Coping with and adapting to change is a fundamental life skill; the better you get at it the happier you’ll be. My son therefore should be a champion at this skill by the time he’s an adult. He’s had to make several adjustments in his young life. Severe anxiety, food allergies, adapting to life in …
Month: April 2024
Thrown Together Fun
Sometimes the best combinations get their start when things are simply thrown together. Sometimes you just don’t know what will go together. Certainly there are times and places for well thought-through, precisely measured, exhaustively considered design, discussion, decisions are necessary. Certainly so. As I consider things tho’, I think creativity, when we seek to ignite …
On The Wall
At a middle school on Open House Night, Santa Clara California, My alma mater, [#proudbutnotthepoint] If only each human on this planet would feel this… Oh what a better world we would have…
Dissecting Sensitivity – Anatomy of a Rebuke
This topic is one I have long been peripherally aware of; until now I didn’t have the words to frame what I experience when I receive what I experience as blunt critique or rebuke. Now I have some words. When someone I respect and/or has authority over me, when such a person directly disagrees or …
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Bent
Sometimes things just go sideways. You’re hoping, expecting them to be straight and true and well, you get “bent”, instead. It’s the luck of the draw. It’s one of life’s maxims. I’ve written about it before. It certainly is worth repeated commentary; after all, it’s part of the everyday human experience. Sometimes bolts get bent, …
No Issues
“How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?” Hmm…interesting question. Truthfully, I had no issues with the adjustments required to cope with the pandemic. It wasn’t easy. It wasn’t convenient. In some ways it was a pain the ass some of the time. But whatever. I believe in public health. …
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