Personal Writings

Turning 30

Week 25/31: Reminding myself what I've achieved before 30 and reflections from week 24

Commit

Week 24/31: Committing to something and reflections from week 23

Guess I'm a triathlete now

Week 23/31: Finishing my first Olympic triathlon and reflections from week 22

What are you optimizing your life for?

Week 22/31: Rethinking my goals, lessons from a trip to London and reflections from week 21

You need to fall

Week 21/31: Falling, failing and reflections from week 20

Prioritize rest

Week 20/31: Reminding myself to rest and reflections from week 19

Survival

Week 19/31: Pondering what's to come in the next few months and reflections from week 18

Never underestimate your impact

Week 18/31: The best part of finishing my 2nd marathon and reflections from week 17

You need inspiration

Week 17/31: Lessons from my inspirations, Liverpool's title race and reflections from week 16

Show up

Week 16/31: Showing up, being consistent and reflections from week 15

Never be afraid to fail

Week 15/31: Failing forward, being a beginner and reflections from week 14

Give yourself credit

Week 14/31: not being so hard on yourself, appreciating how far you've come and reflections from week 13

You gotta have faith

Week 13/31: my journey with faith, surpassing my fundraising goal and reflections from week 12

Researcher's plateau

Week 12/31: Hitting a wall, being proud of what I've done and reflections from week 11

You're already dead

Week 11/31: Experiences with death, not taking life for granted and reflections from week 10

What story do you tell yourself?

So grateful for this Ironman journey

Week 9/31: Remembering to be grateful and reflections from week 8

I'll be happy when

Week 8/31: Delaying happiness, mimetic desire and reflections from week 7

February 23, 2025

Seek discomfort

Week 7/31: Being uncomfortable, building the life you want and reflections from week 6

February 16, 2025

Can I do it?

Week 6/31: Is this goal possible, questioning myself and reflections from week 5

February 9, 2025

The Comparison Trap

Week 5/31: Comparing yourself to others, how you measure progress and reflections from week 4

February 2, 2025

Self limitations

Week 4/31: Why we limit ourselves, doing what we're capable of and reflections from week 3

January 26, 2025

Mini wins

Week 3/33: Focusing on mini wins and reflections from week 2 of training

January 19, 2025

Why am I doing this

Week 2/31: Reasons why I'm doing this and notes from the first week of training

January 12, 2025

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Dear Mr. Carney

Personal Writings

My open letter to our prime minister on how we can turn Canada into a world superpower

Look what you did

Personal Writings

Reflecting on the day I became an Ironman

January 7, 2025

We live in a Chinese world

Miscellaneous Musings

Essay on how China has advanced in production, manufacturing and helped their citizens while America has fallen behind

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