Ugh. I couldn't get it together today. I think it's the lack of dopamine. According to the science, sugar gives me a nice dopamine hit, and then I want another one, and another one, and the more sugar I eat, the more it takes to get the same quality high. Maybe that's why I felt … Continue reading D is for Dopamine
I remember JeanAnne telling me once that you don't need to eat the whole piece of chocolate cake (or any dessert) because all the pleasure comes in the first bite. Just savor that one first bite, and that's it. After that, the pleasure drops to almost nothing. I want to say right here, for the … Continue reading No Chocolate, No Happiness
We're fine. No problemo. Rockin' Day 2 of no sugar.
G and I are going off sugar for the month of February!
I did it. I published my book, The Project-Driven Life: How To Figure Out What You Want To Be When You Grow Up. It's available now on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle edition now. I am so happy. If you've ever thought about self-publishing through Amazon's CreateSpace, here's what I did, and why, and … Continue reading My Experience Publishing with CreateSpace
Recruiting is brutal. It was hot and her recruiting chair didn't have an umbrella. I think the school needs to buy her a chair with an umbrella. And a big bottle of Patron Tequila. Softball is a slow game. Nothing happens for a long time, then there is a hectic amount of shit that happens … Continue reading Freaking About Tsunamis
We are in Rochester for the weekend. G wanted to check out a catcher, and I tagged along. I really had no idea what recruiting involved, but now I do, and it's pretty deadly. And boring. And today, hot and humid. We watched half a game and G said we could go. She had seen … Continue reading The 150th Post
On July 1st I started writing my book here in short blog posts. This was “Step 1” in the strategy to overcome my resistance to putting my work out there. The plan was to use my blogging streak to chunk out the book. And you know what? I think I’m done. Today when I sat … Continue reading I Think I’m Done
It took me a really long time to be happy, to figure out who I was and what I wanted to do with my time, my life. I made a lot of mistakes. I could have gotten to this place decades sooner if I had done the stuff I’m suggesting here when I was in … Continue reading Do Something A Little Bit Hard Everyday
“What do you do?" Oh god how I hate that question. Before I was a yoga teacher I was a housewife. Before I was a housewife I worked in college admissions. Before college admissions I was a grad student. Before college and grad school I worked at Sears. None of those titles described me in … Continue reading How To Talk To Strangers At Parties
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