Tag: Reflections
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What I’m Looking Forward to This Week
Listening to the new Animal Collective record (I think my favorite song so far is Strung With Everything), new Spoon record Friday Super Bowl Sunday! Seeing Zach & Daniel Wednesday I’m reading a really lovely book right now called Under the Whispering Door and it’s kind of like a warm hug right before I go…
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Regret is (also) a Choice
Something that came up in a coaching session last week: Regret is a choice. I think I’d amend that now to say: Regret is also a choice. It was in the context of making decisions, ones that visibly alter the trajectory of a life, and the fear that comes with that. For me the common…
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Living Well in 2022
What does it mean, for me, to live well this year?[1] I find myself coming back to basics: things close to me that I have the most influence (really trying hard not to say control here) over. I cannot predict or influence the spread of covid, but I can do the following: Recommit to sleep…
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Reflections #5 Mondays, Cont’d
Until I can safely go have a croissant and latte at a coffee shop, my Monday routine includes my Monday Morning Playlist and making a list of what I’m looking forward to this week. It was a pleasant surprise to notice that there was, when I sat down and thought about it, way more that…
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Friday Wrap-up
A friend sent me this email: Subject: reflection for travis “3 weeks off and student loan forgiveness[1] has you feeling pretty pretty pretty good.” Why yes, Jim, it does…kind of. There’s other good stuff too! We didn’t lose power last weekend, and I just received my executive coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation. And yet,…
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Reflections #4 The Best Lesson I Learned Over the Holiday Break
When my workplace decided to give us three(!) weeks off for the holidays, my mind filled with possibilities.[1] I wanted to read a bunch of things, write, see friends and family, spend time with our puppy, do some cleaning around the house, play a couple of video games, and more! And so my first instinct…
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Reflections #3: Monday After Break Edition
Day one back at work. What’s that been like? Mentally: A little bit foggy. I had trouble focusing on reading before work, and as I delved into a deeper reflection, I was having a hard time focusing. This could be a result of not sleeping particularly well, and/or that I’m out of practice. I spent…
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Reflections #2
A couple of things I noticed yesterday: Here we are, another week before a long break, and I have crammed this week chock-full with meetings and things to do. Not bad things, not things I’m dreading, but just full. And this is absolutely a pattern with me. Every time I have a vacation or break…
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Daily Reflections
I’ve been avoiding writing here for weeks, maybe months at this point. The excuses are legion: I’m too tired this morning, I’m sick, we got a puppy, the image isn’t the right size, it’s not perfect. And yet, here we are, imperfect, at the end of a year where people keep saying it’s tough, we’ve…
The Minimum Blues 