This past Tuesday, I sat on a bench at the 9/11 museum in lower Manhattan. This was not my first visit since those ghastly attacks 17 years ago but my first one on an anniversary.
I felt complicit as I watched football this past weekend. I’ve seen the science regarding concussions and CTE. The link is real. Yet, I didn’t turn away.
We carry a constant stream of intent. The majority of this intent is not communicated through our actions. With each act we send signals to the world; some of them positive, some of them negative.
Worrying works; 90% of the things I worry about never happen.
Be the Loveable Star
…people remember those who are warm and likeable. You want to be in the right hand column.
I screw up all the time. I make mistakes big and small and when that happens I apologize.
I am constantly listening to my words and rereading my emails on the lookout for things like exaggerations, speaking in absolutes and hedonic bias.
What is bored anymore? Every moment of the day has been made less boring by technology. Don’t like making dinner? Put the TV on while making it. Don’t like waiting in line? There’s always my phone.
Boaty McBoatface
I have a favorite research vessel. Launched yesterday, this 423 foot long, 79 foot wide, icebreaking hulled ship is not your average craft.
I don’t always get my attitude right.
I am terrible at celebrating my own wins. More and more I find my accomplishments as checkpoints and the finish line and expectations are just higher and further away.
I really appreciate what Ahren says when he relates to is the fallibility of our decisions.
Being our best selves for others
I landed in San Francisco last Wednesday with a mere ten minutes to make my connection to Seattle.
20 years ago, my journey began / The story stars me and not Jackie Chan / My first job at Sprague, was gopher for Gregg / I was treated like a Faberge egg.
Mary Karr reminds us that our emotions are temporary, that our emotions reveal no long term plan, that our emotions needs to be contemplated to be understood.
Perspective can be hard to find.
The scientific method creates a way for us to turn experiments into science.
Sunday New York Times
Grocery shopping with Sloan early yesterday morning, I bought many things I did not need.
Happiness is when you gain something you value. Sadness is when you lose something you value.
You Couldn't be Bothered
I stress out about writing this every week. As the weekend draws to a close I worry about what I might say or what I might share with you.