Sorry But Stop Apologizing

I used to say, “Sorry” to tables that I bumped into. Yep. Tip of the iceberg. I was sorry when other people lost things, when I laughed too loud, when food got cold. You get the idea. I honestly believed my self-effacing nature made people comfortable and made me like-able. Then I started reading up… Continue reading Sorry But Stop Apologizing

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40-Something Struggles

  I remember my mother during her 40s.  She was working, cleaning, remodeling, raising 2 kids and 2 dogs while Dad came round on weekends (travelling salesman). And I also remember early mornings and headaches and biofeedback naps. She was having it all and set the bar unreasonably high.   What I realize looking at… Continue reading 40-Something Struggles

Pay Your Kids for Chores

It’s a common debate now-a-days. Do kids get cash for chores or are they unpaid family responsibilities? Ron Lieber, the New York Times’ “Your Money” columnist and author of the new book The Opposite Of Spoiled, says don’t pay your kids for chores.  One reason? “According to Lieber’s philosophy, kids should look at chores just like… Continue reading Pay Your Kids for Chores

Time for “The Talks”

My son is eleven and so the “talks” are coming.  We’re a family that allows youtube and video games, so we’ve already covered swearing and virtual reality vs. reality reality. We’ve also done some basic birds and bees chats, but the talk about penis, vagina and where babies come from will be covered just fine… Continue reading Time for “The Talks”

What Should I Be When I Grow Up?

Yeah, so my first world problems include this incredible fear of missing out of all my different potential selves and lives. Explained beautifully here at one of my all-time favorite blogs, Brain Pickings. “Our lived lives might become a protracted mourning for, or an endless tantrum about, the lives we were unable to live. But the exemptions… Continue reading What Should I Be When I Grow Up?

Mind Blown

My last post felt self indulgent, egotistical, sad and, while honest, wrong. Wrong?  Yeah.  Something about it seemed off.  And the  today I read this. Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives I don’t suffer from a fixed mindset in everything in my life, but when it comes to writing I… Continue reading Mind Blown

The C+ Life

My mother always said I was special, but unlike most who grow up and realize this admiration was ill placed, I carried on believing it deep down even though the world continues to disappoint my delusions. I am a GenXer and not from the generation that got a trophy for 5th place. I was proud… Continue reading The C+ Life