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What to Do When I Retire Early?
People are scared of retiring. Why? Because they think that they're going to get bored and lose their sense of being. They're so used to being waken up by an alarm clock and having a purpose: taking a shower, eating, going to work for 9+ hours, going back home, decompressing, eating, chores, sleep and doing it all over again. The cyclical nature of our working lives becomes a habit, which becomes harder to break. I think that's why people have a hard time going back to their routine of working when they go back from vacation: their entire cycle has been broken. But what if you break it for good? What…
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Three Faces of Canada: Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Vancouver
Oh, Canada! The first thing I think of when I imagine Canada is the vastness of it. It’s the second biggest country in the world by total area, behind only Russia. If you wanted to drive across the whole of Canada, it would take you 2 full weeks! I also think of hockey rinks, maple syrup, moose, Arcade Fire, and bears. And also a weird accent which seems to hook words and twist them (how about becomes ah-boot). In truth, Canada is very urbanized, since more than 80% of people live in big cities. We recently had a chance to visit two of the three biggest states in Canada: British…
