Kali J Desautels

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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity. I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books. A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been “super married” to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids. My first book – How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!) I have tried a podcast – it’s still on Apple and Google Podcasts – but writing is where my heart is. My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit. I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually. Welcome to my thoughts. Sit down. Stay a while. Enjoy a cup of coffee!

Stop Waiting On Someone To Change Your Life – Rachel Hollis

Last weekend, I had a very eye opening discussion with my brother about goals. I asked him about his Bucket List, and he said something I had never heard before – he doesn’t believe in Bucket Lists. I was a little surprised, as he travels significantly and is very successful (both in his field and by any other standard of success). He elaborated by saying that waiting until you are facing mortality to do the things you want makes no sense to him. If you want something, do it. Plan for it, reach for it, grab the brass ring. If you want to live in Paris, figure out how to live there. If you want to travel through the Andes, book a trip, if you want to compete in a competition, find a trainer and start a training plan. The way he stated it, it sounded so easy. Why wait until someone comes along to fix things for you? Why live in the hopes for the future, when we could actually make things happen? Who is going to care about your dream more than you? Who even knows that you dream of running a marathon before you turn 50?⠀

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“Stop waiting on someone else to fix your life” ~ Rachel Hollis Girl, Wash Your Face⠀

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