Category: Change
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The Drivers Seat
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I was helping my oldest with some relationship questions yesterday. She’s been dating a few different guys but wants to explore a serious relationship with one of them. That means she needs to turn the other guy down. Cue the crisis! As we were talking, I realized the biggest pain…
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Do The Thing
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Thank you to Austin Kleon for making me aware of an article from Oliver Burkeman at The Guardian, “eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life”. I love it when people have the gift of being able to distil complex topics into easy to understand language. When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement”…
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Nobody Knows What They’re Doing
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In the beginning I’m fascinated by children who have no fear of interacting with adults, the ones who will talk to their doctor or dentist during an appointment as if they’re a peer rather than someone with authority. Some of my fascination may be masking what is actually envy. With…
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Normalization
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In previous posts, I’ve written a little about my experiences dating post-divorce. Overall, my experiences were very positive, I met some amazing people. With some I connected, with others I didn’t. I started thinking about dating and my past relationships because of a socio-economic term I had been reading about: Hypernormalization. It…
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Change is Going to Come
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We’re terrible at predicting change Why are we afraid of change? We’re bad at adapting to it, anticipating it, and, in some cases, accepting it. This is illustrated in the psychological phenomenon called the “End of History Illusion”. Basically, humans are good at recognizing changes in the past but terrible…