In the fourth grade I had a class called "Study Skills." It changed my life. The class taught us to organize our materials. It taught us to plan. It taught us to prioritize. I loved it. Flash forward forty years and I'm still using those skills and love of jottings. I've got work notebooks and …
Category: attitude
New Company? Write Again
It's been 51 days since I started the new day gig, and it's been a hoot, I gotta say. It's been such a hoot that my writing has taken a back-seat to the New Job Wave I've been riding, the ramp-up period, the climb up the learning curve. But I still strive to write just …
Good Everywhere
I continue to be humbled, inspired, motivated to do good things by seeing good things happen. It's absolutely the case. I feel better when I take this approach, realize its value, and perpetuate it throughout my day. One of the mantras I've adopted and share often is "Good begets More Good." I say it …
18 Days
Well imagine that. After my "effort post" 18 days ago I've written a total of zero posts. Apparently efforts have been focused elsewhere! No matter. Back at it again now. Back at it to share thoughts with everyone else. Back at it to stir my mind and all the thoughts that jumble around.
Renewed Effort
I've definitely fallen off my blogging routine since the spring months commenced. Lots of factors, but it all comes down to effort. Other matters have demanded more time, more thought, more effort. I've waned of late with the thought thread that usually provides the root of the entry I end up posting. So today making …
America.
A troika of good came together last evening that I've just got to share. I was in between the end-of-workday and an evening meeting. I had enough time for a couple tacos, then a stop at a local watering hole; might call it a dive bar. there were about twenty people living life when I …
Serenity NOW
Known as the "Serenity Prayer", it's well known in many circles of folks that are people of faith. Most often you see the first stanza only...but the whole thing is quite good too. Written by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the early part of the 20th century, these words have provided a foundation for many …
Hiatus
I've been off the blog grid mostly for the past few weeks. Not sure exactly why. Life's been pretty busy for a while and I've managed to get posts in regularly before. For some reason lately I've lost track of the snippets of time I'd previously done the writing. I'm sure the pendulum's string will …
#Caregiver
These passed few weeks have been a little sideways with atypical issues demanding attention in my life. It's been busier than usual, hard to squeeze out any time for the fun stuff, like writing in this blog. The silver lining? I got a new hashtag idea. Didn't research it, just decided it's worth using, for …
Take It In Stride…
I say this all the time, "Take it in stride." When talking to people about facing difficulties, unexpected tragedy, lose, etc. that's typically in my response somehow. The thing is, when I say it to other people, I'm saying it to myself too. I really believe in this philosophy to my core. The idea is …
