Stuff and things

Another new chapter in my life has started - on Saturday I meet with my mortgage adviser to sign the papers for my pre-approval and then I meet with my Realtor to look at properties here in Edmonton. I am very excited about this portion of my life coming up and look forward to what will happen in the future!

Mother nature is really having mood swings with Edmonton this winter, as we are getting snow dumped on us again today. I was going to take some clothes to a dry cleaner but now... not so much. Thanks Mother Nature. Nobody likes you right now. Go dump snow in Russia where it doesn't affect me.

As usual, this post isn't an update on my life. But that part up there was. Moving on from that. I've been learning the art of being patient lately. I have always been a fairly slack, understanding person, but patience has always been an issue for me. I think with my job, where I get to "hurry up and wait" a lot, I have gotten more comfortable with the whole patience aspect. Sure, I still like to get things done quickly, but I think I've become more patient with people in general. Although I am still my opinionated self. That probably will never change.

I have, however, have become less patient in a way. When people have absolutely no reason to complain and yet that's all they do, it has become incredibly frustrating for me. I'm about to make a big venture to buy my own place. Financially, my bills will increase majorly. As for stress, of course there is going to be stress. Now and in the future. People need to be more excited about their future and less concerned about what happened to them 5 minutes ago because you can't change anything that happened 5 minutes ago. You can choose how you let it affect you and how you make decisions in the future. Life goes on. Life always goes on.

Saying that you can't be worried about what happened in the past doesn't mean you can't reflect on it. The past is a learning tool. In fact, life experience is a much better learning tool than anything else. Sure, wisdom of elders is great, but it doesn't carry the same meaning as if you went through that experience yourself. If you learn from an elders wisdom - great! Good for you. I have learned some things from people older than me. I have learned a lot more going out and doing stuff on my own and making mistakes. People are so afraid of making mistakes nowadays that nobody wants to do anything anymore. That is also incredibly frustrating for me. When people sit and mope about knowing what to do and aren't willing to try anything new then I have no sympathy. Sometimes, you have to do stuff you don't like to get to where you want to be. Make goals and a plan to reach those goals. Try it. It just might work for you.

This is all the stuff I have to say for now. Hope you enjoyed.

Good time for everything

I've been thinking a lot about the statement 'There's a good time for everything'. Like, is there truly a good time for everything? That's a pretty bold statement. That's saying there's a good time for love, happiness, buying new things. All of these are great. But that also means there's a good time for bad things too, like death or breaking a limb or losing your job. Yeah you can spin it so you see the silver lining (which I usually try to do), but you can take it one step further. By saying there is a good time for anything, you are saying there is a good time for genocide. For hate crimes. For murdering someone in cold blood. I wouldn't say there's a good time for these. Never.

I understand the premise of the saying is to basically say "there's a silver lining in every situation" but at the same time I can't understand how these are the same. To me they are different sayings with different interpretations. One is an excuse, whereas the other is just simply looking for positive outlooks on every situation. We can't go through life making excuses for ourselves or for other people. People need to take responsibility for their actions while looking for the silver lining. Looking for the positives isn't making excuses - it's better problem solving. It's common sense. At least, that's this guys opinion on it.

That's all for now,
Ryan