Today was my last day of work before a much anticipated (and needed) summer vacation. Today is also the last day of my twenties. When I wake up tomorrow, I’ll be 30. I’m not anxious or sad about it, though the idea of entering another decade has made me reflect a little on my life and where I am today. More specifically, on who I am today. My twenties were good to me. In the last ten years, I got married, finished university, lived in two cities, started my career and bought our first car and home. In those years, I figured out what I wanted to do with my…

A little over two weeks ago I unplugged myself from Facebook. I deactivated my personal account and walked away cold turkey. A few of people have asked me why I chose to get rid of it, and I feel like the old break-up cliche best fits: It’s not you, it’s me. I learn a little bit more about myself with each passing year, and I think I have a bit of an addictive personality and I have trouble doing anything in moderation. As much as I love seeing everyone’s photos and updates, I felt like I was wasting my life away trolling through the newsfeed. I felt like my phone…

Hello again :) I think this may have been the longest I’ve gone without writing here. I just checked the date of my last post–January 18th. Has it really been three months since I last updated? A lot has happened in those three months, and I regret not writing down my feelings as we went through it. The biggest change is that I ended up going back to work much earlier than anticipated. As the end of my maternity leave approached at the end of January, I decided to extend my leave by 6 weeks so that I could stay home with the kids a little longer. So, when a…