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Let’s Do the Time Warp~

5 weeks.

5 weeks is a lot of time. It is a month and some, 35 days, 840 hours, 50 4000 minutes.

And although 5 weeks is a large amount of time for anyone, it is also very small. In the many years that I have spent waiting for things however, I have noticed a trend.

Waiting for something exciting – 5 weeks = 5 eons.

Waiting for something stressful, or an upcoming due date – 5 weeks = 5 minutes

Th…

Let’s Talk

Today is not Bell Let’s Talk Day.

There is no reason for me to talk about anxiety, depression, anorexia, obsessive compulsive disorder or bipolar disorder.

But I am going to, and here’s why.

For many years throughout the end of high school until nearly my final year, I struggled in silence, entirely alone.

For many years following, from the end of high school and into my second year away at…

Unlike some, I typically avoid making New Years Resolutions.

I tried it a few times, but found that every January, I set out to do something and faound that it was just…inconvenient.

Do you know how many people vow to go to the gym twice a week, starting in January, and always end up picking the only 2 days that I have time to do it? Not that I go to the gym much anyways, but I digress.

Basicall…

(Hot) Job in the City

Meeting new people can be stressful, but by adding the words “networking” or “interview” into the mix, it can become all the more worrying. Conveniently, networking has always come very naturally to me. Like my father, and his father before him, I am very social, and meeting new people is an adventure.

For our “Career Readiness” course, designed to prepare us for the workplace after college, the…

Fear and Networking: A Brief Guide to Exchanging Business Cards

A lot of students are afraid of this word “Networking”.

Sitting in Orientation for the First Years of my program (Advertising and Marketing Communications/Management) I really thought about what a difference makes in one year. Just a short time ago, I was sitting where they were sitting, listening to people that I didn’t know, talk about things that I didn’t understand.

There were lots of…

Teamwork: Free Treats and

Working with others, to me, is highly unnatural.

From the time I was a young child, nearly all of my work was independent. My parents both worked full-time, my brother was nearly a full 4 years younger than I was, so I spent a lot of time doing stuff by myself.

And it was awesome.

  Now, as a grown up, I can truly say that I enjoy working in groups.

Here’s why:

Someone can bring snacks

Therefore…