– Me, November 15, 2010 Those words opened my first blog post. If ever a life had a turning point, for me it was then. That post kicked off a run of publishing a weekly blog post for a full three years. (Count ‘em – that’s 156 consecutive weeks, 156 posts. And they’re all still …
Change my life
Not Thankless
Right now, the world is filled with shows of “giving thanks.” We are all thankful for health, employment, family, education, food on your plate, clothes on your back, and a roof over your head. Those objects of gratitude are really low hanging fruit. Lately, I’ve been looking back at parts of my life where I …
Screen Time Ate My Brain
The phrase ‘screen time’ is in the Oxford dictionary: Screen time: noun : the time allotted to or occupied by a particular subject, actor, etc., on film or television: these characters deserve more screen time : time spent using a device such as a computer, television, or games console. The second definition as a concept …
Busy. Work.
Working for myself as a freelancer means that I work a lot without getting paid, because I have to work to get work. And that keeps me rather busy. I’m not complaining. I have prepared a quote every week for the last six weeks. That means I review a possible project, try to distill the …
Encore: 19 Items Per Minute, or, How bagging groceries instructs my life
This post was originally published in April 2011, and, according to my WordPress statistics, is my #2 post of all time. 19 Items Per Minute is about my seven years working at a local grocery store chain. It was the only job I had all through high school and college (with the exception of a …
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Decisions, Decisions
Instead of writing, today I spent the afternoon with a friend. She is at a crossroads and ready to make the decision to change her life. Over iced tea and California rolls, we discussed what it feels like when your job has become a toxic pool; where you can barely envision that a way out …
Home Office
Over the twelve years that we have lived in our house, my home office has at one time or another occupied three out of four bedrooms. For years I had one front bedroom to myself for books, computer, and casual writing. Then my husband and I decided to share a home office and shuffle the …
This is 40
In the third season of the Roseanne sitcom, Roseanne’s 37th birthday wish is for time, specifically to write. Turns out that she loved to write as a young woman, but raising a family took priority and as she gets closer to age 40, she wants to make a change. As a gift, Roseanne’s husband builds …
