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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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Achieving True Comfort by Shifting from Physical to Intangible

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on July 9, 2024

Ever imagined comfort meant having everything perfectly organized? I did.

But chasing that ideal left me overwhelmed.

Now, comfort’s in the unplanned moments, like lazy Sundays.

How do you redefine comfort in your life?

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Overcoming motivation slumps – an emotional person’s guide

  • by Guest
  • Posted on May 9, 2024May 9, 2024

Are you feeling a bit demotivated lately? Is it possible that the month of May has something to do with it?

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We May Mistake The Definition Of Marketing

  • by Anfy
  • Posted on August 23, 2021October 24, 2025

When I entered the marketing industry, I had my understanding. However, one of my friends…

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An emotional person’s thoughts on…getting your life together

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on February 6, 2020February 5, 2020

I’ve been gifted a book called Get Your Sh*t Together (gee bestie, thanks for the…

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Being the best version of you

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on January 2, 2020June 7, 2020

We’ve all heard “be the best version of yourself”, but were do we start?

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Why you need a solo trip in your 20’s

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on October 3, 2019October 1, 2019

Packing your bags and getting away from everyone and everything can do you a lot…

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What is self love?

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on July 4, 2019June 27, 2019

Do you love yourself? That’s a loaded question, isn’t it.

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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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A moral in confidence

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on February 7, 2019February 5, 2019

January and February have been tough and draining for not only me, but many people…

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How to make and keep New Year’s resolutions

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on January 3, 2019February 7, 2019

Resolutions and bucket list items are great, but they can get overwhelming. I’m sure we’ve…

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Three levels of self care – Turning over a new leaf

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on December 6, 2018October 22, 2019

Hi everyone! I know it’s rare for me to do a non-fashion post at the…

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Fall activities for peace and bonding

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

There’s no better season than fall to begin reflecting on the year. It’s a good…

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Food adventures in China – My top recommendations

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on September 27, 2018September 25, 2018

Hi everyone! You may have noticed I’ve been away. I was back in China and…

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Just introverted extrovert things

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on February 8, 2018February 7, 2018

Officially, my personality type via this scarily accurate quiz is ENFP. So technically, I’m an extrovert by…

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Winter activities – in other words, getting myself resocialized

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on February 1, 2018January 23, 2018

After getting out of retail hell (I was working 6 days a week last holiday),…

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Career tips from some fashion pros and how they’re actually relevant

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on December 28, 2017April 8, 2018

Hi everyone! For those of you who noticed, I’ve been MIA for two weeks, but…

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Oh hey, I guess I’m an entrepreneur now!

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on November 2, 2017April 8, 2018

Entrepreneurship is such a broad term. It seems like when people think “entrepreneurship”, they think…

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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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