1. Are you male or female? Female 2. Are you black or white? White 3. Are you a Democrat or a Republican? Neither 4. Are you single or married? Single 5. Are you a college graduate? Yes or No … All too often our identities are boiled down to a simple this or that statement. A statement that rarely captures who we truly are. This Read more…
“Do for the love of doing, for the love of others. That’s unmeasurable, and profoundly life changing.” I have had several conversations over the past week about alternatives to living without goals. Some people just can’t live with the pressure of a looming deadline for a goal. It’s no secret that I love Douglas Adams. Let me quote him: I Read more…
Over the past few years I have changed my language to better reflect my beliefs. In all that I’ve accomplished in my life, I have never been one to set goals. It became a challenge for me because in one of the classes that I teach, I required students to come up with 3-4 goals to work on through the Read more…
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” -Douglas Adams That is one of my favorite quotes by Douglas Adams that has had a huge impact in my life. Recently on zenhabits.net, Leo Babauta writes on the experience of doing without an end goal in mind. This Read more…
Some of our previous posts have talked about the importance of compassion. Well this week, I found a fun way to focus on expressing compassion for yourself. Self compassion includes being gentle with yourself, being able to forgive your mistakes, and being empathetic to your experiences. This type of compassion includes resilience, which is the ability to stay optimistic and motivated Read more…
