Cake Day
A few evenings ago, just before 9pm, I completed my 50th trip around the sun and started my 51st. I am now officially IN my fifties, rather than just 50. And can I just say, the …
Category: learning
Who’s ready to see 2020 go?
About this time, I go back to see what New Year’s resolutions I made for the year, pull out the scorecard and see how I did. Anyone who has been around these parts for a while knows …
Yea, not gonna happen
Just in case you’re not stalking me and know exactly where I’ve said I’ll be every moment, here’s an excerpt from my 2018 New Year’s Resolutions post: Half marathon training. My Triumphant Return To Running will …
MythBusting! (aka my thoughts on the International Women’s Summit)
Turns out, I can do things on a whim! I’m impulsive! A few weeks ago I happened to think to look up where Elizabeth Gilbert was going to be speaking (I had seen her a …
2017: Year of Engagement
Hellooooo 2017! Welcome, welcome … come on in. Make yourself comfortable. Stay awhile. Maybe try not to kill so many beloved celebrities as your predecessor 2016 did. As I’ve been doing for a number of …
“Bye Felicia”: a 2016 retrospective
I know I probably have fans forming a metaphorical line around my virtual home, waiting for my take on the year that has just passed, and who am I to disappoint you? 2016 wasn’t really …
Come play with me
Jonathan Fields, author of The Good Life Project and the podcaster responsible for hundreds of interviews with fascinating and inspiring people, ends every podcast with this question for his guest: “so, what does it mean …
Again with the starting again
I’ve been home from Utah for over a week now, I’ve posted my vacation porn, emptied out the suitcase (though, admittedly haven’t quite put everything away yet) and spent a week slipping back into my …
Manifesto, the Brene Way
In my Living Brave semester course (taught by the wonderful Brene Brown), we’ve finished up with the first book, Daring Greatly, and are now moving on to Rising Strong. But as a part of kind …