Jodi BarnesPhoto by DESIGNECOLOGIST on Unsplash Curb the urge to procrastinate; dare to create before you’re ready A thought experiment: Imagine you get tagged out. You die — suddenly (let’s imagine immediately and painlessly). Everything that was due, all that was unfinished like laundry, bills, projects… nothing you can do about them. You’re not thinking about those things anyway, are […]
Photo by Jonathan Borba from Pexels Vonnegut gave us more than an anti-war book; he gave us safe passage to our former selves It didn’t work out well for Lot’s wife. As you might recall, she was warned not to look back at the Almighty’s wrath. “But she did look back, and I love her for that, […]
Photo by Kelvin Mah on Unsplash After 25 moves and six states, it’s time to find out My household moves are hardly Ripley’s worthy, but given the average American moves 11-12 times over their entire lifespan, should I be concerned? According to the Social Security Administration, I have 25 more years to move. Biologically. If the government […]
Photo by Pat Graziosi on Unsplash I started feeling competitive and it wasn’t helping. Feeling that edge every now and then can be good motivational fuel. But the edge was becoming the whole cloth. The fibers didn’t feel right. I knew too much about my own traits, motivations, and the science behind them. Twenty-plus years of […]
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