Resolutions, Goals, and a PLAN

by | Jan 2, 2013 | Life and all That

I posted on FB yesterday, January 1st, about the differences between resolutions and goals: Resolution: a statement of intention Goal: an achievement you aim for They are not the same thing, but having one without the other is simply pointless. The final ingredient,...

Looking back, looking forward

by | Dec 30, 2012 | Life and all That

If you read this blog at all, you see that I haven’t updated in a while. Let’s talk about that. 2012 in review, in chronological order: Whooping Cough (Jan-March) Threw my back out due to herniated disc (Jan-June) Asthma from mold poisoning at work...

Claude Pepper is on Facebook!

by | Oct 11, 2012 | Life and all That

This week marked a huge milestone for the Claude Pepper Library where I work as an archivist: we got a Facebook page! I’m sure you’re impressed. *waits* No really, you are impressed, right? I know, a Facebook page is something everyone an their...

Social media is just a pain sometimes

by | May 22, 2012 | Life and all That

We love it, or I know I love it, with my twitter and facebook and foursquare and dreamwidth and RSS reader being 24/7 tabs on my browsers. Those are my lifelines, as I am a single woman in a small town swamped by jobs and gradschool. But lately I have been cursing...

30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself

by | Dec 27, 2011 | Life and all That

I’m not going to list them here, because another blog did such a good job. I particularly related to #1 (“Stop spending time with the wrong people”) because that has been a hard lesson for me to learn — I’ve craved approval so much in my...

Making a Leap

by | Dec 18, 2011 | Life and all That

This whooping cough thing is killer; I have the classic textbook symptoms (the coughing classically develops into uncontrollable fits, each with five to ten forceful coughs, followed by a high-pitched “whoop” sound … as the patient struggles to breathe in...