Since last I updated, things have changed. Of course, we can all say that, since life changes minute to minute. I’ve overcome my little crisis through the power of self-delusion. We’ve all heard of it – “fake it ’till you make it.” Well, I faked it long enough to make it, and I feel like [...]
It looks like the last time I updated my blog was something about waiting for your life to begin. Well, I wish I could say that I haven’t updated in a while because I’ve been out living my life. The simpler truth is that I’ve not updated because I’ve been quite busy working. Well, that’s [...]
“We are always getting ready to live, but never living.” – Ralph Waldom Emerson
When I found this quote recently, I found the truth in it. I’ve spent many a day planning for when my life would begin. At work, I’m going to write that press release after I just answer a few more emails. I’m [...]
I haven’t felt much like myself lately. I’ve felt disconnected, lost, and overwhelmed. Sometimes I feel like maybe I feel more than other people – not in a bipolar way, but more in the sense that when I need a release, I really need the release. When I get hurt, I really get hurt. And [...]
In one of the multitude of newsletters that I get, I was introduced to a book called “Where would the button be without the buttonhole?” It’s a book about anonymous design… and quite honestly, that’s about all I know about it. I’m not a designer, and I had so many new thoughts running through my [...]
I finally finished reading Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. I didn’t like it as well as some of his previous work, but there were still some interesting theories. My personal favorite related rice farming to success in math courses. The relevance for me was less based on the math course success, but on the diligence of [...]
Not so long ago, my very wise friend said “I effin hate New Years Eve!” At first, I was a bit horrified. I loved New Years. The champagne, the fresh starts, the kissing at midnight. But when I heard more of what he had to say, I agree. Basically, New Years signals a number of [...]
Like most web surfers, I have a few sites that I frequent that are all tips and advice driven. I get newsletters about being a better yogi, a better knitter, more crafty, and about more books that I should read. I have rss feeds about getting organized, being a better marketer – I even subscribe [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I wanted to be when I grew up. Things that I remember telling people:
A corporate lawyer (yes, even at 9 I wanted to be a corporate lawyer, not just a lawyer)
President of the United States (at 10, I was securing votes from my mom’s college professors)
A librarian [...]
So, as you may have noticed, I moved my blog away from using my real name as my domain name, instead posting it at the semi-neutral, semi-anonymous url of “Trashflower.com” I’m not doing this out of fear, because I know better than to post anything online that I’m not wiling to stand behind and live [...]
