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As cottage care specialists, our daily focus is most often preoccupied with the importance of the properties under our care.
However, focusing on inanimate objects can skew our values and lead us to forget what really matters most.
To help keep our perspectives in balance, we've chosen to share our insights on our journey towards living a healthier more balanced lifestyle.
This is a process we've undertaken with the hope that it can be something you too can engage with, learn from, and contribute to as life moves ahead.
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Random Acts of Kindness Week
I'll bet you've come across more than a video or two of content creators using kindness content to gain clout. With year after year of...
Dustin K
Feb 13, 20232 min read
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Laugh & Get Rich Day: Life Audit Budget Update
Today is a suitable day to share the results of one of the critical elements of our life audit - our budget. We spent an extra portion of...
Dustin K
Feb 8, 20232 min read
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A Marriage Lesson From A Broken Snowblower
You're looking at the part inside our snowblower that failed during the first moments of cleaning what the recent big storm deposited -...
Dustin K
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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Life Audit: Keeping It All Together with Linchpin Habits - Marriage Meetings
Over the past few months, we've been on a mission to understand ourselves better to improve our lifestyle and overall life's trajectory....
Dustin K
Jan 23, 20234 min read
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Is Today The Day To Ditch Your Resolution?
It's Ditch New Year's Resolutions Day. As daysoftheyear.com puts it, it's a day to, "Rejoice in your new found freedom from torturous...
Dustin K
Jan 17, 20235 min read
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It's Time For An Audit...
As small business owners and tax-paying Canadians, the thought of being audited is about as comfortable as scheduling a root canal. It's...
Dustin K
Jan 12, 20233 min read
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Meditating on Meditation - Mind-Body Wellness Day
The irony isn't lost on me as I write this post in the wee hours of the morning after another nearly sleepless night. I'm far from the...
Dustin K
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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Motivation & Inspiration Day
Welcome to another new year! Even though days may pass when it doesn't feel like it, every new day is a chance to change ourselves and...
Dustin K
Jan 2, 20231 min read
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Go For A Ride
It's #GoForARideDay, a day to commemorate the modes of transportation we take for granted daily. November 22nd has seen the patents for...
Dustin K
Nov 22, 20221 min read
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The Power of Hello!
Hello, Have you heard about World Hello Day? We hadn't, but with all the quirky days celebrated, it makes sense to highlight the power...
Dustin K
Nov 21, 20222 min read
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Positive Media Day
Today is Positive Media Day, and while we didn't know about it when starting our blog or picking the themes and topics we write about it...
Dustin K
Jun 22, 20221 min read
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Productivity & Rest
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and after He saw that it was good, He rested. In strength training, adequate...
Dustin K
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Stop pouring from empty cups
Being parents, property and business owners and service providers give us an abundance of opportunities to pour ourselves out for others;...
Dustin K
Jun 13, 20222 min read
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Is it the hand you're dealt, or how you choose to play it?
Does it ever feel if it weren't for bad luck, you'd have no luck at all? That's a common phrase around our household where murphy's law,...
Dustin K
Mar 1, 20212 min read
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Does it really matter if the glass is half-full?
When looking at these wine glasses, do you see them as half-empty, half-full, or an opportunity for a couple of drinks? This...
Dustin K
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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Are you ready to put in the work?
Have you ever sat and wondered what's between where you are now and where you want to be in life? Maybe it's not about having the right...
Dustin K
Feb 15, 20212 min read
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What are you waiting for?
Monday's almost over, and we arose with a motivation to start pushing ahead on projects around the house. It was a good morning, but then...
Dustin K
Feb 8, 20212 min read
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Go for a walk. Yes, even if it's cold outside.
It might be a little chilly outside, and unless you're in a part of the country that reached temperatures around -40 (-48 with the...
Dustin K
Feb 7, 20212 min read
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Self-care and the yin & yang of yes & no
For as many individuals there are embracing a habit of self-care, there are just as many approaches to why it matters and how to...
Dustin K
Jan 25, 20213 min read
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We're not all in the same boat
On this cold new Monday, as Ontario faces the potential for harsher lockdown regulations, including curfews in the rumour mill, it's hard...
Dustin K
Jan 11, 20213 min read
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