It has been nearly two years since the rings came off. That thought keeps circling back to me, bubbling up from under everything else. So much has happened, and yet so little, since I altered forever not just my life, but the lives of my family. I don’t like to write about it here so […]
I somehow stumbled across an excellent article describing how hard Westerners (in particular) work to just spend more of what they earn on things that don’t really matter. Oh, crap, that’s a horrible simplification. Perhaps a quote: Here in the West, a lifestyle of unnecessary spending has been deliberately cultivated and nurtured in the public […]
One of my biggest weaknesses is not being able to communicate. I truly suck at being direct with anyone if it is at all important to do so. I know how to talk the talk, I’ve read all the articles. I hate passive-aggressive bullshit and avoidance as much as the next person. And yet I […]