I was listening to a podcaster last week who said that anyone who states they have got it all figured out and they have mastered the game of life, you should be extremely wary of them and their message. A long time ago, I wouldn’t have understood that reasoning. I used to envy those typesContinue reading “The Perpetual Student”
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Using Our Platforms
Last week everyone was talking about whether a celebrity and/or influencer should use their platform to complain about a business. I can see both sides of the argument. If I were a business I would be concerned about the person’s obsessive fans becoming violent and harming me or my employees. If I were a celebrityContinue reading “Using Our Platforms”
New Beginning
Since I was eight years old, my size has been determined by the Body Mass Index, AKA BMI. For 47 years, I haven’t gone a day without some kind of diet and/or exercise plan. My self-worth depended on being less than a certain number on the BMI scale and not on who I was asContinue reading “New Beginning”
Embracing My Inner Cougar
AI defined a cougar as “a slang term for a middle-aged woman who seeks romantic, dating, or sexual relationships with significantly younger men, usually in their 20s or 30s.” Most middle-aged women hate this term because it has a disparaging connotation. It basically implies that the middle-aged woman is desperately trying to prove she isContinue reading “Embracing My Inner Cougar”
Becoming a Committee of One
A podcaster said last week, “Your job is to ask yourself what do you want for yourself – are you willing to continue to stop and ask what will people think?” I felt that quote enough to write it down. I didn’t realize that it was going to be my theme for this week, untilContinue reading “Becoming a Committee of One”
Sharpening the Sword
Last month, a podcaster I was listening to said two things about time and resting that I had to apply this week. “Longevity is important; take time to rest.” AND “You have to take the time to sharpen your sword to cut down the maximum amount of trees.” Last year I had several surgeries andContinue reading “Sharpening the Sword”
Exposed!
I did an Open Mic Night last week and read four new poems that might be in my next poetry book. For the first time in my life, I felt like my throat was about to close up. At first, I thought I was about to have a panic attack in front of a packedContinue reading “Exposed!”
Middle Age or Senior Citizens?
As a Gen Xer in her fifties, I get annoyed with all these millennials calling themselves middle-aged. When I was growing up, middle age was considered to be people in their 50s and 60s. If Millennials are considered middle-aged, what does that make Gen Xers – senior citizens? I don’t feel elderly, and I darnContinue reading “Middle Age or Senior Citizens?”
Honor Thy Parents
If anyone asks me what commandment I have trouble following, it’s not the one everyone usually thinks. My problem is honoring my mother and father. It’s not that my parents were bad. My mother sacrificed so much to give me and my brothers the life she never had. She also had me – a mouthyContinue reading “Honor Thy Parents”
The Value of Boredom
Many years ago, the second I got out of elementary school for the summer, my mother heard those dreaded words from me – I’m bored! She told me to go read a book. I first read all the books I was “allowed” to read in my mother’s library (Hello V.C. Andrews). Then she would driveContinue reading “The Value of Boredom”
