Are you distracted at work? Do you lose your motivation partway through your day? I sure do, and I’m here to tell you that it’s perfectly normal and expected. Distractions, lack of motivation, real life and family needs — these things happen to all of us, whether we work at home, in an office, at […]
How to let go of all those unrealistic ‘Mom Expectations’
*This article was written by Meredith Ethington author of The Mother Load. If you are interested in having your writing hosted on A Modern Mom’s Life, please read the guidelines for guest posts.* As a new mother, I quickly realized that motherhood comes with a lot of expectations. There are societal expectations of what a “good” […]
Kingston author Lieberman to launch sixth young adult novel
*This article was originally published on Kingstonist.* Local author Leanne Lieberman is set to release her sixth young adult work of fiction this spring. Cleaning Up is the story of a teenage girl whose summer does not go at all as planned. Groundwood Books provided Cleaning Up to me, through Kingstonist, free of charge, to […]
Zellers to open in Hudson’s Bay locations across Canada in 2023
As a teenager and young adult, I worked at a Zellers location in a small town. Like many in small-town Ontario I was sad to see the staple of my shopping trips close down years ago, as I was building a family of my own. By 2013 Hudson’s Bay had closed down nearly every Zellers […]
Earth’s population reaches 8 billion in 2022
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, the world population was expected to reach 8 billion. According to the United Nations, this milestone in human development is due to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine. “While it took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, it will take approximately […]