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Riley Madaire: When the Breakdown Is Just the Beginning
Are you the type of person who strikes up a conversation with the traveler sitting next to you on a plane? Well, I’m sure you can already guess that I most definitely am. Making Friends at 30,000 Feet When I was flying to Australia for my first solo overseas adventure, I sat in the aisle, and was beyond grateful when the plane closed its doors and no one was sitting in the middle seat. And even beyond that, I was thankful that the person sitting at the window was a girl around my age. Obviously, I started talking to her, and learned that she was a twenty-three-year-old from Calgary, Alberta,…
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Behind the Highlight Reel: What It’s Taken to Transform My Life
In the midst of your doom scrolling do you ever stop and wonder how people manage to live these highlight-reel lives? Moving to new cities, constantly traveling, buying the newest cars, building their businesses. It seems constant. The people around us are continuously leveling up and reaching milestones we feel like we don’t even have time to dream about. And then there’s you, working long hours, trying to make rent, wondering if you’re falling behind. Maybe it’s money, time, mental energy… or all of the above. Or maybe you do have some of those things, and still feel stuck. Unsure of how to transform your life. That’s real, too. It…
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What Driving for 53 Hours Alone Taught Me About Grief and Trust
What’s worse than driving across the country once? Driving across the country twice. There is nothing quite like 53 hours in a car with nothing but your thoughts and a dry-heaving, anxious, elderly dog. One of us was taking anxiety medication for the trip, and unfortunately, it wasn’t me. Chasing 5000km of Change If you read my first post, you know that I am living life without a timeline or a road map. I am not sure where I am going but I know that I am chasing things that feel good. Recently, that meant packing up my Subaru and driving from Gatineau, Quebec, all the way back home to…
A solo journey through chaos, clarity, and cabernet.
