Last year, I decided to have a different resolution for each month. That lasted through April. While overall it was a fail, what I accomplished in those four months made a big difference to me. Last March's resolution of writing a blog post a day took a huge weight off my shoulders. Maybe it's simply… Continue reading My Resolve
Category: Self Imposed Limitations
Strength
As I have continued with my hiking, I'm loving the changes that I feel in my body. I make the gains in elevation so much easier, and the muscles in my legs feel so strong. I'd really missed being able to appreciate my body for all it could do. Before I started to dance,… Continue reading Strength
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
Behind the Wheel
As I have previously mentioned, I took drivers ed in high school. I didn’t however get my drivers license until later. The lessons I had in high school didn’t take: they stressed out both Ma and me. It was a college friend’s dad who taught me how to drive. I was at their house all… Continue reading Behind the Wheel
Blank Page
The cursor was mocking me. It kept flashing on that blank page, daring me to come up with an idea. Most of this blog is actually written long-hand in my spare moments away from the computer - waiting for friends, in the grocery store when inspiration strikes, in line pretty much anywhere. Why I decided… Continue reading Blank Page
Unexpected Adventures
For a good part of my life, if I had an idea in my brain about something and it turned out to be different, I was disappointed. I couldn't appreciate it for what it was. Instead, since it wasn't what I had hoped for, it was wrong! It often took something rather dramatic for me to make… Continue reading Unexpected Adventures
Procrastination
Months ago I came up with the idea of writing a blog post on procrastination. I even came up with a killer title: Stop procrastinating ... tomorrow. Then I never got around to writing it. I couldn’t make it live up to the awesomeness of the title! That being said, in my 40 years on… Continue reading Procrastination
First Loser
I was an adult before I first heard the expression: Second place is the first loser. I felt so sorry for the people who genuinely believed it. I hurt my brain to think that anything other than the BEST is failure. Growing up obsessed with the Olympics, just being of the caliber to be counted… Continue reading First Loser
Unexpected Insight
I had been in my last job for a couple months when the division director left. As he was leaving, he gave all his direct reports an unofficial, not written down performance appraisal. He wanted to share insights with each of us. It was not part of our permanent record and simply done out of… Continue reading Unexpected Insight
The Look
I was not supposed to have my name. Instead of my legal first name, my nickname would have been on my birth certificate, but that was not meant to be. If that had been the case, what on Earth would my mother have called me when she was/is mad at me? (That sentence makes me… Continue reading The Look
Grown Up, Now What? 