Learning is always good. In your personal life, in your professional life, you get better when you’re learning. Sometimes it’s not easy. But it’s always worth it. Any company that prioritizes cross-training its personnel to support each other’s functions within a work group is doing the right thing. I’m in that boat now at work, …
Category: attitude
Don’t Give Up on a Bumpy Day
“Today didn’t start off as planned, but we’ve adjusted and are going forward. Don’t give up on a day that gets bumpy. See it through. Make it GOOD.” I wrote that early one morning last week. I thought it was a good attitude to have regardless of when things go sideways early on. I still …
Dad Day
“What’s that?”, our daughter asks, looking at the weekly calendar on the refrigerator. “It’s ‘Dad Day’...that’s gonna be Saturday, when Mom is at a conference”, I respond. What a day it is, Dad Day. Sure to be filled with a mixed bag of good; will make it that way regardless of what comes up. Maybe …
The Heated Hall
Stepping into the heated hall is a treat. Ours is a little dwelling; a living and kitchen area in the front, then down a short hall to the rooms in the back. We keep the hall doors closed in winter, and at night. My favorite is in the early morning hours, predawn, the house is …
Do What You Can Do
Running to stand still; it’s a common feeling for me in the day-to-day. Chasing the to-do list, between the primaries — family and marriage and my elderly mother, and work — to secondaries — regular writing and Lionism (community service work through a local Lions club I belong to). Most days I feel like I’m …
Who’s Got Your Back?
I got into a little verbal scarp with my older daughter recently. It was a quick exchange, didn’t seem that extreme, but she was nonetheless offended and went off crying. A few minutes later my younger daughter gave me a little talking to, what had happened and what I should do about it. When I …
For Three Peoples, for All Peoples, I Pray
Most mornings part of my prayer is for other people; I pray for family, for friends, for those who have passed on. And then I pray for people who suffer illness, and are effected by war and other armed conflict; there’s plenty of suffering in the world to go around. The following three groups come …
The Light
From the darkness, I pray this metaphor most everyday; I pray for the light to inspire and guide me along my way. “But why?”, you might wonder...and so let me share, for the reason is clear. From time to time uncertainty and sublime angst are my companions; they seem to find common purpose resting on …
Data MOTIVATOR
The original title of this post was going to be "Addicted to Data?", but then I decided a different title would be more accurate, as it ended up. A day without wearing a steps tracker; I've had a couple days when my beloved (!?) steps tracker, my Fitbit watch, it didn't come through as intended. …
Smack Down
Learning can be very challenging. VERY CHALLENGING. Sometimes you find yourself in the mud, the thick, and it sucks. You make repeated mistakes, same issues, and it's confounding, really...troubleshooting, reviewing your process, trying to understand why the errors are happening. It can feel like a smack down. A SMACK DOWN. It’s abrupt; it gives one …
