Yesterday, on my own personal blog, I wrote a post about the intersection of my ambition and fear. I can be a very ambitious person, but I often reach a point in the middle of a project where I think, “Have I gone too far?” When I first discover the idea for a project – whether it is a home Read more…
Yesterday was a hard day. I woke up with this impending sense of doom. A doom that I can best describe to you as a heavy black cloud that I knew would be following me around all day. I did my best to outrun this cloud. I really did. Unfortunately, I fell down a few times and got caught in Read more…
“There’s only one thing that I know how to do well, and I’ve often been told that you can only do what you know how to do well, and that’s be you…”–They Might Be Giants, Whistling in the Dark I have worked with many people who are trying to figure out who they are. From the basic question, “Am I Read more…
I worry. I’m really good at it. You give me a topic, and I can name a dozen ways to worry about it. Money. Work. Family. Pets. Children. Past mistakes. Worrying is called a lot of things, such as stress, anxiety, butterflies, jitters, and so on. The reality is that worry is everywhere, and I contribute a lot of it. Read more…
“Being a fighter’s all about coming back. That’s when you find out the true character of a person.” That quote is from an NPR story about Claressa Shields, a 16 year-old boxer on her way to the US Olympic Team for women’s boxing. I thought this was a well-done and inspiring story, but in particular, that quote stood out for me. Read more…
