Tag: Priorities
-
Weekly Newsletter – Training (and recovering!) with a busy lifestyle
I know you’re checking the box when it comes to training! But are you checking the box when it comes to recovery? Here’s what you need to consider in order to recover properly within your busy lifestyle!
-
Standing out of the spotlight
As you go through your bucket list to life, or even your resolutions to the year, continue to remember what matters most to you, and where you want to spend the majority of your time. You don’t need the extra meaning in your life in seven different directions. You definitely don’t need the spotlight. You…
-
The past doesn’t matter, you do
You don’t need me to tell you how difficult it can be to truly live in the present. I bet you’ve thought about the uncertain future that lies ahead, or the negatives that you thought you left behind every single day this week. I have too. It’s one thing to say that the past is…
-
The comfort of normalcy
I love my life. I really love my life. Missing out on that life even for a day felt like too much. It felt like something that I would have only wanted to do, if I could have brought my life with me. If I could have continued to live my life in the exact…
-
Why friends need to be a priority in your life
So often, paths change. We go our separate ways. We lose touch with our friends. We lose touch with the very people that care about us most. That wouldn’t want to live without us.
-
Life lessons from The Masked Singer
If you’ve never checked out The Masked Singer, you are missing out. Not only is it a fun, feel-good show. It’s also one that constantly brings good vibes, and reminds us of the power of keeping things positive and how that can create such a special environment for everyone to excel.
-
The case for conserving energy – a lesson from Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi is the greatest soccer player to ever live. I know all the Cristiano Ronaldo fans will be immediately turned off by this statement. But rest assured, what I’m about to write holds true for Ronaldo too. All the same lessons apply. In many ways, the likes of Messi have been afforded the ability…
-
Establishing your priorities in life
Growing up, I was always the person with friends. I won Valedictorian in the most glaring of popularity contests in grade 8, and finished runner-up in grade 12 for the same prize after rocking the crowd with a rap. But then in university, I struggled to adjust. I struggled navigating the landscape of a new…
-
You always have time
I’ve stopped doing something recently. I’ve stopped telling people how busy I am. I’ve stopped bragging about being busy. The truth is, we’re all busy. I mean, I’m sure there are some people that don’t fill their cups all the way to the top, and spend some of the day feeling a lack of meaning…
-
Lifestyle and mindset changes since I started training for an ultramarathon
At a low-point in my life, an awfully difficult day of desperation and distraught, I turned to my computer and searched for meaning in the form of upcoming (sold-out) ultramarathon races in Ontario. ‘I’ll get out there next year instead’, I said to myself. Since taking on this path, I feel happier with who I…
Rhys Desmond 