Does anyone care about blogs anymore? Aren’t they passe? Shouldn’t I be podcasting, hosting a room on Clubhouse, or awkwardly dancing my way through Tik-Tok? (I can hear my teen daughter begging me not to do that…) I’ve always been somewhat...
Mary Ellen is my super friend. Supermom to two great boys, super VP of international finance, supersize that burger and fries we share when we get together. (Who am I trying to fool? We each order our own, clearly…) Mary Ellen is also super modest. She...
My friend Sara put her house on the market last year. She hadn’t planned on selling. She had lived there a long time. She was so familiar with the wear and tear that she saw necessary upgrades in every room. Rather than putting in the money to update and...
I’m big on To Do lists. Maybe because there is always so much To Do. I get an unusual amount of gratification by crossing off items on my To Do list. Merely creating the list fuels my sense of productivity even if I’m ultimately not that productive....
Some weeks back I posted about the “grass is greener” fallacy. We only think someone else’s lawn is better. It may appear greener, but up close, it’s likely not much different than ours. I advised my readers to tend to their own lawn, rather...
I find symbolism everywhere. Metaphorically speaking, things speak to me. Not like I’m hearing actual voices, but… I notice stuff. My fortune said so. On a recent morning, I woke up fatigued. Weary. Whooshed. And it seemed I wasn’t the only one...