But Who’s Counting?
Well, I am, of course. I’m finishing up the second sleeve of #1 son’s sweater. It will be too hot for him to wear it and so there is probably no urgency in finishing it, but I can’t begin another […]
Well, I am, of course. I’m finishing up the second sleeve of #1 son’s sweater. It will be too hot for him to wear it and so there is probably no urgency in finishing it, but I can’t begin another […]
Tom Rath’s new book, Are You Fully Charged?, gives three keys to an energized life: Meaning: your work must be meaningful and your life cannot be just the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure. Research on happiness has shown this clearly enough […]
I didn’t work today at all. I woke, exercised, had a delicious breakfast of scrambled egg, fruit, croissant, and a bit of pomegranate juice, and dressed. At that point, I recognized that my pants were literally falling off — […]
Among the habits I’ve decided to continue working on are the ones that seem to make the most impact in studies on the subject. One of them is sleeping for eight hours each night. I can do that. I wake […]
It isn’t really that I’ve been procrastinating. I’ve been working, coping with crises, and of course knitting Christmas sweaters way past Christmas. That’s not procrastinating. I’ve also been working on habits and dipping a toe into the Cult of Tidying. […]
We had a client meeting this morning, #1 daughter and I. We chatted about navigation, taxonomies, charts, and spotlight boxes, and then we talked about modern youth and the effects of social media. Kids aren’t allowed to go out and […]
While I did all the things I planned to yesterday, I also spent some time arranging patio furniture. This seems a little silly, since our patio is no bigger than a postage stamp. The grill, a couple of steamer chairs, […]
Yesterday was poetry reading day in my class, the last day of our section on poetry. One of the students told me how much she had enjoyed reading poetry, and how much it had surprised her that she had. We […]