Social Media Fatique
Social Media opens us up to all sorts of unwanted distraction. Over time people are becoming SM drained.
Don’t be a hero, buck the culture of going to work sick.
When you stay at home, your sick days are discussed in such a way to instill guilt. Companies in the past have fired people for taking more than the allotted sick days. Many European countries think we're quite mad for not looking after ourselves and demanding the employer do the same.
Divine Intervention
As a nurse I had many wonderfully unexplainable things happen over the course of 25 years in my career. One of the most memorable that still comes back to my mind in the quiet of the night is about an elderly gentleman we were observing. At the time, I worked on a busy and intense vascular unit. The nurses […]
Social Graces in the Toilet
While both hands pull down on my cheeks my throat lets out a long exasperated whine initially high pitched converting to a low moan as the word “why” escapes my lips with an accent on the end so it sounds more like why-ya. This is how I am when I let the lowest of human behavior really get to me. […]
Higher Education versus Experience
I believe schooling is important to a point, however it isn’t the end all be all. Experience whether on the job or in life is just as important and even more so in some cases.
Communication is everything
Try going one day without communicating while living your normal day. Our entire life revolves around communication in some way. 90% of our communication is unspoken in the form of body language. However, in these modern times we tend to communicate mostly through technology. Often we aren’t in the same room with the person we are communicating with therefore 90% […]
Feelings of Rejection all too common
There are many times in our lives where we feel rejected. At any given moment there is some form of exclusion going on. Anyone can feel slighted, rejected or excluded. It happens with co-workers, friends, in social settings, and even at home. The worst of all perhaps is the feeling of rejection within your own family. These behaviors become most […]
Where have our manners gone?
This question has been asked since the beginning of civilization. Every few years it seems our culture redefines what is acceptable behavior, and it seems we lower our expectations just a bit more every day. Recently my husband and I were on vacation. We decided to take in the buffet at the hotel where we were staying. The line to […]
Phases of personal growth
It feels good to buckle down into a new creative adventure. I can bury myself in any project if I am not careful. For many years I avoided doing anything I loved because I knew when I got started it was hard to pull me away and I didn’t like to be interrupted. When I started on a project, I […]
Global Grandma 