I am, in some ways, incredibly lazy. Laziness has saved me from so much junk food. If I’m at home and am craving something, almost always, I’m too lazy to go out and get it. (This is most likely because the craving is trying to fill the hole created by lazy/bored/maybe sad, and going to … Read more
The English language has a lot of words. On the whole, we use a little subset of them pretty well, but there are some pairs of words that are often used interchangeably that aren’t actually synonyms. Sympathy vs. pity Sympathy is feeling sad for someone else who is sad and in an unfortunate situation. Pity … Read more
We hear this often. We say this often. There are a few different types of people when it comes to this. There are the people who give up early with a sigh and a shrug and say, “I did my best.” There are the people who are tenacious and work way harder than perhaps they … Read more
I saw a meme, a chart for interpreting what women mean: when they say this, they mean this. I hate it. There seems to be a cultural acceptance that women don’t say what they mean. Men know it’s true. Women joke about its truth. Have I mentioned that I hate it? First of all, people … Read more
I’m a big fan of reducing plastic consumption. It started when I was in chemo and a friend gifted me a Klean Kanteen. In the years since then, I’ve built up a healthy stainless steel water bottle collection, replaced all of my food storage containers with glass or stainless steel, eliminated disposables from the kitchen. … Read more
Tagging on to the post the other day about eating vegetarian… If you change your diet to have less or no meat, besides taking things out, you will likely need to add things in. Our most common meals growing up included meat as the main, veggies and bread on the side. Meat + veggie + … Read more
The TED Interview has been an interesting little series to work through. Chris Anderson talks with people who have given TED talks to delve a little deeper into their content. Through this, I listened to a “bonus episode” (not found on the site linked above, but accessible through a podcast app) of Ezra Klein interviewing … Read more
That’s what I wrote on Facebook eight years ago. I had traveled to NJ to present at a conference. (I love doing that!! Public speaking is fun scary.) I had spent several sessions with Michael, my therapist, working on a scripted conversation with my mom. (This is several years after starting with him.) To put … Read more
The following popped up in my Facebook memories: The crap this morning reminded me that while I am privileged enough to choose not to be here next year…or even just not to be in this neighborhood in the evenings and on the weekends…my kids here don’t have that choice. I didn’t earn this life. It … Read more
One last one (for now) on spending money and having stuff. (Budgets and smarter spending came before.) It’s worth it to spend more money for good quality that will last longer, though it’s not always easy to tell what is better quality and what just costs more. And borrow or rent instead of buying things … Read more