Sunday, 19 July 2026

NO EXCUSES: BIG DREAMS NEED BIG SACRIFICES


  1. Boxing: Box In A Boxing Fight 
  2. Knitting: Knit A Cardigan 
  3. Knitting: Knit A Cardigan 
  4. Knitting: Knit A Cardigan 
  5. Running: Run 5K In Under 20 Minutes 
  6. Ukulele: Perform The Ukulele At An Open Mic Night
  7. Writing: Write A Novel 
Writing: Write A Novel 
Writing: Write A Novel 




 

Sunday July 19th, 2026

Good Afternoon All. This morning I did the Weight And Strength Training Class at the gym. I noticed I am more cautious when doing Deadlifting as my back bothers me. I didn't mention it to the coach because I think I need to figure out how to get better form on my own. I think it involves working more on bracing and working on my core. 

What Am I Grateful For Today? 

Working Out At The Gym

Coach Cam 

The Sunlight 

Saturday, 18 July 2026

Saturday July 18, 2026

Good Afternoon All. This morning I worked from 10 to 12 with an amazing client. I went shopping for my client. 

After work I wandered around the farmers market in James Bay and then tried a smash burger combo at Murder Burger in James Bay. I am glad I tried the smash burger combo but I wouldn't go to Murder Burger again. I found the music too loud inside. I also just didn't like the look inside Murder Burger either. I chose to sit outside on the patio which was more relaxing. Here are the photos I took. 

Fries

Cheeseburger Smash Burger

Cheeseburger Smash Burger

Cheeseburger Smash Burger

Here is a Reel I just created from the photos. I hope you all enjoy the Reel. 

Anyways that's all to write. Oh wait I also signed up to see a Counselor again because Therapy will be beneficial for my life. And I know my Boxing Coach wants me going to counseling and seeing a therapist. I actually feel like it is an expectation from him. Counseling is not going to work though unless I actually put in the effort and work and taking counseling seriously. I sent my boxing coach a message asking why I am supposed to be seeing a counselor. I haven't gotten a response back yet. I was hoping to get an answer from my Boxing Coach so I that I can make my answer better in the intake form about why counseling (Therapy) would be beneficial for me. 

What Am I Grateful For Today? 

  • Working 
  • My Client
  • Trying Food At Murder Burger 

Friday July 17, 2026

What Did I Do Today? I went to the gym this morning for the 6am Class. Good Class. After the gym I was able to make a Same Day Doctors Appointment. I do have a cyst on top of the bunion on my left foot. For cyst before the consideration of surgery I am going to use Voltairean for two weeks to see if that gets rid of the cyst. I have minor surgery on my right foot on August 7th to have an ingrown toenail removed. After the doctors appointment I bought headphones at the pharmacy. Then I went to Walmart and bought some stuff and I bought some items at Shoppers Drug Mart. I also had Boxing today. 

What Am I Grateful For? 

  • Going To The Gym
  • Doctors 
  • Boxing



Thursday July 16, 2026

Today I worked from 130pm to 430pm. Good shift today. I cleaned my clients place. I made my clients bed, did laundry, put away laundry, swept and mopped floors, cleaned the bathroom, did vacuuming in the living room, fold blankets in the living room, put dishes in the dishwasher and started the dishwasher and took out the recycling and garbage. Good Shift. 

What Am I Grateful For Today? 

Seeing Lightening in the Sky 

Hearing Thunder 

Having A Job I Like 

Being Able To Drink Tea

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Wednesday July 15, 2026

Good Morning All and Bonjour. I need to work at being more Bilingual. I have a nephew and niece who will be totally bilingual. They have to be as half of their family lives in Quebec and only speaks French. I have a goal to list things I am grateful for each day because I want to be happier. 

What Am I Grateful For? 

  • Waking Up
  • Having Quiet Time To Drink Coffee 
  • My Computer
  • My Cellphone 
  • Going To The Gym And Doing The Weight And Strength Training Class 
  • Coach Cam 

What I am doing today? I am going to go to the gym, work, hopefully go for a run and do a cold plunge after work. I also want to apply for jobs today and work on math. So I went to the gym this morning. Good Class with Coach Cam. I should have arrived a few minutes earlier but oops oh well. I have to be more careful when deadlifting right now because something is off with my Back when I deadlift. I have to try bracing more and have a strong core. I only used yellow plates today during deadlifts. After the gym I worked today in Esquimalt for 4 hours. Kind of brought back memories because when I stopped working due to the Car Crash my last job site was in Esquimalt. Now I am sitting in McDonalds. I just applied for 4 jobs. My goal is to apply for at least 4 jobs daily. I applied for a Two Medical Office Administration Jobs. I applied for a Vet Reception Job and I applied for a job at a brewing company because in the job description it mentioned forklifting. 

I am going to go the beach now. I have a sore back and sore feet and I feel I need to start doing cold plunges. 

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Tuesday July 14th, 2026

Good Afternoon All. Been a little while since I blogged last. I haven't crocheted or knitted for a bit. I need to start keeping a gratitude journal of the good things in life on a daily basis. Might as well start today. 

Seeing A Rabbit

Working Out At The Gym with Coach Jessa 

Drinking Earl Grey Tea 

The beautiful Sunshine 

So what did I do today? I went to the gym and did weight and strength training and I also did Boxing. I did laundry and meal prep. I will finish off the meal prep today. I also made protein smoothies. All to write for today. 

Sunday, 5 July 2026

Sunday July 05th, 2026

 Good Afternoon All. I hope you are all well. This morning  went to the gym. Will write more later.

Saturday, 4 July 2026

Saturday July 04th, 2026

 Good Afternoon All. Sorry I missed writing a blog post for yesterday (Friday July 03rd, 2026). I will write a blog post anyways for yesterday. I will include it in todays blog post. So yesterday I went to the gym in the morning. I had a personal training session. I also had a boxing lesson. I got in shit in Boxing. I always get in shit. I have to work at being better in Boxing Lessons and do better. After Boxing I went to the library and printed up three novels I am working on. They are short novels but I want to add more to them and make them better and either get them published or self published. I want to add my own illustrations as well. 

Today I went to the gym in the morning. I am a lot better at doing box jumps on the 24 inch Box. My next goal is to try the 30 Inch Box. I also went grocery shopping. The next meals  I want to make are a stirfry with noodles as the base. I am going to meal prep tomorrow. Now I am at the house. I need to post all of my textiles again on Marketplace for Sale and create new projects for Sale. I also did a bit of math. I am doing multiplication questions right now. I will post some photos a little later. I need to drink some water now and then head out for a 5K Run. All for now. 

Cinquain Poem

Silence

Is the Grass

Quiet and Calm

People sit on the grass

Every day

Move Mountains

I am
ready to Move Mountains
by pouring my heart
into everything I do

I am
ready to Move Mountains
by pushing myself
to be better
and do better
on a daily basis

I am ready and wanting to Move Mountains
and there is never a better time to start
then right now.






Thursday, 2 July 2026

Thursday July 2nd, 2026

Good Evening All. I hope you are all having a Terrific Thursday today. Today I worked as a Community Health Worker. I had two clients today and enjoyed working with my clients. Today all I did was cleaned for my clients but cleaning homes is very important. I think it is great to live in a clean home. My first client this morning gave me 11 John Steinbeck books which I am looking forward to reading. I will post photos later. I also have some good news relating to my Math Level 3 Course. I have moved on now to Unit 3 of the course. Altogether their are 4 Units in the course. I am going to keep on upgrading math as I want to open up more doors for myself. And I want to prove to myself that I can do hard things. 


Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Wednesday July 1st, 2026

 Good Afternoon All. I wanted to wish you all a very Happy Canada Day Today. This morning I went to the gym and did the Weight And Strength Training Class. All for now. Will write more later. Well I have some exciting news. I just finished writing a fantasy story. I have shared down below. I hope you all enjoy reading my short story. I need to come up with a better title. Anyways enjoy. Just getting some Crochet Practice In at the moment. 




Post Office Story

A post office building with a door and a lamp post

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Helen worked in the post office. She loved working in the post office. It was her dream job, and she couldn’t see herself doing anything else. Well one morning she arrived at the post office ready for her working day. There was something wrong though. There was no mail at the post office at all and that was weird, really, really weird. She wasn’t sure what to do? She searched high and low for the mail that was supposed to be sorted and sent out for delivery but couldn’t find mail anywhere. So she went to the news media and made a report on TV, on the radio and in the newspaper but nobody knew what had happened to the mail. She then went back to the post office and pulled open the mail box. A Sudden gust of wind swept her into the mail box. Sounds strange. I don’t think people can fit into mail boxes but that is what happened. She went down, down, down in the mailbox thinking she would hit the bottom of the mailbox and possibly be surrounded by mail but oh no she actually ended up in another land. Now what was that land called you ask? Well the land was called Mailbox Land. And what was in Mailbox Land? Mail everywhere. She was surrounded by mail. She wondered if this was where all the mail had ended up that had disappeared but wasn’t in the mood to look at the mail and figure that out because there was so much mail that it made her feel overwhelmed. All she wanted to do was figure out the reason she had ended up in this strange land and get back home. She was longing for human contact as well and hoping she might run into other people. She flopped to the ground and lay on her back, staring up at the sky and wondering what to do when all of a sudden a letter fell from the sky and landed on top of her. As the letter was falling from the sky she saw that it was addressed to her. So Helen open the letter and began to read the letter. Now I know we are all wondering what the letter said. Well just wait and you will find out. Dear Helen welcome to Mailbox Land. You were brought here to save the world and bring mail back to your world. But you must do some tasks first. There are three tasks you must do and here they are.

1.     Make your way to the castle in mailbox land and talk to the king of mailbox land

2.    Do what the king of mailbox land tells you to do

3.    Do your tasks with happiness and joy and enthusiasm

But how was Helen going to find the castle in Mailbox Land? That was the question that was on her mind. She stared up at the blue sky and at the white clouds as well as mail falling to the ground like just like snowflakes or even leaves that never ever stop falling. It seemed like for hours that she lay on the grass or at least what she thought was the grass because she was of course laying on mail. And mail surrounded her and mail was landing on top of her. Finally she stood up as she thought to herself I think I need to explore mailbox land and find this castle so I can discover the reason I was brought to mailbox land in the first place. So Helen began to walk and walk and walk. She walked for miles it seemed through piles and piles of mail. It was hard walking through mail and on top of mail. The mail reminded her of heaps and heaps and piles and piles of snow. Finally as it was nearing dark Helen arrived at a huge building that for once wasn’t made of mail. She found a spot to hide out that night as she wasn’t going to explore the building until it was morning and she went to sleep as she was so tired and exhausted. Morning finally arrived. Helen awoke to the sun shining in the beautiful blue sky and birds chirping away. And still she kept on seeing mail falling from the sky to the ground. She was hungry and realized she needed some food. She found some nuts nearby which she ate. After eating the nuts she gazed over at the building and realized it was a castle. She walked up to the castle and knocked on the door.

A voice on the other end of the door screeched out “whose there?”

My name is Helen said Helen. I am on a mission to get home. To do that I want all the missing mail in my world to be returned.

The door suddenly opened and in front of her stood the king and he was also made out of mail.

“My name is King Mail” Come in. I’ve been waiting for you.

Helen stepped into the castle. She was invited into his living-room and they sat down.

What must I do to get home and return all the missing mail to my homeland asked Helen.

Good Question said King Mail. I didn’t mean to steal all the mail. I am just tired of being all alone in Mailbox Land and want companionship and friendship to combat loneliness.

Is that all asked Helen

Yes said that King Mail. And everyone else who comes to Mailbox land never comes back and I just can’t live life on my own.

Well said Helen what if I promise you to visit you once a month? Then will you restore the mail to my home land?

Yes said King Mail. But if you make your promise I won’t be nice like I was to everyone else who came and left. I will find you and keep you in mailbox land for ever and ever.

I promise you I will keep my promise and I will visit you every month said Helen.

King Mail felt that Helen was genuine and with that he used his magical powers to send her back home to her land along with all of the missing land.

And after that every month Helen kept her promise and visited King Mail in mailbox land. 

Okay why did I post this image here? Well I will explain. This is a photo of a hotel room. I find that when staying in a hotel you realize you don't need much to get by in life. I would like my place to be similar to a hotel room. 



NO EXCUSES: BIG DREAMS NEED BIG SACRIFICES

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