I am Canadian…but of Scandinavian descent…
My mother grew up in Thunder Bay “Tunder Bay” where my grandfather spoke both Norwegian and Swedish and a little bit of Finnish. That’s my ancestry … so I’m very tall, I’m 5’10’’
About Age?
So if anybody comes on here and says “who’s this old lady talking?”
You’re right – I’m an old lady – okay, I’m a Grandma!
But you know there must be a glitch in reality or something, cause I still feel the way I used to… and it still startles me when I realize my age.
If I see a picture of me, or I glance in the mirror in the wrong way, and I think… What? What happened?
WTF happened is what I meant to say.
I’m almost sixty now, although I probably look older than someone who’s sixty. Ohhh I agree. You know why – I’ve done some shit to my life. I’ve done some shit to myself. It’s part of my experience.
But… you know what? I didn’t give up. I didn’t roll into a corner and cry all day. I’ve fixed myself, and I’m still working on myself. And I like myself, I still like myself. There is so much to get out of this physical experience.
About money? Did I ever invest?
Did I invest in anything? Hmmm – nope, not really.
I could have during the 80’s, and I remember opportunities people were talking about like Apple, things like Intel, things like Microsoft, even later – Amazon. You know, I sort of just let things pass me by. Crazy.
And you know what’s really funny is that I did have my own business so you would think I would have paid attention to what was going on in the world, but no. In fact my biggest takeaway was when I came out of all that 80’s and 90’s was… well I just didn’t think the internet was that big of a deal.
I told you that I ran my own business, and I did so from up north. I actually bought an old century house in Muskoka, which is, if you know anything about Ontario is a beautiful place. I mean I was successful. I thought I had it all. I was raising my daughters. I had twins. We lived in the country – we had the life.
Why I wasn’t paying attention to all the internet things that were happening? I don’t know.
I wasn’t even sending resumes and things by email. I had no idea how to do an email, and this is as late as 2000 or 2001.
Ohhh and that was another recession that hit me. In another video I am going to talk about recessions.
But back to investing, nope never invested a dime. Just spent it. You know of course I had a house, and I was one of those people who thought that was a big enough investment. Big Laugh.
Love the internet now. I live on the internet. I’ve been working on it – working on my business, and improving my skills. I’ve done drawing videos. I have sold scrapbooking downloads, and all kinds of art that I have sold in a digital format.
I don’t do headhunting anymore. Yeah I was a headhunter – it’s a dead industry. (just my opinion) So there again, there are things that I have seen that I would like to share or talk about. There are opportunities I’ve missed. There are things that I let go by me during my lifetime. So these are the reasons I really want to start this kind of video blog.
Health?
I have experimented on myself, because I’ve been through a lot of crap. I’m still full of life. Some of my experiments have proven to me that when I do things “right” my body is full of health and vigour, and I’m excited about things!
I’ve learned not to be afraid to learn something new. At my age it’s really important that I eat well. It’s really important that keep my brain going and not be afraid to try new things.
I almost missed a lot of shit on the internet, and I am determined now not to, cause I think we have a very exciting future. I would really like to pass on some things to my grandson – his age group because they are amazing, they’re amazing and they’re going to find out so many new things.
Philosophical Stuff
It’s about embracing things – really going for it. I go for things now, I’m not afraid. I’m into cryptocurrencies. I think they are definitely a way forward into the future. I’ve seen recessions come and go. I understand what all that means. I do have my worries about these things, whether we’re going to be okay, but I think in life all you can do is just do your best. To be prepared, to plan ahead a little bit, and don’t be afraid to take opportunities.