Part Time Scholar

This year, I left Hong Kong and landed back in Canada. That’s the headline, but it barely captures what actually happened.  Moving across continents forced me to slow down, notice patterns, and re-evaluate routines I didn’t even realize I was carrying with me. Relocation: Learning to See Life Anew At first, everything felt bigger: houses, streets, coffee shops, even the way people walk and talk. In Hong Kong, life moves like a high-speed train; in Canada, it feels like a tram--or should I say, street car-- that occasionally stops and makes you think. The change wasn’t just geographic.  It was mental.  I had to ask myself: what do I bring with me, and what can I leave behind?  The discipline, curiosity, and late-night ponders came along.  The constant rush, the pressure to always perform, and the noise quietly fell away. Perspective arrived almost automatically. In a new place, it’s hard not to notice the context you’ve been operating in your whole life....