For most of us learning to ride a bike was right of passage as a kid. Magically one day you can balance on two wheels. Immediately you are overwhelmed with a sense of freedom that you can go faster and further than ever before. For me this magic never really went away except for a short period when I started to drive a car; for most people that’s about where their love affair with cycling ends. I suppose mine could have as well if it were not for moving out of town to go to university. Because of this, I no longer had regular access to a car. I soon realized that I could get around town and campus much faster and easier by bike anyways. I immediately dipped into my savings and bought a decent bike. When I did borrow a car, I was late for class more – looking for parking, received parking tickets, and had less spending money as gas was using up a good chunk of it.

I love my job, I really do. In fact, I think I’m one of the alleged 47% of people in Canada (according to Maclean’s Magazine) who actually enjoy going to work every day; and no, I’m not self-employed. I commute by bike or bus, 40 minutes to an hour every day to an office where I am challenged and allowed to be creative on a regular basis. Most importantly though, I love the people I work with. Frankly, there must at least be a modicum of love there for me to whip up a batch of Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies in order to pacify a certain colleague’s current bacon obsession!