By Laura Crandall According to The Internet, it’s time to begin planning and making resolutions for the new year.* Social media posts and end-of-year articles are now directing our attention toward all the things we should start thinking about to maximize the next 12 months: goals for our businesses, ways to get ahead despite still …
By Grant Simon 103 This number represents the days that passed between when my long distance girlfriend, Vali, and I left each other’s side in March and when we were reunited in July. We thought the first couple of days apart would be the toughest, but nothing prepared us to endure several months of uncertainty, …
By Lee Ruggles The phone rings as I finish my first cup of coffee. Good morning, I chirp cheerfully. I can’t stand the heat. I really wish I hadn’t moved down here! It’s only a few months, I tell him. You could move further north, I add. Yeah, but I’m also bored out of my …
The threads of love may sometimes unravel, but our core values will mend and strengthen them By Lee Ruggles Scattered clusters of impatiens are sweet little bridesmaids dressed in red and green. The live oak, gnarled and bent, shelters the man and woman, dappling them with sunlight filtering through the leaves and the veils of …
By Laura Crandall Slowing down: the antidote to a busy, hectic life The thought of trying to “slow down” your schedule may seem nearly impossible. You may feel like you’d love to slow down – but you’re just too busy! The nature of our work and the rhythm of our lives makes moving at a …
By Stefanie Nguyen Sometimes change is not easy, but with the right mindset, it can be a catalyst for growth Change is inevitable. It occurs at any given moment, redirecting life in unpredictable ways, both positive and negative. Due to these aspects, our feelings are likely to vary depending on the magnitude of the shift. …
By Lee Ruggles He exemplified for me the midway tier of his Hierarchy: love and belonging. There’s an unfamiliar face at the small gathering. “Lee, this is Annie Maslow.” I ask Annie if there’s a connection with Dr. Abraham Maslow. There is. He was related to her husband, up there on his family tree, a …
By Lee Ruggles More time alone, more time to connect with yourself and others For many of us—especially the retired set—the current isolation/quarantine situation isn’t that much different than our BV (“Before Virus”) status. Hopping into the car to pick up something we forgot on our last shopping trip, checking out the farmers’ markets, roaming …
By Nancy Hauswald How being a flâneur can give you the energy to do more “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found a companion that was so companionable …
By Nancy Hauswald The world moves fast. Mail moves slow. And that’s a good thing, especially now. As I write, life as we know it is changing at a dizzying, mind-numbing pace. Our daily routines have been upended. So far, though, there’s one piece of our lives here in the U.S. that hasn’t been affected …