“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” — Fred Rogers I love this. It reminds me that not … Read more
If you have never done this, go try it. Get a card or some pretty stationery, and write a nice note to someone. Someone close, someone not close, someone who did something awesome, someone who did something meaningful, someone who needs a pick-me-up, whatever. Then mail it to them. Yeah, with an envelope and a … 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
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
I have, at times, been a difficult person to love. I struggle with depression and have been suicidal a handful of times over my decades. I’ve done that dance enough times that I know that getting enough sleep, staying connected to people, eating well, and exercising every day in a way that raises my heart … Read more
Every now and then, something crosses my path that rattles my thinking. These are all examples of things that I had literally never thought about until someone else shared it. • A post on Facebook pictured a wedding shop window display with a mannequin in a wedding dress in a wheel chair. The caption included, … Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve attended a webinar. Nearly every one I’ve been to has been disappointing. Often, introductions are 10 or 15 minutes long. Content is thin, at best. I’m on board with selling your program at the end of the webinar, but I don’t think that your pitch should be longer than … Read more