Working or Living for Freedom?
"There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want." -Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes I like to think Calvin never grew up, finished school, got a job and became a typical adult. Instead, Calvin was Peter Pan for my generation.
What does CreaSpaTreat mean to me?
CreaSpaTreat is a word I invented to describe many things. By combining portions of three words, it feels like I have landed on something which sounds good to the ear and opens a curiosity path. Hopefully, when you first hear
The morning ruckus
I should know better than to leave so many things to do for the morning rush hour. I leave myself an hour to get up, ready and out the door. Which seems like enough time. It should be enough time.
First career, mini-retirement, second act
I still find it difficult to reconcile the order of events in my life. I always believed my quest was to find that one career or type of job which would satisfy my needs for a lifetime. The pressure I
Why are you happy when I’m so sad?
It is a trick of the brain when 2 people can be experiencing the same circumstances and one person enjoys themselves while the other does not. Or the same people can participate in a familiar activity and on one occasion
False Evidence Appearing Real
F = False E = Evidence A = Appearing R = Real It is a trick of the modern world for our brains to register so much fear. Reports often cite the problem to be a lack of adaptation in our bodies. Chemicals are
You have a young face
Since I have let my hair go back into the wild state where it prefers to roam, I have been receiving a few compliments. Maybe the way each thick strand twists and turns, following a unique path somehow matches my
PMS is a bitch
Why do I take some things so personally? A quick sentence typed out in an email, which is an opinion or a suggestion turns into a felt criticism. I look behind the actual words being used for intent. I read