It’s what paralyzes me

I saw this quote the other day: Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ~Harriet Braiker Then I found this one, In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. ~Hannah Arendt and this one, Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is [...]

Hidden talents & flow

I was just reading these two articles from Skelliewag: Find Your ‘Flow’ and the Money Will Follow How to Find Your Hidden Talent These were timely articles for me and you’re about to get my raw stuff here. I’m puttin’ myself out there — and it’ll sound profoundly stupid, immature and ridiculous — but hey, [...]

I am an idiot. And so are you.

It’s imperative to understand how much we are indebted to the scientific researchers of our day.  They work tirelessly to inform us simpletons of the realities which surround and yet escape us.  I long to be able to observe the world as they do and come to such sound and complex conclusions about how things [...]

Yet another reason I’m not a huge fan of public school

So my daughter brings a note home from the school nurse last week which says she is short one immunization.  If she doesn’t get said immunization by September 19, she’ll be kicked out of school until we show proof that she got it. I call the school today because (of course) she can’t get in [...]

Mission: 6-pack abs

I’m not blogging lately because, well, I got nothin’. Besides, my last post used up all my thinking brain cells. What I’ve discovered is that thinking brain cells are a lot like my 6-pack abs: if I don’t use them, they go away. Or, more accurately, they turn to mush. (Not that I’ve ever had [...]

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