Tag: personal growth
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Hitting a wall
Results? What results? As I write this, I am waiting for my COVID test results. I was informed Monday morning by our youngest that his minor business partner had tested positive so I and my wife need to get tested. Last week he had helped me tow our Airstream to service. Since we are using…
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Independence Day
Whatever your opinion, our freedom of speech is our greatest birthright. I hate to admit it but for most of my adult life I have taken my freedoms for granted. I am certainly grateful for all the rights I enjoy but because it was always there, much like a sunrise or electricity, it was a…
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Kidney stone interruption.
I put the world on pause; if that’s even possible… Since starting this blog, I made a commitment to myself to document a week at a time. I needed to challenge myself and not get lazy or inconsistent. My thought was if I forced myself to produce every week it would become habit. The difficulty…
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Elephant in the room
Looking forward to getting away Discrimination has been part of our culture my entire life. Sadly it has continued mostly unchecked and therefore perpetuated throughout our history becoming so common it seemed invisible. Sometimes the arrests were particularly brutal and the resulting outrage gained the usual “15 minutes of fame” but then faded away like…
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Tumultuous
Be grateful. The dictionary says “disruptive,” “troubled,” “disorderly’ or “turbulent”. Personally, it was all that and one more word, “inspiring.” The way the protests started here in Salt Lake City were frightening but understandable. We have been under the cloud of COVID-19 for 3 months along with all the obligatory fear-mongering that goes with it.…
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Finally a haircut
Isn’t graduation over already? Sometimes the thought just appears; almost like a shiver. Maybe its the combination of COVID-19 ad nauseam, staring down potential retirement or just trying to stay focused on earning a living that is taking a mental toll. It doesn’t help that during this pandemic I have been drawn to the news…
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A Socially Distant Life continues
A 92-year-old gets a Zoom birthday. I’m not generally prone to wild mood swings but this week was difficult. I have been able to insulate myself away from much of the virus chaos by continually reminding myself how fortunate we are. Our income has been effected no doubt but we still have enough coming in…
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Opening up
Support your local charities I have decided to start venturing out and visit customers I haven’t seen since mid-March. Things seem to be calming down and feel less threatning even though infections are still rising. Social Distancing and masks add to an eerie sense of make believe well-being. I thought I would start by “sticking…
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Sunshine…and Lysol
We will survive the virus but will we survive him? There are two camps; one is to stay the course the other to go back to work now. Personally I feel more comfortable opening businesses up slowly and methodically. My opinion is based heavily on how I see my customers interact with me. Because I…
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Can’t tune it out.
Hoping for a silver lining… I can’t help myself from looking. Like so many these days, working more hours from home is my new normal. I am luckier than many, being “essential” gives me an excuse for being outside, even if its only for 3-4 hours. When home though, there are only so many emails…
a life always under construction 