I post on this blog daily and I have done so for one thousand three hundred and eighty-four days. Well, actually one thousand three hundred and eighty-five days if you count today. This has become a core part of my life. If I am bogged down with work, I still blog. If I am sick, I [...]
Tag: self-exploration
Pinball wizard
My mind is like a pinball game with a hundred different paddles and bumpers that my mental ball can ping off of at any moment. And ping it does. One never knows in which direction it will head next - from what happened on a sitcom last night to the nuances of interpersonal communication when [...]
I crack myself up…
To wrap up my second week in the new year I have a second self love recognition to share (in line with my 2012 "resolution") - I love that I can crack myself up. My sense of humor, for better or worse, is a complete package in my nutty little head. I really need no input from others [...]
Self love…
Self love...yes, that is where I am going today. I decided that the only new year resolution that I could adopt and stick to was one of a once a week session of self love. Now, before I cause some of you to run away in horror at what I am going to write next [...]
Day-in and day-out.
If you have just stumbled upon The New Forty you may not have yet realized that this is a daily blog. By that I mean that every day since my first day of blogging here on Area Voices I have created a blog post. Today marks day eight hundred and eighty-two of The New Forty. [...]
Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light.
My fabulous friend Barbara Johnson sent me an email forward the other day that said at the end of the email, "Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light." I recognize that it is meant to be a humorous statement, not a profound edict from on high, but it sticks with me because [...]
Find your crazy good…
There is an old Yiddish saying that asserts, "All of us are crazy good in one way or another." Isn't that the truth though? The trick is in finding what it is you are crazy good at. Some folks seem to lean into it when they are young and know most of their lives what [...]
THE NEW FORTY 