/incoming rant I’m a competent professional, sought after for my business acumen and technical skills. As an extrovert, I relish connecting with people through my work. I (like to think) I am skilled at effective communication, with sincerity and warmth. Sure, I can manage a difficult project, but I usually try to succeed with respect,…
Tea Time
My best friend and I have been through hell and back together. When one of us is overwhelmed, the other reminds her of Step One: Tea It’s the most relaxing way to start the day. Rather than a bitter jolt from coffee, tea soothes, comforts and revives. Step One is sit down and have a…
Hot Mess
Our weather patterns are a hot mess. While Hurricane Michael built itself up to a Category 4 storm in stealth mode, we were breaking heatwave records in Canada. Hot weather makes me cranky. After volunteering in the Emergency Room many years ago, I realized that there was a pattern connecting heat to tempers … violence,…
ima rockstar!
Me: “I know what I want for Christmas!” Matt: “What?” Me: “A karaoke machine with auto-tune.” Matt: “NO.” Me: “I know what I want for Christmas!” Matt: “NO.” Mike: “What?” Matt (turns to Mike and said): “Just say no. Either you have to live with it or I do.” Mike: “Good point!” Me: “A karaoke…
The Meaning of Life
If you happened to see someone dancing on the street this morning as she walked her two dogs … that was me. Headphones and iPhone, two bewildered dogs and a dozen cars honking because I was just that happy! I hope I made someone’s morning. But I am also content to beat my own drum…
You Know What I Mean?
Am I the only nerd who needs an “undo the last thing I did … whatever it is that I did” option on all their technology? Be it a brower (I lost all my links), or my laptop (I lobotomized my taskbar), or my phone (I pressed some buttons and got myself into voice activation…
Can the day get any worse? As a matter of fact … it can.
My car started acting up on the weekend. It’s losing contact with the key fob … but it’s not the key fob because it doesn’t recognize both keys. Yet here I am – right at the start of 4th quarter – with a bazillion meetings booked and I had to get my son to the…
I Wish You Enough
I don’t know why I needed a good cry today. Or – perhaps – it is better to say I don’t know which reason was the catalyst that opened the floodgates. I moved into a Sales Executive role and had to bring home a big win for 3Q and I delivered, despite everyone telling me…
Adieu … à la prochaine fois
It started with a lonely little post in a Facebook forum I frequent … “I’ve been given my walking papers, so to speak. I have four to six weeks left” is all it said. While I don’t know the poster personally, my heart skipped a beat in fear for my Triple Negative Breast Cancer sister….
Lesson 7 ~ “I only see the past”
Humans are obsessed with their future. We want to know what will happen tomorrow, the day, month, year or decades after that. We read horoscopes, visit fortune tellers and try to predict the stock market. We are less capable adults if we don’t plan ahead for rainy days, education funds and retirement. I spent a…
Lesson 6 ~ “I am upset because I see something that is not there”
“I am upset because I see something that is not there.” Search your mind for a moment and find what is bothering you most. What are you feeling? Name the form of upset you are experiencing: Sadness: depression, despair, disappointment, hopelessness Anxiety: fear, worry, concern, nervous, panic, dread Anger: irritation, frustration, annoyance, rage Shame/Embarrassment Guilt…
Lesson 5 ~ “I am never upset for the reason I think”
I had to let this lesson for today sit with me awhile. And remind myself of the research I did into the psychology of abuse. The abuser’s overwhelming need to control comes from a place of fear. The root of anger is fear. It may look like fearlessness, but it isn’t. It’s usually a warning…
Fox Diaries 