I’m thankful to live in Canada where we have winter, spring, summer and fall. I enjoy the anticipation for each season. It is the beginning of April and I’m already wearing my flip flops, getting my bike out, craving to wear summer clothes and hit the beach. Come the end of summer, I’ll be looking forward to pulling on warm sweaters, wearing socks and going hiking among the fall colours. Then I’ll be getting excited for snowboarding season.
Spring is almost here and I feel a urge of transition and change, I feel connected to our environment. So much to look forward to!
Due to organizational changes, I will not be returning to my previous role after my Maternity leave. I am currently on an opportunity search.
After a career transition workshop I’ve been coached how to tell others I’ve been laid off. I started a business a year and a half ago with the gut feeling I’d be laid off. Now that it has happened I’ve got major pressure to ensure our business can provide financial support once my maternity leave is over. I went to my accountant who is also a business coach and teaches many entrepreneurs. I asked him a general question about the universe trying to tell me something. Or why are a lot of crummy things happening at once? He said, I think the universe is just telling you, that you are now an entrepreneur.
After a crazy week of feeling like I was a frozen computer, we hit the road to Kimberly to get in some amazing powder turns snowboarding. I got to ride with a great friend who is also a local. She took me to her powder stash, and what a stash!! Just when I thought it was over, bam!! another field of untouched powder. It was nice to get away and leave stresses at home.
Once back home, I had a fresh perspective, outlook and energy. As I’m sure most people have an inner dialogue, I too have an inner dialogue. I find myself repeating these four P’s a lot lately.
Patience
Persistence
Positivity
Persevere
Patience, things don’t always happen as quick as you expect them to.
Persistence, Go back to the contacts you made, over and over again. Give it time and you’ll build a relationship, they’ll want to hire your services.
Positivity, believe in your dreams!! You can do it!
Persevere, expect challenges, nothing will always be perfect and run smoothly. Persevere through the road blocks. You’ll learn and they will only make you stronger. And the next time it happens, you’ll work through it with ease.
Normally I make frittata with a lot of bread and bacon. I ran across this recipe in a book my mom gave me (the below recipe was inspired and slightly modified from “Now eat this” by Rocco Dispirito). It was much more flavourful and a fraction of the calories than what I normally make.
Ingredients:
extra virgin olive oil
2 cups cauliflower florets
zucchini cut into half moons
2 garlic cloves, minced
salt and fresh ground black pepper
roasted red pepper, (from 1 pepper)
3/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, second portion of 2 Tbs
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
10 eggs
Romaine lettuce
Steps:
Roast red peppers. (cut up, broil with skin up, once skin shows some black, remove from oven, cool, peel skin off, cut into strips). Once red peppers are done, Set oven to 475 Fahrenheit
Use an 8″ nonstick oven proof saute pan. Heat oil over medium high heat, add cauliflower and zucchini and saute for 5 min. Add garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Cover and reduce heat to low until veggies are tender (another 5 min). Stir in red pepper, increase heat to medium high.
Whisk together 3/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano, basil and egg in a separate bowl. Season mixture with salt and pepper to taste. Stir mixture into veggie pan. Once eggs begin to solidify, flatten with a spatula while the mixture is still wet and stop stirring. Cook undisturbed for one more minute. Transfer pan to the oven.
Bake in the oven for 8 more mintutes until the eggs are completely set. Remove from oven.
Sprinkle 2 Tbs of Parmigiano-Reggiano over Romaine lettuce stalks. Place a strip of the Frittata on the Romaine and enjoy!
My iphone doesn’t take the best pics, but at least its some sort of visual
