Yesterday I wrote about my dogs aging muscles, but today the signs of my aging were glaringly obvious as well. I was the lady with the ear plugs in an exercise class. Have you ever been in an exercise class and felt the music was just too loud? What did you do? I was recently [...]
I'm watching our older dog, a large lab, begin to lose strength in is back legs. It has been happening for awhile, but all of a sudden it feels as though he declined rapidly. While our little pup is my main running partner, whenever I hit a trail they both get to come along. Just [...]
I often find myself uttering these words as if it somehow gets me off the hook for not actually calling, writing, whatever the action was that I really did think about doing sooner. I suppose that I am looking for the credit for thinking about it. But if life worked that way, if we got [...]
We can achieve far more when we work with someone else to share ideas and to set goals. An accountability partner is a great option.
As our rain returns to our rainforest that has been experiencing a draught (Juneau, Alaska), I find myself wanting to be distance training more than I have had that urge in many months. I find this extremely odd, and something I'm just realizing, but it actually makes sense. I love to be outside. When the [...]
A couple of tips when you have trouble coping with feelings that you are undeserving of something great.
In her book Dare to Lead, Brene Brown talks about the pitfalls of asking another person to do something. How often have you been at work and you are asked to do something or ask another to do something and they end up doing something totally different than what you had in mind? It can [...]
Stealing a post from my other blog today. I received my undergraduate degree in economics. It suits my way of being perfectly. I generally try to avoid my own emotions, but I love to figure out how to allocate my time and money in the most efficient way possible. I was thus thrilled to come [...]
I'm not a parent, but I watch what some accomplish and it's clear that time is illusory. I watch them tackle so much in a week it makes me want to take a nap. When driven, we just get it done. If we do don't really have to and don't want to, then we probably [...]
Everyone fails. Anyone you see succeeding is only succeeding at the things you're paying attention to - I guarantee they are also failing at lots of other things. The people I respect most are those who fail well. ~ Ray Dalio This is off topic...as I seem to often be though the blog is about [...]
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