How Do You Know When You’re Being Creative vs. Productive?
I love to get stuff done. I count various measures on my way to my productivity, but when I cross things off my lists? Yeah, I love that. I know…
Read moreWhat’s on Your “Done” List or How Do You Recognize Your Accomplishments?
Do you keep lists of work to do? If you’re like me, you have the work-list, the home/personal list, and the honey-do list. (The honey-do list is for my honey…
Read moreHow Can We Break With the Old and Create a New Season?
This week started the Days of Awe, as some Jews call the Jewish New Year. One prayer I particularly like on Rosh Hashanah is Rabbi Jack Riemer’s A Time for…
Read moreHow Do You Choose Between Short-Term Convenience and Long-Term Pain?
Have you ever left a bandage on your arm too long? If you leave it on too long, you feel anywhere from discomfort to pain when you pull it off.…
Read moreWhen Do You Choose to Embrace the Past, Present, or Future?
I went to the dentist this morning, for my semi-annual cleaning. The only interesting parts of the visit were their COVID questions and the piped-in music. They asked me about…
Read moreWhen Are You Kind to Yourself and When Are You Not?
I spoke with a writer the other day. He said mean things about himself—that he was a bad writer. (Not true.) That he didn’t make time to write. (True.) That…
Read moreHow Do You Judge How Good Something Is?
I’ve been shopping for a dress to wear to my younger daughter’s wedding. (I’ll call her YD because that’s definitely not her name.) I have many criteria for a dress.…
Read moreWhen Do You Choose to Embrace or Reject Personal Change?
Aside from death and taxes, we can depend on change. Change occurs whether we want it to or not. We have big choices: when to embrace or reject these changes.…
Read moreWho’s Got Your Back? Pressure and Resilience
The recent news about Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka made me sad—for them personally, for their potential accomplishments, and for us as a society. How much pressure do they feel,…
Read moreWhose Experience and Expertise Do You Trust and When?
I have limited expertise. (I have many opinions, but I have limited expertise.) That means I need to decide when to trust someone else’s expertise. My decisions depend on many…
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