Some people might think working and studying from home is a dream. You get to make your own work or study hours, avoid a stressful morning commute, and sip your steaming mug of coffee while wearing pajamas in front of your computer. Indeed, these are all great benefits to working and taking online courses from… Read more »
The Alberta government released its penultimate budget yesterday. This is the last budget that the NDP will be able to implement before having to go through an election so is the budget, the general thinking goes, that should be positioning the Alberta government to make a lot of promises in their next budget. (Of course,… Read more »
Completing my AU degree suddenly got real this month. Over the winter I began work on my final four courses. In February, I wrote two final exams which completed two of those courses. Once those course grades were posted, I decided to submit my Application to Graduate. I could have completed the Application to Graduate… Read more »
This week, our feature article is an interview with AU’s Dr. Angie Abdou, an associate professor in creative writing and novelist. We’ve spoken with Dr. Abdou before in our Meeting the Minds series but this time, instead of looking at her teaching philosophies we talk to her about her process for writing and her thoughts… Read more »
Even if you love what you do, some days it can be hard to find the motivation to work on it. This lack of motivation can come from any number of sources and none of it speaks to how much you enjoy what you’re doing. Sometimes it just doesn’t want to work. I find that… Read more »
Technology continues to develop at a pace that will make your smartphone spin. Any problem in need of a solution seems to have prompted another technological wonder, sometimes in the form of an app. Apps are great for both consumers and producers: they make life easier for consumers while ensuring you cannot do without the… Read more »
Men: rejoice! If you tiptoed intact across the minefield of Valentine’s Day last month, your reward is coming. March 14 is unofficially “Steak and Blowjob Day”, when you can sit back and relax and let someone else do the work. Or maybe not. Steak and Blowjob Day was conceived—and this should surprise no-one—by a radio… Read more »
It can be hard to acknowledge to yourself, let alone anyone else, that you have taken on too much. That the workload you thought you could handle was dragging you down and making you less productive across the board. But it is important to see that. To acknowledge the exhaustion, the forgetfulness, the lack of… Read more »
