Emil Tiedemann
My Year of Sobriety
By Emil Tiedemann I'll be the first to admit that I thought that going an entire year without a drop of alcohol was IMPOSSIBLE! That's...
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If you've ever felt like you're in a rut or that you're far from where you want to be in life, then you might be in need of an overhaul. A reworking of whatever facets in your life you feel need improvement, whether it's your health, your relationships, your finances, or whatever else. Sometimes we just get too comfortable and begin to forget the lives we had intended for ourselves when we were younger. If you're eager to reboot your life, then this might be a good place to start your own #TheOverhaul!
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Emil Tiedemann
Oct 11, 20232 min
Why I Changed the Name of My Book
BY EMIL TIEDEMANN We're just over a week past the one year mark since I published my last book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List: 100...
Emil Tiedemann
Jul 31, 20231 min
Alberta Bucket List Adventure #15: Try homemade perogies
One of the easiest "adventures" on this bucket list has got to be "try homemade perogies," because these little bastards are just so damn...
Emil Tiedemann
Jun 1, 20235 min
My Plan to Adopt a New Healthy Lifestyle & Get Into the Best Shape of My Life!
BY EMIL TIEDEMANN I am tired. I am tired of waking up wanting to go right back to sleep. I am tired of having sporadic aches and pains...
Emil Tiedemann
May 12, 20238 min
The 25 Reasons Why I Quit Weed
BY EMIL TIEDEMANN For years, I lived in doped-up denial. I thought that weed was the solution to all my problems, and then some. It...
Emil Tiedemann
Apr 30, 20231 min
Alberta Bucket List Adventure #61: Selfie at St. Paul's UFO Landing Pad
With initials like "E.T.," it seemed only natural that I finally visit one of Alberta's most unique and bizarre roadside attractions out...
Emil Tiedemann
Mar 2, 20232 min
Alberta Bucket List Adventure #81: Selfies with the Giant Sausage & Perogy
By Emil Tiedemann This is perhaps the most bizarrely-titled adventure on "The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List," but one in which almost...
Emil Tiedemann
Feb 27, 20235 min
Why I'm Giving Up Alcohol for (At Least) One Year
By Emil Tiedemann Let me just get this out of the way first: No, this is not some impulsive decision I made following a crazy drunken...
Emil Tiedemann
Feb 21, 20232 min
My 30 Favourite Songs of 2022
I realize it might be a little late into the new year to be posting about my favourite songs from the previous year, but better late than...
Emil Tiedemann
Feb 20, 20232 min
Alberta Bucket List Adventure #40: Take the U of A's free Indigenous Canada course
When I decided that I was going to partake in EVERY one of the 100 adventures in my book The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List, I told myself...
Emil Tiedemann
Feb 1, 20233 min
50x50 Challenge #48: Conquer a fear
One of the true signs of growth, in my opinion, is facing one of your fears. "If you don't overcome your fears, you will never move from...
Emil Tiedemann
Jan 29, 20233 min
Alberta Bucket List Adventure #84: Make Your Own Bannock
Growing up Métis, bannock was always an occasional treat in our home. Mom would mix up some flour, baking powder, butter, milk, and salt,...
Emil Tiedemann
Jan 22, 20233 min
Alberta Bucket List Adventure #86: Participate In a Winter Sport/Activity
As a proud Canadian, it is a bit embarrassing to admit that I don't know how to skate. In fact, I have never been a winter sport kind of...
Emil Tiedemann
Jan 14, 20235 min
My 2022 Recap
I started 2022 off with 14 new(ish) goals. I finished 2022 off with about half of those goals completed or at least partially...
Emil Tiedemann
Aug 10, 20226 min
50x50 Challenge #44: Create a Board/Card Game
I wasn't even into my teens when I started making up my own games, including entire board games made out of loose-leaf paper glued to...
Emil Tiedemann
Jan 1, 20225 min
My 101 Favourite Songs of 2021
Who doesn't love music?! You'd be hard pressed to find somebody out there who doesn't at least love some singer, band, album, or song....
Emil Tiedemann
Dec 19, 20213 min
My Resolutions for 2022 (& How I Did With My 2021 Goals)
Although I had high hopes for 2021, in terms of COVID relief, the year turned out to be a giant letdown. In fact, even as I write this,...
Emil Tiedemann
Dec 4, 20212 min
The Ultimate Edmonton Trivia Book
In case you haven't already guessed by now, I'm a big ol' nerd! Not the kind who's obsessed with Marvel movies or Dungeons & Dragons, but...
Emil Tiedemann
Oct 14, 20214 min
Questions to Ask Yourself to Become Your Ideal Self
In an October 2021 video titled "How to Stop Being Unconfident," self-development YouTuber Joey Schweitzer listed eight questions he...
Emil Tiedemann
Sep 22, 20213 min
50x50 Challenge #26: Learn Spanish
Knowing a second language opens up an entire new world to you, allowing you to easily and naturally communicate with a whole new group of...
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