Category: General Musings
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Desk Life
I now have a desk – in an HR department – in an office – in an office building – in a small town – in Indiana. Back up 5 years and I would have said, “I’m sorry, what?” I would have expected a city life, in the social services field, spending my days with…
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Need Inspiration?
You may have noticed: I really like my new gym. At night when I’m getting ready for bed I start to get excited about going to the gym the next morning (so much so that it can disrupt my sleep.) I read blogs and watch videos about what to do when I go next, and…
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Gandalf the Grey
“But such a thing has not happened before, that Gandalf broke tryst and did not come when he promised. An account to the Ring-bearer of so strange an event was required, I think.” – J.R.R. Tolkein I am currently re-reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and have just passed the end of the Council…
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Conversations with Strangers
I have a large number of conversations with strangers. I don’t really mean to. It just happens. When I was in college, my mentor (who is a psychology researcher) was fascinated by the number of in depth interactions I had with strangers in a given week. She said I was “far above the norm.” She…
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Ten Things
I was recently inspired to write an article for an online magazine’s “ten things” issue. They wanted lists of ten things, any ten things. My motivation lasted exactly as long as it took me to calculate the time between me and the submission deadline (5.8 seconds and 6.5 hours, respectively) and so I am now,…
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A few Thursday thoughts
I’ve had a few things percolating in my brain this morning and so instead of focusing (as I should if I felt like becoming a better writer) I will just lay them out before you. Perhaps I’ll focus another day. – Today I was planning to do laundry and wash the clothes I borrowed (without…