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Summer activities in Toronto for creative souls

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on August 28, 2025August 28, 2025

A creative guide to Toronto summer activities that goes beyond the usual tourist spots.

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An emotional person’s tips for seasonal mood swings

  • by Guest
  • Posted on December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Can we say “seasonal” mood swings if you are feeling them in December:)

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The Art Of People Watching

  • by Guest
  • Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022

Can people watching be a study?

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A lesson in character- when life shakes you…

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on March 5, 2019January 2, 2025

I read something interesting on Facebook and it took a long time to fully internalize.…

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An emotional person’s guide to letting go of regret

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on June 14, 2018January 8, 2019

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the flow of events shape a person’s life. Every choice…

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Organized chaos- how I personalize my room

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on December 7, 2017January 3, 2026

I remember when my family first moved in, my bedroom felt so desolate. Our house…

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Two things I’d tell my nineteen year old self

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on October 26, 2017December 11, 2017

In an ideal world, I’d be immortalized at nineteen (I’m turning nineteen for the fourth…

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Fun and effective youtube channels for sweating at home

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on September 21, 2017December 11, 2017

Part of living well is staying active, and as much as I love working out,…

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Three life lessons from three sassy and successful women

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on August 10, 2017October 10, 2017

Over the past weeks, Onah and I have been talking about starting a new category.…

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Our second vlog! Q&A with Onah

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on August 3, 2017January 3, 2026

Like my previous post, Q & A with Jin, Onah decides to pour out (under…

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Our first vlog! Q&A with Jin

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on July 20, 2017January 3, 2026

Onah and I have collaborated on a little heart-to-heart about our lives and why we…

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The Art Of Social Gatherings

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on August 30, 2016July 21, 2017

Previously on “The Art Of People Watching“, we identified that, one, we all do it,…

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