When Is It Ok To Offend?

Back in the time of the Endless Weekday, before the Endless Weekend begun, I used to travel for work. One such travel was with a colleague to give a talk about a topic I felt passionately about. The talk was in the afternoon, so my colleague and I had lunch together when we arrived, I … Continue reading When Is It Ok To Offend? →

Who Do You Ask Your Hard Questions? (And recommendations)

I’ve come to realize that most of my questions are hard questions. No, I’m not (yet again) referring to my ongoing conundrum. Conundrum, thy name is procrastination? No, procrastination isn’t a constant in our lives. You’ll rarely see us procrastinating where chocolate ice cream with strawberries, blueberries, nuts, and chocolate fudge bits is on the … Continue reading Who Do You Ask Your Hard Questions? (And recommendations) →

Would You Have Behaved This Way?

I once got a beautiful, large, shiny red ceramic bowl. It came with 4 smaller bowls, with the same shiny luster, big enough to to serve as large soup bowls. A lovely set which I adored and planned to use for … everything! It took less than two weeks for me to manage to crack … Continue reading Would You Have Behaved This Way? →

When? (Not a Rhetorical Question)

I used to work with an avid runner who told me that he has to run. If he doesn’t run for more than a couple of days in a row, he feels antsy. Yes, ants in his pants. He feels restless, like something is missing in his life. He can’t go long without running. I … Continue reading When? (Not a Rhetorical Question) →

To Be (Real) Or Not To Be (Real)

A friend has an oil painting of hanging in her living room. It has a thick, dark wood frame that’s a fitting frame to the now long dead English aristocrat who’s featured in the painting. His head is painted at an angle, as many old portraits were done a few centuries back, and he stares … Continue reading To Be (Real) Or Not To Be (Real) →

How Do You Feel About Change?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BgF7Y3q-as David Bowie’s fantastic song Changes because it is My mother often told me that there’s always something you can learn from anyone, if you only look for it. Over the years, I’ve expanded to include anything. You can see that we’ve had 4 different sets of learnings from the tv show The Expanse. Four? … Continue reading How Do You Feel About Change? →

When You Need Cheering Up (Still)

Since I often misunderstand (and only some of the time it’s on purpose), and since the fantastic Suicide Squeeze is often misunderstood, I may have gotten this all wrong. But I think he has sent me on a quest to locate a bit of stamina and good cheer, and of course I’m taking this mission … Continue reading When You Need Cheering Up (Still) →

Why Do You Care?

Two of my favorite bloggers, Ally Bean and Parenting is Funny, each in her own spectacular way, brought up a question that has been brewing at the back of my mind. It’s this question, or different aspects of it: how much should you care about others’ opinions? In his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius gave his opinion … Continue reading Why Do You Care? →