As I was taking a walk this past weekend, I saw a neighbor was teaching his daughter how to ride her bike without training wheels for the first time. The training wheels were near the curb. As he gave her a little push to get her started, and she was pedaling and riding on her […]
bike, encourage, encouragement, pedaling, Support, trying
I take several walks a day in the area around my office and sometimes I bring a tennis ball with me to bounce on the ground as I’m walking. Yesterday, the ball got away from me and rolled under a car in the supermarket parking lot. Rather than get on the ground to retrieve it, […]
found, lost, lost and found, tennis ball
I read an article recently by an author who was writing about the struggle of trying to quit things that she knew she should no longer be involved with, and although she was really talking about different parts of life, like relationships and work, her article seemed to focus on how difficult it can be […]
job, leaving a job, quitting, thinking
The other day, I was helping arrange the move of a piano to a friend’s apartment and she had a very busy schedule that day and was concerned about what would happen if the movers were late. She said, “Do you have a plan B in case they’re late?” I said, “I not only have […]
art, backup plan, plan
I was listening to two people argue about the use of snooze buttons on alarms the other day. She said she loved the snooze button and used it several times each morning to have more time before getting out of bed. He said that’s stupid, you should just set an alarm for when you want […]
button, Sleep, snooze, snooze button
About a year ago, I started ordering breakfast every Tuesday morning at about the same time, by calling in an order to a local breakfast place. And by the time I got there, it was ready to pick up. A few months ago, the owner realized that I was ordering the same thing every time […]
benefits, habits, routine, routines
I was trying to free up some space on my iPad the other day and I deleted all the emails that were in one account. When I opened my laptop, I realized that those emails weren’t just deleted off the iPad, they were deleted out of the account entirely, and after I got over the […]
book, bookcase, cleaning out, removing
It is awesome in life to have someone we can share our secrets with, to tell both the good and the bad that is on our mind, knowing that they will not reveal that. In a study that was reported in a recent issue of the Wall Street Journal, the researchers in this experimental condition […]
Friend, secret, secrets, share, telling
One of the keys to happiness is showing gratitude for the good things in our lives, and one of the most effective exercises for doing that is called “Three Good Things”. There’s been a lot of research about this particular exercise that has shown that it reduces stress, increases resilience, improves work-life balance, and has […]
good, good things, gratitude, thankful
One of my college roommates used to buy an Entenmann’s fudge iced cake every Monday at the store, and then he would have a slice of it every night, and he would carefully cut and portion this out so that they lasted a whole week. And then the next Monday, he’d buy another one. Aside […]
cake, slice, sweet, sweeter