This is about lengths we go to avoid giving ourselves what we truly want. We live in an apartment that was built 100 years before Columbus was born. It’s been fixed up a bit since then, but not entirely modernized. When we first moved here in 2011 there was no hot water in the kitchen. We “solved” that by adding …
Why is it so hard to stop doing what you hate?
When I think about doing what I hate a funny image comes to mind– flank steak. When I was 22, I dated a guy who cooked flank steak for me. It was one of his two or three specialties. He would marinate this rather stringy cut of beef in Heinz ketchup and honey. He was really proud of the recipe …
I’m Doing It Wrong
This is the flavor of my low self-esteem. I automatically assume I’m wrong. Someone else is better, they should be the one in front and in charge. This thinking has led me to avoid leadership positions and underachieve. I don’t want to be responsible for failure. But now as a wise woman who cares less about what people think of …
The enormity of very slow progress
There are a couple of goals that have been on my list for years. I re-write them nearly every day in my planner/journal. Gotta keep it top of mind, in your face, see what you’re aiming for. Every day I write them down. And that’s all I do. You might think if I’ve ignored them this long that they don’t really matter to me …