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
Jan
06
2013
And Then it Was 2013
I’m one of those “13’s my lucky number” people. Friday the 13th? I find my lucky socks and rock that shit out. So you know I’m keen on the year. Bring it. Good fortune, good times. I’m readying myself for it all. Right now, I’ve got Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs CD blasting as I take a breather [...]
Posted in Being me, keeping it real, Loving and Knowing Yourself Also tagged being awesome, improving, new year's, resolutions, self-improvements Leave a comment
I try to learn life lessons where I can, but I’m not sure what to glean from spending $95 on a massage, then sleeping on my arm wrong. Sometimes, maybe there isn’t a lesson. Sometimes, maybe life’s just stupid. Ignoring the “Oops, I did it again” sleep and all, the massage was awesome. I’m still in [...]
Posted in fitness, Specifically Steff Also tagged back pain, Chiro, exercise, fitness, health, injury, Massage, mental health, Physical therapy, rehab, wellness, working out 1 Comment
Apr
26
2012
Finding My Words
I’ve been enjoying the reclusive life and doing a lot of solo exploring in small chunks since I’ve moved. It can’t, and won’t, continue for much longer but it’s been a brilliant choice on my end. It’s only now, clearly, that my desire to write is returning. I was sure this would happen sooner, and part [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, slow, Victoria Lifestyle, writing Also tagged becoming slow, changing gears, creativity, lifechange, simplicity, slow life, slow movement, transitioning, writing 1 Comment
Mar
16
2012
The Move, The Life, The Update
A brief recap of my recent life. I Moved West I moved across the Straight of Georgia to the southern tip of Vancouver Island. There, I live in Victoria. A few numbers about Victoria: Downtown, some 74,000 people live, compared with Vancouver’s 680,000. Greater Victoria packs a total of 360,000 fine folk, compared to Greater Vancouver’s [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, slow, Specifically Steff Also tagged going slow, Lifestyle, victoria, where i moved 4 Comments
Jan
11
2012
Of Plants, Aliens, And Relocation
I feel like ET. I was getting pretty down on things in November, and at the same time my jade plant was dying. My jade was clipped and grown off my mother’s monstrous plant that had to be given to a commercial business ‘cos it was so damned big — about 7–8 feet radius the [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me Also tagged ET, gardening, moving, plant care, plants Leave a comment
One Month Down, Eleven to Go: The State of the Steff