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 […]
To my partner in life and my best friend and confident, happy birthday. Thanks for your generosity and patience.
Today marks day 70 of my 90 day project, and I never could have predicted the influence this blog and writing would have on my life in just the last couple of months. I got behind while I was in Indianapolis for my big conference, but I backdated some posts and realized that today marks […]
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 […]
I am pretty good company with things turning 40 this year. Here are just several things turning 40 this year. These are also kinda fun. I might have already linked to some of these articles in past posts… Slideshow: 40 Things turning 40 in 2014 40 Signs You’re Almost 40. 40 Signs You’re About To […]
Ahhh, Spring Break…that time in the semester where we have one week off from classes and meetings. In most years, it just means catching up on all the things. In some years, my big conference falls on that exact week, which is always sad, but this year, Spring Break is this week and then I […]
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. […]
20 Reasons Why Working At Summer Camp Is The Best Job You’ll Ever Have.
I always knew I would write a blog post about how influential nuns were to my education and the person I have become. And then last week, I saw on facebook, my elementary school principal, Sister Mary de Lourdes, died at the age of 90. Sister Mary de Lordes was the founding principal of St. […]
I swam competitively as a child (until I got my driver’s license at 15), and I am pretty sure I could break records for treading water. It’s a metaphor I use often during weeks when there’s lots to accomplish and extenuating circumstances wreak havoc on “getting shit done”. But I remind myself that sometimes you […]