Aha! Moment Monday I think I got it backwards. I believe the saying is, “The mind is a terrible thing to waste” but according to my scale, I somehow managed to interpret it to be, “The waist is a terrible thing to mind”. My blurry eyes and stiff muscles – telltale signs of zoom fatigue – my closet locking me out and my son, the nutrition coach, having the “carb talk” with me made me wake up … [Read more...]
You First
Aha! Moment Monday Moms are notorious for putting everyone else first. I’m sure it’s an instinctual thing that they put caring for their babes as the highest priority but many moms also do the vacation planning, meal prep (and clean up), entertaining of friends, host birthday parties (with presents, cake, and loot bags), help with the homework, care for whoever is sick, drive one to soccer … [Read more...]
The Time to Adapt
Aha! Moment Monday For how long have you had your car? Are you so comfortable with the technology and all of where the buttons, dials, switches and plugs are that to perform any function – make a turn, change the media source, open the moon roof, adjust your seat – that very little deliberate thinking is required to make the change? That probably wasn’t the case when you first got your … [Read more...]
I owe, I owe, it’s Off to Work I Go
Aha! Moment Monday Are you a risk-taker? Or do you like a safety net and the guarantee that comes with it? If you are a risk-taker and decided to buy Facebook stock at the beginning of this year, your investment would have increased by 19.12%. If you like guaranteed investments, on the other hand, a one-year Canada Savings Bond purchased at the same time promises .5% at the one-year … [Read more...]
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Aha! Moment Monday Science Alert! Deep within the hearts of Neptune and Uranus it could be raining diamonds! Diamonds! Michelle Starr recently shared, “The hypothesis goes that the intense heat and pressure thousands of kilometres below the surface of these ice giants should split apart hydrocarbon compounds, with the carbon compressing into diamond and sinking even deeper towards the … [Read more...]