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Winding Down
This is not a long blog post. Rather, it’s a precursor to my end-of-the-year post which will be much longer. Every year around this time, I evaluate my year and plan for the next. As I’ve indicated in a past post, I like to break my time down into three separate...
Winding Down
This is not a long blog post. Rather, it’s a precursor to my end-of-the-year post which will be much longer. Every year around this time, I...
Obituaries as Love Letters
I recently read an obituary of a young 31 man our family knew. It was horrible. There was nothing in the obit that really stated how much this...
Lessons in Fragility
Fragility: fra·gil·i·ty /frəˈjilədē/ the quality of being easily broken or damaged. "osteoporosis is characterized by bone fragility" the quality of...
Living within your means
What do you think of when you hear the phrase, “living within your means”? For most of us, I’m guessing you think of being fiscally responsible and...
Seasonal Affective Disorder, Pain In The Ass (SAD PITA)
It’s that time of year again….the sun takes longer to show itself in the morning, and goes to bed far earlier than it does in June. And while I’ve...
Lighten Up, Francis!
We all have that one trusted friend with whom we can discuss anything and everything. At least, I’m hoping everyone who’s reading this has that....
“I must be in the front row!” PERSPECTIVE
Anyone who grew up during the 80’s will remember the line from the Miller Lite marketing piece with Bob Uecker. Uecker was in the box seats and...
When you don’t want to hear what you have to say
I’ve always had a bit of a contemplative streak in me; I enjoy thinking about all sorts of things. Things that are absurd or difficult to...
Polishing Patience: My Rocky Road to Recovery
Recovery from treatment completion has turned out to be far more frustrating than I imagined. It turns out, it’s much easier to blog about healing...
Flipping the Script: Banishing to-do lists and celebrating accomplishments
Earlier this year, I decided not to make New Year's resolutions, and instead, decided to make lists of things I wanted to accomplish. For example;...
A Case for Suffering
John and I recently binged a show on Apple TV called The Foundation. It’s loosely based on the Foundation series of short stories by Isaac Asimov. I...
Reflections on Youthful Work Blunders: A Call for Understanding Between Generations
I think this might well be the most revised blog post I’ve ever written. In writing this, and looking back on my own employment journey, I started...