If you want to live a happy life…
Tie it to a goal. —Albert Einstein I’ve always preferred the nostalgia and festivities of Autumn, but there’s something about Winter. January encourages change, or the beginnings of something wonderful, to be delivered by Spring. My Father passed away in…
Just going to throw it out there
I’m tired of textual relationships. The connection to communications technology — the connection to connection — has become part of what makes us human. In the idiom of those who are swooningly in love, it makes us “feel alive.” When we’re denied the…
MFK Fisher on Winter Eating
“…Another thing about winter, or at least I’ve found it in my own life, is that I often prefer to eat by myself then. I’ve been asked about wonderful meals I remember in the wintertime in restaurants, and although I’ve…
Revelations from 30,000 ft.
Somewhere in between “not finding time” and “job searching; must not overshare,” I excused myself from writing on here and settled with intellectual endeavors and recipe sharing — two exercises that distanced me and my feelings just enough from the…
An instrument of inspiration
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or…
Tolerance ~ Indifference
In the last lecture of my Industrial Location/Regional Development course, my professor concluded with the fact that globalization/urbanization has created a cognitive-cultural class that is extremely tolerant, but simultaneously highly indifferent. Tolerance is a passive action; to merely tolerate is…
Anachronistic (Non-)Worries
Ms. Domscheit-Berg, who is also active in the European Women’s Management Development International Network, has three bits of advice for well-paid women: Leave the snazzy company car at home on the first date; find your life partner in your 20s,…