Category: peace of mind
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Anyone who has ever worked with me, in any teaching capacity, knows my first act when teaching is to get everyone to stop and breathe. Whether I am working with fourth graders or NASA scientists, I always say the following: “Before we start, I’m going to ask you all to stand on up …” and…
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My thoughts this morning turn to finding strength in my weakness. I was working with clients over the weekend. One of them talked about how he felt weak and that he wanted to go back and be strong how he used to be. I said, “Wait, don’t try to go backward to find that strength.…
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A friend posted the following quote, and I wrote the below in reaction.–quote–“Perhaps the source of your discontent lies in your attachment to how things should be instead of accepting how things are.” –my response–On many levels, I agree (that whole “be zen and accept where you are thing,” yeah, that would be cool). On…
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Redundant backups are your friend. I do two backups of my data. One is daily/nightly and the other is monthly. Last night, my daily back drive bit the dust. My computer was fine but I couldn’t back up to the drive. So, I had to grab ye ol’ secondary backup, get that going, make sure…
