Ideas to keep your writing fun when you want to quit — Like most of us who write for a living, I find it difficult to shift from writing for work to writing for the love of writing. So much trouble that I’ve thought about giving up on writing altogether. I would sit down at the computer with nothing to write, no…

The challenge of moving farming to the cities — I grew up on 3 acres of land 30 miles east of Ottawa. The lot backed onto 100 acres of forest so the air felt pure and rich. I still remember the smell of the trees after a rainfall. The crispness of the air in the fall, and the freshness…

An indecisive mentality is a major drawback to developing as a person. Big returns often require big moves and risking the unknown. Think about building a business, starting a family or changing your career path. It can sometimes be difficult to make decisions, add anxiety to the mix and it becomes even more challenging. As someone who struggles with anxiety, I have a real temptation to fall into this pattern of thought. One of the best pieces of advice I received was nobody acts with perfect information. The best we can do is make a decision with the information available and adjust as we go along.

We all have a temptation to sit back on the couch and turn on Netflix. …

More questions than answers — Five years ago I was deep in the bowels of my university library gripped in purposeful thought. Unfortunately, I wasn’t gripped by my studies. I should have been researching content for my fourth-year thesis on political corruption in new democracies or doing my economics exercises to prepare for my examinations…

The death of the individual — It’s borderline impossible to disregard the impact of the revolutionary writings of Karl Marx. Considered as one of the fathers of socialism, his writings have served as the blueprint for communist political structures around the world. Even though communist systems aren’t a new phenomenon, some of the more fundamental concepts…

Lessons of a rookie civil servant — I landed my first job in the civil service working as a summer policy co-op between my first and second year at grad school. After hours of prep developing policy presentations, prepping interview answers, and participating in 10 position competitions, I landed one offer for my summer placement. I was…

Often I read articles on medium that seem to focus on how to leverage the platform as an income tool. We are all familiar with the “ how to make $1000 dollars a month on medium” trope, and I wonder how this style of writing cheapens our ideas. …