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  • Closed

    So today, it hit me. I’m finished actively working for the Government of Canada. Breathe… It is bittersweet. It is unsettling. It is sadness. It is joy. It is so many things all coming together to create chaos. I’m done.  And strangely, after all the build-up, it feels a little deflating. I think I expected…

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  • Slowly Exhale

    Slowly Exhale

    Breathe in. Breathe out. It will be okay. Today, I submitted my retirement application documents. I feel a calmness. I’m almost at the end of this chapter of my life, and I wonder what the next chapter will bring. Anticipation This next chapter hasn’t been written yet. There is only a bare-bones framework: Fear Can…

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  • Permission Granted

    Permission Granted

    Have you ever felt the pressure of should? I should clean the bathroom, I should go get groceries, I should work longer hours to help alleviate the pressure on others, I should… I should.. I should. I have lived my life in shoulds, and never feeling like I’ve done enough and always believing I should…

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