~Tuesday~ I love the Johari Window, a tool used to illustrate and improve self-awareness. It relies on disclosure from you, and feedback from the people around you. Here's a description of it, complete with examples: Open What you and others know about you. Example: You have brown eyes. Blind What you don't know about yourself … Read more
~Friday~ Although this 9-minute TED talk, by far, isn’t the most eloquently delivered TED address I’ve ever watched, it’s one that hit home for me. I hope to use it to somehow reframe this mindset, attitude, paradigm—whatever you want to call it—that I currently have about aging, specifically with regards to the deterioration of my … Read more
~Tuesday~ I caught the Wolfline #9 this morning, on which students were in various states of being ready to leave their house, although it obviously hadn’t stopped them: One girl’s hair was still wet, one guy was tying his shoes, and another guy was unbuttoning the sleeves of his long-sleeve shirt and rolling them up. … Read more
~Tuesday~ My alarm went off at 6:00, but I snoozed a couple of alarm cycles, probably due to the somewhat restless night of what, in retrospect I suppose, were nightmares. I say it that way, because I woke up at one point from them, but instead of my heart pounding and my mind racing like … Read more
~Thursday~ I caught the #9 Greek Village Wolfline bus up at Gorman and Avent Ferry this morning, and when we boarded the first three seats on the right were taken by that man who was on a week or so ago that made the comment to all the students on the bus, “I hope y’all … Read more
~Wednesday~ Xolani and I rode the bus together this morning. It was running a little behind, arriving at our stop closer to 7:30 than 7:20. Li’l Dino boarded at her stop and she said hello to me while touching my shoulder as she passed me. Cell Phone Lady boarded at her regular stop and she … Read more
~Thursday~ I caught the Wolfline bus in today as I was running a little behind and it was raining. That bus stops closer to my building than the city bus. It’s nice to have options. Today was my first day back after vacation, and I spent most of the morning going through e-mails and some … Read more
Today, which seemed rather arbitrary, the bus turned left on Hillsborough Street where it never had before, totally bypassing my stop. Right before this happened, I heard the bus driver saying something to someone, which I couldn’t understand, but I saw her pointing ahead. This made me suspicious enough to go ahead and get off … Read more
I was up and at ’em early this morning as I needed to get into work early enough to write-up my status report to give at my 10:00 meeting. There wasn’t a morning buscapade, but there was one on the way home. Read on. We had our monthly staff meeting at my second-level manager’s level … Read more
I had a full morning of meetings today, starting off with our weekly staff meeting from 9:00-10:00. After a half-hour break, I attended my weekly Service Planning meeting from 10:30-11:30. Another half-hour later, I attended a lunch seminar put on by the Campus Writing and Speaking Program from 12:00-1:00, for which lunch was provided—a delicious … Read more