Today, the sun rose at 4:30. I gave up on sleep about an hour later. Journal in hand, I set off to visit the shrine1 then sit in the park.…
It’s been more than a week since I last posted here and I feel like I have a lot to say, but also nothing to say. I am having a…
It’s been a little while since my last post, largely because I’ve been caught up in a million things, distracted to no end, and more than a little stressed out.…
It’s about 14:00 as I begin this post, and kids will start showing up soon, so this will be quick. As I noted in another post, this weekend I’ll be…
Today I’ve been wanting to write something here, but wasn’t sure where to start or what to say, so I’m just starting and seeing where it goes. There’s a lot…
Clutter has always been a part of my life, but it took on a sinister aspect as an adult when I first experienced depression. I discovered they fed into each other.
Failure! This is one way to describe my weekend, at least from the perspective of getting anything useful done. I had an ambitious to-do list for Saturday and Sunday, and accomplished almost nothing. Hell, I didn’t even start most of the things.
Skipped Thursday’s daily post because I just wasn’t feeling it. Writing Friday’s daily post in brief spurts during downtime in the teaching day, so I’ll try something new and do most of this post through bullet points.
I’ve been told that the best, most effective goals are formatted as SMART goals. That is, they are best when they are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
Today, simply this: when we feel stuck, like we don’t know what to do next or why or how, often it’s not that we’re actually stuck in any practical way. Instead, we’re often stuck emotionally.
