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
In season six of Seinfeld, in an episode entitled “The Understudy”, Elaine is very upset and distraught walking down the sidewalk at night. It’s pouring rain, she doesn’t have an umbrella and in that stage, she accidentally bumps into a man walking in the other direction, and she quickly apologizes and says, “I don’t even […]
destination, go, travel
In a recent issue of Psychology Today, there’s an article that lists ten hidden superpowers that we all possess, things that we are capable of if we pay attention to them. And one of those things is satisfaction. Although we tend to think that a superpower is drive and never being satisfied, and I’m one […]
satisfaction, satisfy, superpower
I saw a cartoon recently of a man talking to what looked like a twin, a mirror image of that same man, except the mirror image was all charred and smokey. It was actually smoke coming off the top of the charred image’s head, and that second image said, “I’m from the future, you left […]
future, self, talking
I keep a few gift cards in my coat pocket and throughout the week, if somebody does something I truly appreciate, or if they seem to be having a bad day, I might give them a gift card. Recently, I was at the supermarket in the self-checkout area and the person at the register next […]
blueberries, drop, dropped, fruit, gift cards
I read an article recently that had a list of signs that it might be time to leave your job. Among the more compelling things on that list, were feeling like you’ve achieved everything you want to achieve in that role. Second, that you are feeling like you want to avoid the job entirely. And […]
job, leaving, quit, quitting
Mark Twain said there are two kinds of people in the world. One kind separates people into two kinds of people, and the other kind doesn’t. I suppose I’m the kind that separates people into two kinds of people, and in the animal world, I see that as the difference between the kinds of people […]
cat, dog, mark twain
I’ve had a habit of writing in a journal at night for years and although I don’t do it every night, I certainly try to. A few nights ago, I started with a brand-new journal, and it’s always exciting to have all of those clean pages to contemplate putting these thoughts down on, and it […]
Journal, Writing
You are very fortunate in life if you have had people along the way who have helped guide and mentor you to become a better version of yourself. I have been very fortunate in that regard. I had the opportunity to thank one of those people, one of my high school football coaches, Coach John […]
coach, gratitude
In a personal finance book I read a few years ago, the author was addressing the idea of clutter in our lives and basically made the case that when there’s a lot of stuff around that we don’t need or want, it kind of stops new things from coming in. Sort of the physical blocking […]
clutter, letting go, organization