Most people I know can’t wait for their vacations. I admit I do suffer from what might be considered the problem of not really caring to take time off or really go anywhere for that matter. I’m quite content where I am and it’s typically hard to justify taking time off for some elaborate, expensive… Read More »When in Aruba, you MUST Ariba!
I’m the proud owner of a house in these United States. Right there, as of 2018, I hit a certain new set of demographics – school-systems, real-estate-taxes, mortgage-bound etc. The past 20 years I’ve worked hard, saved and scrounged, deferred vacations and other niceties and along with my wife, was able to afford a modest… Read More »My lawn checks for me under his bed at night
Back a few years ago (2016), while mid-career, the company I enjoyed working at suffered a couple significant financial setbacks and went through a round of layoffs. At the time, a brand new parent with growing concerns for mapping a future for my family. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. But what… Read More »Free time where you least expect it
Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. Applies to people just the same. That is to say, people will be what they “be”! As human beings, we are. That’s it! Trees create oxygen, worms care for the soil, corns corn and we, humans, we “be”. That being is open-ended. There is no fixed course… Read More »The illusion of choice
I have the privilege of coaching a small group of 3rd & 4th graders for a robotics competition. Today we had the group go through a team exercise with a very simple goal – “build a robot that moves in 15 minutes”. To set the context, the kids in the group are familiar with each… Read More »How to work with others