This is a new idea I’m road-testing. You may laugh and that’s okay. I’ll still make you a bracelet. I started noticing that some of my evenings were not being spent productively. On stay-in evenings, there was a little too much lounging on the couch, grazing on cheese and crackers, and watching TV unpurposefully. Too […]

Do you feel like you don’t know what you’re doing? Like you’re just making it up as you go along? Like you’re a poser? There’s a little nugget of wisdom that is supposed to help those of us feeling this way: Fake it ‘til you make it. News flash: you’re never going to feel like […]

I had the great joy this week of watching my eight-year-old niece play the guitar and sing. I was in awe of her confidence and lack of self-consciousness. There are lessons to be learned from her. She doesn’t know she can’t do it. What I mean by that is: She knows she can. Us old, […]

The past two Sundays, I have gone to see live musical performances. The first was a famous opera; the second was a local “danger folk” band. Two very different experiences that were weirdly similar. The opera was La traviata and the band was called Hares on the Mountain. I think it’s important to open yourself […]

I was asked an interesting question about my last post. Since then, I’ve been thinking about quitting. The concept of quitting, that is. Q: Did the fact that you worked with a career coach help you to push forward when you were struggling in the photography assignment? I’m sure my brow furrowed. I had not […]