I’ve been trying to post. Really. I’m just enormously tired. I’m not uninspired; I’ve come up with things I want to post about (focus/work styles; oh wait there was a longer list that I’ve forgotten- see I’m tired and have no memory). I thought I’d read some of my favorite blogs and see what tickled […]
Recently I started an email group for parents in my neighborhood. Did I already post about how the opportunities for socializing explode when you become a parent?One thing that has taken me by surprise is how many people are working from home. It seems like practically every household has one member working from home at […]
After posting about boredom and its romanticization, I’ve been doing some thinking, and talking to some people, and I want to split out some things about boredom. It’s such an exciting topic. Hah. types of boredom: Boredom that keeps you from engaging in anything. It drags you under. It might feel sad, or like it […]
I’m writing to you shirtless, with a tingling leg. No, it’s not sexy. My leg is asleep because I happened to be sitting cross-legged on the floor when I realized my baby boy was hungry, so naturally I had to nurse him right then and there. I’m shirtless because when I put my clunky travel […]
A lot of people talk about using your time efficiently; about using it strategically and opportunistically. It’s an art I’ve been humbly practicing for several years. It’s an art that has been crucial to me because of my own chronic illness- which I know I have yet to talk about. Now it’s crucial because of […]
I guess you could say I have the same brain I always did- I’m wondering which of a few dozen things to post about. Because I’m sleep-deprived in a deep way, I forget the ends of my ideas before I finish thinking them through. That is, I forget the ends of my mental sentences. I […]