Alberta.
August 30, 2019
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Lens filters come in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes. You have colour-enhancing filters, polarizing filters, neutral density filters and more. Within each of these categories are a series of subcategories; neutral density filters, for example, decrease the amount of light that enters your lens, without changing the colours that come through (hence the term “neutral”). In a category all its own is the ND1000 filter. It’s one of the strongest neutral density filters available, letting in 1024x less light than the lens normally allows. So why the heck would anyone want to do that?
August 23, 2019
Earlier this year, I wrote a post talking about the mental healing process I went through to forgive someone for an unnecessary injury caused while training karate. Long story short, someone did something they shouldn’t that left me with seemingly permanent neck pain. For years, I’ve lived with that pain, with no clue what specifically was wrong. This week, that all changed.
August 16, 2019
In my conversations with people, I have heard a wide variety of perspectives on credit cards over the years. Some thoughts were on-point, while others… well, they were the type of well-intentioned, but misguided advice that makes you slap your palm to your face. Here are five commonly-mentioned, and completely untrue, myths about credit cards. It’s time to get the facts straight.
August 9, 2019
I spent much of the past week lounging by the water at a cottage up north; a pretty Canadian thing to do over an extended long weekend. In preparation for the vacation, I was looking for an adventure book; something about traveling and getting off the beaten path. I found exactly that in Escape from the Ordinary; it’s a gem of a book that I wanted to share with you.
August 2, 2019
After five years of carrying a $40,000 balance on my student line of credit, my debt is finally paid off... and boy does it ever feel good.
July 26, 2019
Hey guys, I won’t be publishing this week, but check back next Friday for some big news 🙂
July 19, 2019
When we as adults see a child black belt, we may not realize it consciously, but subconsciously the value of a black belt is degraded every time it happens. Yet the same thing can happen in the office right under our noses.
July 12, 2019
Five years isn't a long time to train in the world of martial arts. It's long enough, though, to see many others come and go, along with their excuses. Before dismissing a martial art for outside reasons, it's worth looking in to see if there's something else at play.