NEXT Right vs True
Is that Right or True? It is so much fun to be right. At least, in the short term. That feeling of knowing what the absolute right choice is can…
NEXT Good Job
The Good Job Effect There is a pithy saying we use to recognize achievement that needs to be replaced. Calculating the number of times you have heard or said the…
Ordinary Message
Message Thoughts We tend to have thoughts about what others think about us. Those are thoughts about thoughts or a couple of degrees of separation apart. If you played a…
Ordinary Activity
Let's Decide on the Best Activity Keeping physically active is the continuing advice we hear throughout our lives to maintain better health. It's such a simple statement and repeated so…
Ordinary Desperation
Desperation Zone One of the most easily identified emotions is desperation. The rashness of activities occurring with it creates extreme behavior. Actions that are fraught with creating misery for others…
Ordinary Irritation
Intrinsic Irritation Life has little moments that grate against us. Slowing down for conventional toll booths just to throw change into the basket every couple of exits, not finding enough…
NEXT Stumble
Stumble on Over Stumble is a word normally associated with the act of making a misstep. It's like a mini-failure. It doesn't denote a full flat-on-your-face fall; just a funny…
Ordinary Seamless
Straight and Seamless Prior to 2020, life had a lot of seams. Seamstresses know that a correctly stitched seam is intended to keep something from falling apart. The tension of…
NEXT Renewal
Real Renewal The great do-over has begun. As we reenter the patterns that made up our lives prior to the pandemic, we have choices to make about what goes back…