When I first decided to write this entry I knew it would ruffle some feathers because I have many friends who love the Enneagram. And I debated starting with this objection because it’s a very harsh reality, but I feel that it must be said up front. There is no sound psychological ...
It’s important to have clear goals when sitting down to work. When I’m planning I pull out the calendar and know the constraints I have to work with. How many weeks do I have to work on this? I try to set my own deadlines ahead of when they outside factors influence them. In ...
1. Be Consistent:Practice, practice, practice. I am not saying practice made me perfect, but it made me better. Looking at my early posts, one thing is clear.I wasn’t very good. With practice, I feel likeI got better, or at the very least I got more confident. This led me to ...
Like I’ve already said all external demands have been stripped away. Don’t get me wrong, I’m missing my friends and going to things like the WI but I’m also not if that makes sense. I’ve been so busy “out there” over the last few years that the break is most welcome. I...
You get a small immediate boost of endorphins from playing on Reddit; hopefully your work also gives you this but the success moments are farther between. Coming up with more intermediate goals at work, so you have things you can check off and feel good about, may help. But in a very ...
So, if like me, you are uncomfortable about creating aspirational expressions of the abundant life you desire, dare to ask “why?” I say this because I want you to succeed in the life you choose for yourself, just as surely as I want the same for me! But I have a creeping realisati...
Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) learningonline learning outcomespandemic educationSELSelf Regulated Learning,social emotional,students It could have been said that the more articles or studies written these days about surviving the Pandemic have also been tied to surviving the emotional...
Even if only the ice speech was written as poetry, it would have been too much for me. I had to lower the bar further. I asked myself: How can I keep some lyrical elements without making it feel like it’s poetry with a capital P? If it wasn’t officially poetry, I wouldn’t ...
I have written this post in my head for weeks. This is so much harder than I can describe, but I am going to try, because we need help, and people need to know what this is like. I need to be able to find others who have had this experience. I need other mom’s who have wa...
Today I went full ADHD and worked on all three hobbies without losing my mind in the process. Note 2: When it comes to hobbies, it’s perfectly acceptable to go full ADHD and have fun with as many as you wish, but plan your time carefully, so you don’t get overwhelmed. ...