A dear friend posted this over the weekend, and it reminded me how important the day to day choices and decisions we make can add up to produce amazing results in life. Day in and day out, we go through our routines, and then something happens or you have an experience where you’re reminded that […]
This hangs in our family room, and almost every morning, I read from it. I don’t necessarily succeed in living all these rules on a daily basis, but given so many of my life experiences and memories, I do try to live in a way that I practice the following as often as possible: Be […]
I was telling some friends tonight that I thought it had been about one year since we came and looked at the house that has become our home. I went to my facebook and sure enough, we first came to see the house on March 29, 2013, which was Good Friday last year. We weren’t […]
Sometimes I walk on my rest days, and this infographic reminded me of the benefits of walking. I really like that it can ease stress in 10 minutes. 10 minutes. Who doesn’t have 10 minutes?
I have been lucky in life to have exceptional mentors at various stages in my life, and without them, my journey might have taken a different path. Today, I’ll give a presentation on mentoring networks at the ATTW conference where I’ll offer some suggestions on building them and sustaining them through stages in an academic […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! May the blessings of each day be the blessings you need most.
I have been working on the following post for a good while. It’s a pretty hard one because it links lots of experiences related to my body and how I’ve (mis) treated it. I went to the doctor earlier this week for a check-up. I love knowing my blood pressure and it was perfect 124/70 […]
I have been lucky in my life to have a supportive, extremely fun group of girlfriends at various stages in my life; this is especially true as I turn 40. I couldn’t feel more grateful and blessed. I realized today on Tara’s 40th birthday that I have known her since I was 5 years old. […]
So a couple of weeks ago, I used the metaphor treading water to describe that particular week. I’m quite familiar with treading water, so that made sense. This week I felt like I was constantly juggling lots of different balls. To focus my full attention on one ball meant they would all fall down around […]
It is certainly starting to feel like that time of the semester when #allthethings are piling up. Not sure where February is going.