I know how to do something halfway. It’s so easy just to phone it in, to do as little as I can get away with, especially when I’m facing competing requests from my job, my family, my scout troop, my church, and my doctor. Especially when I’m feeling overwhelmed and thinking it will take longer […]
I’ve been away for a while. Away from this site because my other priorities seemed more important, more pressing. Away from writing in general, because it’s hard and time-consuming and I didn’t feel like my writing was really accomplishing anything, in spite of what my friends told me. So I bent my energy toward my […]
My family’s month-long experiment with turning off the electronics ends tomorrow, and it has left us with some surprising results. But first, progress toward my goals: Marathon: On Track. I have reached the point in my running where I feel good afterward. Teen Boy and I have almost completed the Couch to 5K program, and […]
It’s been a week, and our month-long media holiday is definitely improving our interactions with each other. More subtly, maybe, than I had hoped, but the impact so far is noticeable. First, the status of my goals: Marathon: On Track. I have completed Week 3 of the Couch to 5K program. My calves have been […]
This is my sixth post for the Your Turn Challenge. Progress toward my goals: Marathon: On Track. No change since yesterday. Two Square Yards of Earth: Behind Schedule. I made some progress on the outline yesterday. There’s still a good chance I can finish the outline by the end of next week. 100 Posts: Ahead […]
Most of us have been or will be in this situation sooner or later: newly married, or newly serious, we have to decide whose family to spend Christmas with. The question can lead to conversations every bit as awkward as yesterday’s office holiday party; after all, which of us wants to tell mother we’re not […]