Sibylle discovered this on the DailyOM, and I thought it was well worth sharing.
Staying Conscious
Staying Grounded in a Big City or Busy World
1. Live simply and live deliberately. By choosing not to get caught up in the details of this fast-paced world, you are doing your part to slow down the . You will also [...]
Tag Archive 'emotion'
Shedding Weight
Posted in life on Dec 27th, 2008
Four and a half years ago, when Michele and I moved to Kansas City we went from a 2000 square foot house, with ample storage and a huge three-bay garage, to a comfortable apartment that had but a single garage stall, barely large enough for the car, and only a 1000 square feet of space. [...]
Today is my sister’s 46th birthday. Â She died on Christmas Day 1973 at the age of eleven from leukemia. Â In the intervening 35 years I’ve come to terms with her death, come to terms with my grief, and my survivor’s guilt. Â But there is one question I cannot answer: who would she be?
Amy was a [...]
Rolling the Dice
Posted in life on Aug 18th, 2008
The recent upheaval in my employment has knocked me off my emotional center; it is hard to think coherently about my upcoming choice.
Sometime this week, or early next I will be presented with one or more opportunities to accept a new position. The choices as they stand today are, in no particular order:
* Software Engineer [...]
The past seven days have been a real roller-coaster of a week. Â The two weeks prior to last weekend weren’t much better.
May 27
Throughout the day, Sibylle noticed that Nekko was behaving a bit oddly.  As her symptoms became more pronounced, Sibylle took Nekko to the vet.  Nekko had experienced hypoglycemia, or insulin shock.  There was too [...]
Consulting versus Employment
Posted in life on Apr 18th, 2008
There are any number of differences between working as a consultant and working as an employee. Â And there are some similarities. Â Today I ran across an unexpected similarity. Â The company I work for now, as an employee, has undergone significant growth in the past couple of years and they are going through all the growing [...]
About fifteen months after we were married, Michele became ill. The illness itself isn’t important, the fact it was debilitating, potentially embarrassing, and chronic is important. This illness plagued her until the day she died.
My character is such that I never shirked my role in our lives. I provided care when care was called for, [...]
Next Steps
Posted in family on Jul 9th, 2006
I’m starting to take some “next steps” in my journey back from the land of grief. Some of these are mental and or emotional adjustments, while others are more tangible. The most tangible one to date has been the changing of my voice mail greeting.
Until yesterday if you called my home phone you were greeted [...]
And Now A Word From Our Sponsor: Envy
Posted in life on Jun 10th, 2006
Recently I have been having increasing feelings of jealous or envy, particularly when I am around couples. That they have a partner, companion, lover, friend, et cetera with them all the time and I don’t is almost more than I can bear. Being the odd man out, once again, at parties or other gatherings is [...]
While outwardly I seem to be doing okay in the wake of my mother’s death on Sunday, inwardly I feel incredibly brittle. Last evening when I got home I discovered that the new litter box I bought a week ago isn’t going to work. There was a puddle of urine on the floor just past [...]