What is probably not very surprising to any of my readers who know about my planning tendencies, I've known what I wanted to do for my election day eve post since early this year. I am firm by my pledge to keep my blog a-political, so what could be better than fictional elections? At the… Continue reading Election Addition
Author: tahlia42
What Was She Thinking?
My latest book on tape (Great: I've managed to date myself in this post before I even got to the first verb! I might be making it worse by pointing out that my current car is the first I've ever had that didn't have a tape deck.) is What Was She Thinking, the book upon… Continue reading What Was She Thinking?
Satanic Seitan?
I was trying to think of something Halloween appropriate for today's post, and yet I really wanted it to be about food. I've got it ... How I made my own wheat meat or ... trying to avoid a cauldron full of brains! So back in January, I went vegetarian for a month because, well, just because.… Continue reading Satanic Seitan?
Money Basics
Several times a month I listen to the Dave Ramsey show. I don’t agree with all he says, but a lot of his message makes sense to me. I am often shocked by the conceptions so many of his callers hold about money and how much misinformation they have learned. I didn’t realize how unusual… Continue reading Money Basics
Simple Solutions
Have you ever noticed it is so much easier to solve other people's problems than your own? I was contemplating that fact the other day, wondering why it was so. My answer to myself (yes, I do talk to myself a lot) was something along the lines of, "D'uh! You eliminate the complicated parts!" Ah yes,… Continue reading Simple Solutions
Poo Happens
My headline might have been misleading. Nothing bad is going on in my life, quite the contrary. Instead, the inspiration of this post is literally poo. Petrified poo to be exact. How cool is that?!?! I'm trying to imagine the 20 foot sloth that produced that sample. At first I was a bit grossed out that… Continue reading Poo Happens
Enjoy the Now
Years ago a wise woman gave me some very good insight that I didn't fully grasp at the time (yet another case of delayed learning): Beware of goal post happiness. She could see how I had the tendency to think that I would be happy after achieving a certain milestone, and that as I reached… Continue reading Enjoy the Now
Sense of Time
These last two weeks I have found myself in a weird time continuum. My sense of the day of the week has completely escaped me. I just can’t keep them straight. That’s understandable when on vacation, but I've been at work this whole time. Five days last week I woke up thinking it was Friday. Friday wasn't one of… Continue reading Sense of Time
Where I Feel Most Alive
Despite how I have historically equated the process of learning new things with making a fool of myself, I realize that I am now at a point in my life where the time I spend acquiring a new skill is when I feel the most alive. Strangely enough, I've always been really patient with myself when… Continue reading Where I Feel Most Alive
A Patient Teacher
I was very pleasantly surprised by the large response (both comments on the blog and personal emails) to my post about the thoughtful manager who gave me some parting wisdom about myself. It got me thinking about another patient teacher that I've had. When I was in college, I took a speech class. Have done this competitively… Continue reading A Patient Teacher
Grown Up, Now What? 