This is Johanna Rothman’s May 2025 Create an Adaptable Life Newsletter. The unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. A few weeks ago, I met a friend, Dave, for lunch. We’d had to cancel that lunch two weeks in a row. The first time was because I was sick. While I selfishly decided […]
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Mark and I both wear glasses. Several years ago, I bought many microfiber cloths so I could clean my glasses, especially at breakfast. For some reasons, my glasses attract fingerprints and smushes when I’m sleeping. (I know, the smushes were there when I went to bed, but I don’t see the dirtiness in the evening.)
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I write a quarterly newsletter for this site. Subscribers received this newsletter August 22, 2014. If you like the newsletter, you can sign up in the right navigation bar. Where Did the Pencils Go? At the gym this week, I searched for a pencil. I use a pencil to track my workouts. Am I
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I often hear people say, “I don’t have enough time.” Or, “We don’t have enough testers.” Or, “I don’t have enough authority or influence to do what I want to do.” That’s scarcity thinking. You’re right. You don’t have enough to do things the way you always have done them or would like to do
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