Bona Fides

Greetings....

This late morning sees me seated at the Starbucks along the famous Whyte Ave. I chose to take a day out of the house this little break off of work and see what's good in the literary world; and also have some "me" time.
I'm known to escape the life that I have for a few hours and get some time with me alone. You can never have too much time with you alone...never....anyways, enough of that rant. 

As I was flipping through the pages of this month's issue of the ELLE magazine, I always look forward to the mini-interviews that they do with the contributors of the issue. Well, one of the interview probing words is Bona Fides. Now, I'm not going to skin the whole word, but more so, apply it to my current situation. 

For the few that know me, they are well aware that my parents are academics, both privileged to be holding doctorates in their respective areas of profession; well with that being said, they have stressed the issue of both Simon and I getting the most out of our education...going as far as we can in the academic programs that we chose to partake in. I do take my education very seriously, but I find myself well engrossed in my hobbies that I'm starting to develop with a keen interest, to turn them into activities that will put the food on my table. 

I think one of the only things that I find my parents missed out on concentrating on while we were growing up was, developing our hobbies...if they had tapped into those likes, then maybe we'd be doing something different altogether....and that shouldn't be mistaken for regret. I like to say that my parents did everything right with us and as a result, Simon and I try our very best to reflect that in our hard-work and spark for life together with making it in life. 

So, I do care for the bona fides that i will get at the end of my education, but I'm more so tapping into more of my creative side and looking forward to making it big with my hobbies.

Carpe diem!