This week, in an exercise with Brené Brown, I had to narrow down my values — from a pretty big, extremely inclusive list of words such as compassion, justice, love, connection, fun, friendship, exercise — and I had to narrow it down to just two values. After a lot of waffling, I chose creativity and family. These are the […]
Is meandery a word? Well, meandering. That’s my mind lately. I’ve been on a no-holds-barred quest since about mid-December to figure out how to work. And, like Tolkien’s wanderers, I’m not lost. So, what do I mean by figuring out how to work? I know how to work, of course. My first paying job came at age ten […]
Yes, I’m still meandering, and this is where my attention (or inattention) led me today — The song is “This Is Your Life” and there are several versions on YouTube, including with lyrics. I came across it on a blog called “The Better Plan.”
This is the first blogpost of some ramblings about where my thoughts are lately. Read at your peril. Some years ago I bumped into a former colleague from Everett Community College, and asked her how early retirement was going. It had been two years since she left, and she admitted, smiling, that it had taken […]