I just read a lovely post by my virtual friend Annie (who writes lyrical and pointed prose and gives perfect recommendations on how to spend a couple of afternoons in New York City) about a podcast she recently listened to. Much loveliness there, but the thing that spoke to me most was this, in my...
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Category Archives: goalsI know you do. I meant, do you ever think you could do something amazing? Like… do you ever think you could, with your very own small life, write a memoir that someone would READ? Do you ever think that — years from now, when you’re gone — someone will think of you? Do you... At the end of last school year, I taught a bunch. I told you about that when it was happening, it seems to me. So one day, this thing happened, and I have been thinking about it over and over and over for MONTHS now. Let’s discuss, shall we? All right. So I was in... I know, right? It’s a new year, and I’m already trampling all over my Exclamation Point Embargo. Hey, you know what? If a girl can’t throw down a few exclamation points, what’s the point of anything? Okay. Sorry. I got carried away. But it IS, in fact, the sort-of-beginning of a new year, the Kids... YouTube. Yes. Today I’m grateful for YouTube. Because why? Because it’s going to teach me to tap dance. And who, I ask you, wouldn’t like to learn to tap dance? Well, I would. And so I will. For free. At the feet of YouTube, as I may have mentioned. I shall begin with very basic... Dear Becca, You know that feeling? That one where you’re just POSITIVE that nothing is getting done, or getting done correctly, or getting done for the right reason? Me, too. So today, I want you to remember this: Start at the beginning. Get the first thing tackled. Step through it. And when it’s done, or... Ever since last week when I had to order sixty pillowcases for a church kids’ craft project, I’ve been thinking about customer service. See, I enjoy getting what I want. Anyone feel the same? Hands? Okay. We’re on the same page. I enjoy getting what I want when I don’t even have to ask for... You know those days where you feel like a change really needs to happen, and so you wait for it to happen, and you think that if you just wait it out, the change will come? And then you get cranky because you’re really not that good at waiting, and so you start talking about... |