I thought that I was fairly in tune with my mortality. I feel relatively comfortable with the fact I will die someday, and if I think about dying tomorrow I have very few regrets. I feel like I've lived a life with a great balance if living in the moment and planning for the future. [...]
Lonely, sad, depressed? Maybe bored and sad at the same time if you lost your job or are furloughed because of the Coronavirus? The cure may be volunteering or helping another. I have heard this advice recently from two people worth listening to. The first is Esther Perel in her recent interview with Tim Ferriss. [...]
Something isn't right. Oh, could it be the world changing around me? Yes, that too, but what have I given up? What have I let slide? What excuses am I making for myself? For one, I am letting 'the outside' control me and particularly my schedule. I am reacting not controlling. I once blocked out [...]
The future is uncertain. You only get out once a week to the grocery store…what should you buy? Hint: it might not be what you really want to buy.
Weekends are the best. While days could mesh one to the next, weekends still take their place above all other days. They offer a sense of calm, simply because the day starts with an "S". Emails arrive less frequently. Expectations diminish. Relaxation and extra sleep can settle in. Time for play? Time for doing nothing? [...]
You can have the toilet paper, I will be over here stocking up on coffee. (Seriously, I'm hoarding coffee, but fortunately it doesn't seem to be in short supply). It happened before there was a toilet paper shortage. I heard of the Tushy Classic in Wired magazine. Hmmm, I thought, is this the time to [...]
Sharing some thoughts on grief today. While we don't all know someone who is sick or who has died, at least not yet, from the coronavirus- we may be experiencing grief from the loss of everything we understood and our way of life only weeks ago. See the tweet below and the associated article shared [...]
In one survey, 27% of people believed that at least once, one of their personal rituals helped a sports team win a game. 67% of those surveyed perform rituals regularly to 'help' their sports teams win. Even if the survey is biased, that's quite a lot of people who believe that their actions, that the [...]
I have heard that people who grow up in other countries (i e not the United States) develop an understanding that they are not alone but rather interconnected. They are more likely to believe that achieving success does not happen alone, but rather with the support of many many others. What is happening in the [...]
I think most of us are on edge right now with the uncertainty and fear of the Coronavirus. I am exhausted by a bombardment of emails and notifications (that I am contributing to myself for my businesses...oops) I am receiving. I notice I judge each one. If someone/a company doesn't address what is happening right [...]
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