With it being the beginning of a new year, so any of the blogs I read are selecting their words of the year. This always annoys me. Maybe in my HR career I was forced to suffer through too many mission statement brainstorming sessions. To me, they are one and the same - meaningless and a… Continue reading What’s in a Word?
Category: Undiscovered Talents
Minimum
One of my all time favorite movies is Better than Chocolate. The mom of the main character mentions to her new friend (Judy) that she sang in college. She stopped once she realized she would never be the best. Her friend, who is a singer in a club, laughed and said that if that was the… Continue reading Minimum
Halloween Bragging Rights
I outdid myself this year, even if I do say so myself. I've had some awesome costumes in the past, but this year took the cake. I had an idea early in October, but when it came time to start making it, my heart wasn't in it. Then, on Thursday I found this inspiration. I… Continue reading Halloween Bragging Rights
Goals Met
Last year this time I was proudly reporting that I had already completed my reading challenge for the year. That feat is definitely not repeating itself this year. After my slow start, I am now one book ahead of schedule, but nowhere near the reading fest I had last year. And I'm okay with that.… Continue reading Goals Met
Adventure Girl Returns
I've been feeling like I am stuck in a rut for a while, and allowing my spare time to be wasted. Time is simply too valuable for me to have that continue. Last week I dusted off my Adventure Girl cape and tried something new. For the longest time, I have been toying with the idea of… Continue reading Adventure Girl Returns
First Race
Yesterday was my first ever 5k using my newly acquired race walking technique. I had a time goal in mind, based on my training speeds: I wanted to finish the 3.1 miles in 40 minutes. There were separate start times for runners and walkers. I registered for the walking group because I was walking. This… Continue reading First Race
How Does It End?
In reading an interview with my favorite Japanese author, Haruki Murakami, I became obsessed with one of his lines: When I start to write a story, I don’t know the conclusion at all and I don’t know what’s going to happen next. He writes so he can find out what happens! How cool is it that the… Continue reading How Does It End?
Freak of Nature
It was about six years ago when I was diagnosed with allergies. Knowing the cause of my misery - constant sore throats with the occasional visit from killer sinus headaches or having my nose run like a faucet - does absolutely nothing to make the symptoms go away. My latest symptoms led me to an… Continue reading Freak of Nature
Race Walking Update
I'm proud to announce that I am almost back on track with my reading goal. My trip to visit Ma and Tom helped with that. While it looked like I could never catch up for a while, one of my goals has not been in question: walking. So far this year I have walked 2,199,201 steps.… Continue reading Race Walking Update
Race Walking
Last December I got a wild hare and decided that I wanted to try something new, and that something new was race walking. DH2U had put the idea into my head many months before. I dismissed it at the time. I can't even remember why now. I really knew nothing about race walking except for… Continue reading Race Walking
Grown Up, Now What? 