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New Shoes, Same Treadmill #3

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Stuff I’m doing 👨🏻‍💻 I’ve been taking care of administrative shit related to my new business. When you work in the field of mental health and wellbeing you typically have to register for all kinds of stuff. That means fees, lots and lots of fees. On to the cool stuff I’ve read this week. Stuff I’ve read 👨🏻‍💻📚 💉🎨✨Why Is Everyone Getting Their Tattoos Removed? The worst part of getting a tattoo removed, apart from the searing pain and the two-year commitment, is the sound the laser makes as it hits your skin: a violent, unnatural popping and crackling that could soundtrack an animated video of someone being electrocuted.

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New Shoes, Same Treadmill #2

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Stuff I’m doing 👨🏻‍💻 My wife and I have been packing up furniture, cutlery, clothes, anything we think we might need for our new place in West Kelowna. We’ll be spending most of our summer there this year. We’re trying to get everything packed into one U-Haul so we can do it one seven hour drive. 🤞 Stuff I’ve read 👨🏻‍💻📚 🤑The Age of The Double Sell-Out In the 1990s, there was a single ethical principle at the heart of youth culture — don’t sell out.

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New Shoes, Same Treadmill #1

Thursday, June 5, 2025

If you’re new here this is a weekly post where I summarize some of the interesting stuff I’ve read lately. Stuff I’m doing 👨🏻‍💻 I started taking clients for the first time as business owner! This is a huge step for me. While I’ve been in the corporate world my entire life, I’ve always had an entrepreneurial itch that needed to be scratched. I might talk about this in more detail in the future.

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