It’s May and in May, I’m usually thinking about gardening. To be truthful, I usually start thinking about gardening in February, when it’s too cold and gloomy to really do any gardening. In March, I clean up my raised beds and plant a few cool weather things even though they never do well here because it generally goes from cool …
The Great Overthinking
At the end of 2021, I decided that 2022 would be the year we could all come together and bring blogging back. I even made up a hashtag: #BBB2022 In preparation I set up a Feedly stream so I could keep up with my friends’ blogs. I kicked this project off on November 3, with a post titled “Stop Dithering …
What Does the Data Say?
Have you tracked your time? I have, and it was a surprising result.
List Making Mania
For the last couple of weeks, maybe longer, my anxiety has been running amok. Anxiety is a sneaky beast and doesn’t always show up as heart palpitations and shaking. Sometimes it’s the feeling of being behind on everything, or a sense of impending doom, or even thoughts about how there’s no possibility you can do it all, for whatever value …
Losing Connections, Again
People make fun of Google+ all the time, even now, years later. But, for me G+ was the home of a community that became really important in my life. When Google pulled the plug on Plus, our community was scattered—despite some truly concerted and genuine efforts to keep it together. “I’ll go wherever everyone else ends up,” more than one …