Resilient in Neon Pink!
Hannah in her neon pink cast at 22 months! Watching my 22-month-old and 4-year-old playing on the small playset in the backyard was bliss. It was a spring Sunday, 70 degrees and sunny. We would relax the whole day. And then, “Mama, Mama, Hannah’s hurt!”. She’d fallen off of the playset. One minute we were […]
I Am An Addict
Admitting “I am an addict” brought up a fear that people would think my addiction was an alcohol or drugs. And what if I was? My addiction is just that, an addiction. A difference is that some addictions, like mine, are “socially acceptable”. My addiction is to achieving. In fact, my worth is tied to […]
“I’ll Be Happy When…”
Peter set a goal to happily retire when he had $10M saved. He received a buyout offer for his company of $125M. Happy retirement, right? Well, yes, but a friend was offered $330M for his company, so Peter held out for more money. One short year later with no buyout offers, he experienced a complete […]
“If I Could Turn Back Time”
In 1989 Cher mused, “If I could turn back time”. My answer is an emphatic no. My Senior Picture at age 17 I’d never go back to my teen years; too much angst and peer pressure. I wouldn’t go back to my 20’s; too much competition with myself on who I would become. I wouldn’t […]
Reframing Failure
I withdrew from all of my art classes dropping art as a minor. I was a failure as an artist. Wednesday I handed in the final art project of my freshman year at Purdue. I stayed up all night completing it. I had “half-assed” it because it didn’t take weeks to complete. As an artist, sometimes […]
“That Woman” and Failure
“Oh, you’re that woman from Target!” exclaimed Jim. “What do you mean by “that woman”?” I wondered out loud. “You don’t know what happened, do you?” he asked, shaking his head. I was at a networking event where I met Jim who worked for a company I had interviewed with a year before. We were […]