About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: changing your life
Jun
29
2010
Diving into Safety Head-First
We have helmet laws here in British Columbia. Even if we didn’t, I’d be wearing mine. One saved my life. And still I’m different than I used to be. When I saw this article come up on Twitter, I got pretty choked about it. I started thinking of the friends I’ve seen riding without a helmet [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Hygiene & Health, Journalling, Laws, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Twitter, keeping it real Also tagged accidents, brain damage, bump on the head, change your life, coma, concussion, doing it wrong, head injuries, health, helmet safety, helmets, hurting your head, msp, preventable, what not to do 12 Comments
Jun
17
2010
Game On! Back to Success
Ed. Note: I often forget many of you are new here — so, a nutshell: From Jan ’08 till May of ’09, I lost 70 pounds. The hard way. Myself — no trainers, diet organizations, nothing. Hard work, honesty, and self-awareness. I burned out after 8 months with a killer back injury. So, I took [...]
Posted in Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Eating Disorder, Hygiene & Health, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Specifically Steff, fitness, keeping it real, weight loss Also tagged changing yourself, get your head in the game, getting healthy, getting past plateaus, head game, how do i change my life, how do i lose weight, how to lose weight, losing weight, secret to weight loss, weight loss, what it takes 5 Comments
May
14
2010
The Fear of Moving On
One of my guiltiest pleasures is my addiction to the CBS series The Mentalist. I’ve had a girlie crush on Simon Baker for 20 years, and there’s something about a smart, cynical, fun-loving, light-hearted genius crimesolver that taps into my childhood passion for Encyclopedia Brown and the Hardy Boys. (We’ll get you yet, Bugs Meany.) [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Crime, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society, Specifically Steff, Twitter, blogging, keeping it real, writing Also tagged becoming public, big changes, changing, coming out, going public, living out loud, making your move, moving on, mysteries, Sex, sex blogging, speaking up, stepping up, writing Leave a comment
I had an interesting Twitter debate this morning after someone spoke of a Starbucks kid who screwed his store over by twice not showing up as the “keyholder” to open the shop. The debate came from completely different perspectives — I’m getting on in my 30s, spent 15 years in retail, dreamed of a better day [...]
Posted in Being me, Best of Steff, Dimestore Philosophy, General, Journalling, Life 101, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society, Specifically Steff, keeping it real, slow Also tagged angst, blame, blaming, careers, failure, frustration, grief, jobs, learning about yourself, life, life choices, quitting your job, ratrace, reconciling your past, rut, should i quit, should you quit, solving your problems, stuck, success, trappings, trials, troubles, unhappiness, when to quit your job 4 Comments
Mar
26
2010
And Then There Was Change
I was informed of my layoff yesterday. Wednesday will be my last day, until enough work returns, or the company is forced into harder decisions. Kudos to the bosses, we’ve had an inkling this might happen. I’ve been grilling them weekly to see if changes were happening, but there has been no news, which was [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Journalling, Society, Specifically Steff, keeping it real, money Also tagged chasing your dreams, difficult times, economy, hardships, life change, looking for work, money, out of work, recession, rent, unexpected 4 Comments
Jumping into the Darkness