You cannot control the stories that others tell themselves, you can only decide what story you are going to tell yourself as you move forward. This is something I’m still struggling with. A big part of why I had been so excited about maybe going back to school and getting Read more…
Living a life of any kind of balance is at its core a life of being and doing. The aim of every productivity expert you come across is going to be to get you do more, create more, live more. If they do ask you to do less, it’s because Read more…
Certain neurological conditions aside, we each of us have an instinct for social survival that helps us plenty in at least worrying about those relationships immediately on our radar. We worry about being too much of one thing and not enough of another. We worry about what other people are Read more…
Maintain balance on waters stormy or calm and circumnavigate anything that promises to sink you. Very often we talk about persistence in terms of pushing through, maintaining forward motion at all costs. If you’re in a boat, that kind of thinking can get you killed. Ever heard of the Titanic? When Read more…
“I have Obsessive-Compulsive Dynamics” sounds and feels a lot better than saying I have a disorder. A disorder says I lack order, “normalcy,” conformity. Dynamics say I’m interesting, complex, human. Disorder suggests that lack of order means something is wrong with me. Dynamics communicate knowing my limits and working with them, Read more…
Learn to make a fair trade. You walked into my store (with your very cute glittery cat shirt) and left your mother browse the chapter books and young adult books for you while you chair-hopped til you found the comfy one in view of the register. Mistake one. You could have been Read more…
Oh the futility of avoiding your work because of what someone else might do with it! I am an unabashed fan of Criminal Minds. Unabashed enough to admit that I leapt out of bed this morning when I remembered that last night’s episode was now available to view online and that I Read more…