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Better Than Solitary Joy
Where I work, students improve their English and change their levels. Hopefully, they have improved their pronunciation, reading comprehension, their writing skills, and their ability to speak a language I take for granted every day. While I love this, it … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, ESL, happiness, students, success, teaching
Tagged Cambridge exams, Canada, ESL, FCE, How to pass the CAE, How to Pass the FCE, passing, preparation course, students, success, Toronto, winning
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An Award Asks for Advice
This is not the post that I had planned on writing, and it probably isn’t the post I am expected to write. I was nominated for the Blogger Recognition Award by View From The Back. Please go check out the … Continue reading
Posted in adversity, advice, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, award, blog, blogging, blogposts, free stuff, growing your blog, increasing blog traffic, success, travel writing, writing
Tagged advice, blog, blogging, dreams, free stuff, getting free stuff, growing your blog, increasing blog traffic, making money, success, successful blogging, travel, travel writing, writing
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On the Road
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. While that may be true, it isn’t necessarily the most enjoyable. Also, outside of the 401, Yonge Street and downtown Toronto, not really applicable for the roads in Ontario. The … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blogging, blogposts, driving, review, success, view
Tagged blogging, blogs, driving, increasing views, Kerouac, On the Road, Ontario, page views, roads, success, Toronto, Yonge street
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Lament for the Weekend
Where did you go weekend? I so clearly remember finishing work on Friday. I so clearly remember all the plans I had for the weekend. There were things to clean. There were things to organize. I was finally going to … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, commuting, hard work, plans, tasks, work
Tagged chores, drudgery, failure, honey-do-list, looking back, lost weekend, success, tasks, what could have been, wondering
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The Sharp End of the Dart
Playing darts is like any other leisure activity. It can be fun, it can be dull and it can be frustrating, Without boring anyone of the particulars of darts or my (relatively recent) participation in a darts league I must … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection
Tagged darts, double, double out, frustration, hobbies, success
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Advice from the Family
I am not sure how it came up, but my family were talking about my blog. Of course, they weren’t talking to me, but amongst themselves. While they weren’t being critical, they were expressing their opinion about the topics of … Continue reading →