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21-Day Writing Challenge Day 3 – Someone I swore I would never be

November 12, 2018 Andree-Anne Leave a comment

 

Last night I was listening to my guilty pleasure when it comes to music: Pink. And while listening to her latest album a sentence really struck me. She says: ”And now [I] turned into someone that I … Read the rest

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21-Day Writing Challenge Day 2 – Being Afraid

November 11, 2018 Andree-Anne Leave a comment

 

Every time I come back to Quebec it feels like I’ll never be able to leave and I’ll never find something new to do. It was the same when I came back after 15 months of travels … Read the rest

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21-Day Writing Challenge Day 1 – Returning Home

November 10, 2018 Andree-Anne Leave a comment

After a year of not writing, I’ve decided to challenge myself to write (and publish) a short text every day to push myself further and stop making excuses. So here’s day 1 of my 21-day writing challenge:

Depression; … Read the rest

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Spending the summer in Gatineau

November 2, 2017 Andree-Anne Leave a comment

Catching up with friends and family

This has got to be my biggest disappointment of my summer.

I moved back to Canada for the summer months so I would have a chance to catch up with my family … Read the rest

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Posted in: Canada, Personal life Filed under: canada, friends, friendship, skydiving

Scared to be shit when trying something new

October 18, 2017 Andree-Anne 1 Comment

Sitting and writing

Sitting down and writing.

Something I haven’t done in about 6 months. It feels like I no longer know how. And it makes me wonder, was it because I settled that I felt like I had nothing to … Read the rest

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Posted in: Personal life Filed under: Challenging myself, scared to be shit, Trying something new, writing

Where is the humanity?

June 30, 2017 Andree-Anne 6 Comments

Since I got back to Canada, I feel like I’ve given up hope. While I love skydiving and it makes me feel much calmer. It is after all my therapy, where I can be only in the moment … Read the rest

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Posted in: France Filed under: Calais, Choose love, humanity, Refugees, volunteer

But, what do you eat?

June 22, 2017 Andree-Anne 2 Comments

When I meet new people, there’s always a point where I end up having to explain my diet choice.

In order to test out the reaction, I usually mention how I can’t do dairy because it gives me … Read the rest

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Posted in: Personal life Filed under: no animal products, no meat, Vegan, veganism

While we are still young

June 15, 2017 Andree-Anne 3 Comments

Funny how things just tasted better when we were young.

Funny how things just seemed so easy when we were young.

-Dolores O’Riordan, When we were young

Lately, and as usual, I’ve been thinking a lot. And one … Read the rest

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Posted in: Challenges Filed under: Aerial Silk, class, Heart Space Dundee, Trying something new, Yoga, young

Settling down for the summer

June 8, 2017 Andree-Anne Leave a comment

After being on the road for the last few years without getting paid for most of the work I did, yay volunteering, it was getting time for me to get an actual paying job.

I had loved my … Read the rest

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Posted in: Canada Filed under: GO Skydive, skydiving, Summer, working

Fifteen years from now

May 9, 2017 Andree-Anne Leave a comment

I received an email from Niall Doherty a little while ago that quite hit home. If you don’t know who Niall Doherty is, I highly recommend visiting his website. I’ve been following Niall for years now, back … Read the rest

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Posted in: Personal life Filed under: fifteen years, future, time

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