To keep us humble and remind us our necks are always on the line. Point-and-serve...

Making bread at home is still a process of learning for me. I concur it is quite Zen-like, after assembling the ingredients and tools, then proceeding to make the dough. It typically takes me about 6 hours for the bread to come out of the oven, hot, exceptionally aromatic, and ready to eat - after cooling - with real…

A term that I have found useful is to reframe feelings, situations, people, or thoughts as “challenging”. This helps me understand and change the reference frame to one of learning about how I can optimally adapt and grow from the challenge.

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I remember the night Reagan was elected, the sense of foreboding I had and had the same feeling last night when I retired last night. Although it is difficult because Americans just elected a bigoted criminal, thief, and liar to the American Presidency, thanks for your words.

The North American Union or Federation, please! I’d like to say I am a citizen of the Federation.

I know better than to expect a Cadbury’s with almonds to last more than a couple of days - at most, so I just don’t buy them.

Amen! We have to make different, better choices about how we shall live.

I used a resilience enhancement method advocated in Henry Emmons’s _The Chemistry of Calm_, which helped me attain nutritional and behavioral refinement of my neurotransmitters - serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, etc. I diligently studied the book and methods, incorporating them into my daily life habits over a…

LOL

It *does* take willpower, doesn’t it? :) I am still working on that one - I keep chocolate out of sight and am having success sticking to two squares. The problem is when I do two more squares later that day... LOL

One of the things that helped me is to learn that I am not my emotions, that they are artifacts of an anxious, troubled, or depressed mind. Loneliness is, indeed, a signal that one needs to identify and address in an active manner. I find talking with friends helps, distractions help, and staying physically engaged -…

It doesn’t take me 25 minutes to refocus and I’m interrupted a lot, working from a cubicle. Meetings happen when they need to happen.

I operate under the assumption - based on experience in my workplace - that people will meet with me if they need something. Otherwise, I answer email addressed to me right away and then remove it from my Inbox.

It takes a moment of one’s time to walk to my workspace and speak with me. If a meeting is rescheduled, I find out about it from my co-workers or from the updated calendar. I address email sent to me.

It brings him more free publicity.

I bought a bidet about a year ago and I’m a devoted, daily user. I bought one similar to the one on sale in this post, installed it myself (rather easy to do), and now friends are starting to buy and use a bidet. It is a refreshingly hygienic device.

I bought a bidet about a year ago and I’m a devoted, daily user. I bought one similar to the one on sale in this…

I have three simple, effective techniques for managing my personal and work emails: 1) delete them, 2) act on them immediately, and 3) use filters to sort them. Both my personal and work email inboxes are emptied within minutes of opening the email apps. I think it takes me perhaps 10 minutes for me to address both my…

Touche!