With winter setting in as late as it has this year, I had forgotten what it was like to run in the cold. There had been a few days where I needed to pull on the thermal shirts to stay comfortable and even more rarely did I need to find my gloves and hat. The day after Christmas, I was walking around in a t-shirt and shorts and on New Year's Eve, I played an outdoor show with The Slip Slams. Both times I was quite comfortable. Clearly, this is not the average progression f

Until you've tried it, meditation can seem a little out there. I had never given it much thought before I was editing for the Learning Leader podcast and heard several of the show's guests talk about the benefits of meditation, so I started to give it a shot a few months ago. Since then, I've included meditation in my morning routine which I make an effort to stick to at least 5 days a week - optimistically - and it definitely does help my mindset as I start my day. Simply t

The past several days have hit the entertainment community hard with this recent raft of celebrity cancer deaths. First Lemmy, then Bowie, and now Alan Rickman. With these creative engines snuffed out, I thought of their legacies and the work they have left behind. I, unfortunately, only knew much about Lemmy and Motörhead in the past several months, but from the interviews and documentary footage I saw of the man, he was undoubtedly a character and a beloved one at that, b

Last year was the first time I was pretty amped for the New Year, even still I was a bit curmudgeonly when it came to New Year's resolutions - still am, to a point, but they have their place when used properly. This year, I was even more stoked to dive into a new calendar year, particularly since it closely coincides with my birthday so I feel like there's a definite "new year" attitude that comes to me. I don't have resolutions, as such, but I do have some goals. My bigges