Why…

I’m back in Vancouver at least temporarily and because my new roommate has basically no furniture mine finally comes out of storage. If you own as many books, CDs, DVDs and VHSs as me you need to assemble a lot of Ikea furniture in your life…

Another teen suicide has become a lead news story, a hashtag, an Internet meme… It also hit a little close to home. I know what it is like to be ridiculed and ostracized by classmates, I know what it is like to tell your story online only to be mocked by random Internet handles, I’m all too aware of what it is like to live with depression and battle anxiety attacks…

This post becomes popular right around CFA exam results day. I did not enjoy writing the CFA exam, I enjoyed my MBA program less…

Not sure why, other than sheer stubbornness and a willingness to suffer and waste an uncountable number of evenings and weekends, but I did finally pass the CFA Level 1 exam. It took even more time and effort but I eventually passed all three exams while living in China…