Old Titles
How do we feel about old titles for jobs that sound like “fun”, like scullery maid and chamber maid, or liveryman and manservant? If you were in America 100 years ago what job would you be willing to take versus one Read More …
Tag: change
Too Late
There are many things that can happen in your life where you are too late. Late for a meeting, late for a flight, late for a train – for these things, it can be too late to participate. However, for Read More …
Every Cranny and Nook
You may not realize how very pervasive holiday decorations are until they’re gone. They fill every cranny and nook, creating the aura of a fairytale. It’s only after you take them down that the starkness of “nothing” becomes the reality Read More …
Resolutions
Maybe this is a year to do something differently? Do you make resolutions? Maybe, just one? Or, none at all? My daughter asked if I was making a New Year “revolution” this year – so…. After I corrected her (laughing Read More …
Change If It’s Not Working
It isn’t easy, but you have to change if it’s not working – either your plan, your actions or your messaging. It’s good to take a step back, think about what you really want and to modify what you do. Read More …
Standards vs. Standardization
Recently – okay it was about 6 months ago, but I had this thought then and still do think about standards vs. standardization. So, back in the spring, a friend posted info on standardized tests and what they can’t tell Read More …
Time to Reflect
It is the weekend and I have been thinking about how the year is almost over. I wanted – no, I was given – time to reflect. Events gave me the opportunity to take many, many moments to think about Read More …
Time Changes
Yes, time changes everything…or does it? We just went off of Daylight Saving Time here on the east coast and in most parts of the US. Yesterday I read a few debates about why we do it still and why Read More …
Creating Ourselves
I love to see all of the Halloween’s costumes, but even more so the most clever re-creation of ourselves each year. So far, for the adults – Jon Cohen. His “hot stuff” Mr. Siracha Sauce was indeed unique and not Read More …
Bad Erasers
You know how there are some pencils out there that have really, (I mean really) bad erasers on them? They are not the Ticonderoga, classic yellow pencils, nor are they the awesome ones we used in college for drafting and Read More …