I’ve talked to so many people who have lost weight (intentionally) and kept their now-too-big pants “just in case.” If keeping the weight off is a priority, get rid of the pants (or get them tailored to fit). By keeping the pants, you’re giving yourself permission to gain the weight back. (The exception would be … Read more
Many people believe that suicide is wrong. (Fortunately, the grey area on that is growing…but that’s not the point of today’s post.) Many religions profess that killing—oneself or others—is wrong. So here’s my question: why does the timeline matter? I don’t hear people speaking out against American health habits as a pro-life argument. But if … 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
While writing yesterday’s post, I started on a tangent about the process of accumulating stuff and decided to develop it into its own post. Even as a person who is not big on shopping and has done multiple purges of stuff over the last bunch of years, I still have too much stuff. Some of … Read more
So … this is likely to ruffle some feathers, but that’s how things go sometimes. (I’m always amazed at things that ruffle feathers—this one, at least, won’t catch me off guard.) There’s been a lot of media attention to teachers’ salaries, and it’s rightly deserved. We’re not appropriately paid for the work we do. Lots … Read more
With all of the news on teacher strikes and the like in the last year—including one here in my home state of Arizona and one currently happening in Los Angeles—there have been a lot of … opinions that I disagree with. Usually, I scroll by, because I’m substantially unlikely to change the mind of one … Read more
Eleven years ago today, I had my last radiation treatment. For my particular cancer, remission and cure are measured from the end of chemo, so medically, today’s end of treatment is somewhat irrelevant. From a practical standpoint, I didn’t have to get up to go get radiation every day before work. I’m very much not … Read more
The tree remembers what the axe forgets. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I can, as the quote states, tell you stories about being a tree. Sometimes the giving tree (codependency much?). Sometimes a tree in a razed forest. Sometimes, um, a tree that fights back? Hahahaha the analogy only works for so … Read more
The Kid was helping me prepare dinner the other night. He was chopping tomatoes; I was chopping onions. We were talking about upcoming Thursday night’s dinner. “Swiss chard is so good. And it’s healthy! Which makes it perfect!” “Did you know there are people who think that healthy food can’t be tasty?” “WHAT?! Well, they … Read more