Jun 7, 2020“She Can Be” is a children's book I wrote, illustrated, and self-published on Amazon: You can do it too.A few months ago, I was reading to my then two-year-old nephew and realized how outdated many of his books were. I started searching on Amazon for children’s books that were more “current” for kids born in 2019 and while browsing the infinite selection…. …Self Publishing10 min readSelf Publishing10 min read
Published in A Little Detour·Mar 2, 2019A Little Detour: Part IIHow I feel today quantifying time after A Little Detour: The year literally felt like a month A week felt like a day A day (I have to think really really hard about it….) is a single moment and often the rest of that day is a blank. Since returning to Canada, it’s been a little weird. It was…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
Published in A Little Detour·Jun 2, 2018📓 Entry #21 — New Netflix friend, Twitter-incidence and one of the most dangerous jobsJune 1, 2018 Indonesia has been filled with so many special moments that I have wanted to share… but the wifi here has been a piece of work (meaning it sucks and I hate it!). To avoid me being super frustrated trying to publish multiple posts... I made one to…Travel8 min readTravel8 min read
Published in A Little Detour·May 22, 2018📓 Entry #20 — Things to keep busy.May 22, 2018 Over the last few months i’ve been thinking a lot about what I should be doing during my extended coffee break in regards to self-improvement/output. …Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
Published in A Little Detour·May 15, 2018📓 Entry # 19 — We’ve got a plan!May 15, 2018 After Chiang Mai I felt like a new person. I think it was the comfortable living + amazing food + a lax work schedule. We’d wake up, go to a cafe or co-working space and do some work on our projects. Then eat and maybe go do…Travel3 min readTravel3 min read
Published in A Little Detour·Apr 28, 2018📓 Entry # 18 — Travel fatigue is real.April 22, 2018 After almost 7 months on the road, it finally hit. We’re tired, feeling out of it and missing home. I guess I assumed these feelings wouldn’t strike a cord with us since traveling in the past (for 2–3 weeks at a time….) …Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
Published in A Little Detour·Apr 18, 2018📓 Entry #17 — The time I couldn’t breathe under water.April 18, 2018 🤦I know. I know you can’t breathe under water unless you have some sort of technological help… but here is the story of how I was breathing under water... then not. Oli and I became certified open water scuba divers back in December while in Corn Island, Nicaragua! It…Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
Published in A Little Detour·Mar 28, 2018📓 Entry #16- Lost my GoPro and the adventure after that.March 28, 2018 It’s been a while since we saw Olivier’s parents — 5 months to be exact. And they were so excited to catch up and meet us here in Vietnam. We started our adventure with them in Ho Chi Minh, and made our way up to Dalat to…Travel8 min readTravel8 min read
Published in A Little Detour·Mar 11, 2018📓 Entry #15 — The short life story of a drone named Wall-eTurns out, grownups can be bad at sharing too. — March 11, 2018 As you may know, I have really grown into the hobby of photography. Taking a crazy amount of pictures on my phone — I struggled for years on whether or not I should buy myself a nice handheld camera. I couldn’t justify paying for one of the…Drones6 min readDrones6 min read
Published in A Little Detour·Mar 7, 2018📓 Entry #14 — Driving across the country of New ZealandNew Zealand has been full of surprises. — Prior to New Zealand, we had only ever made “travel plans” a few days maybe a week in advance so we could be flexible on where and what we wanted to do. As we started planning our trip to New Zealand, we asked around for recommendations and pretty much everyone…Travel9 min readTravel9 min read