Everything can be improved.
— Clarence W. Barron
There aren’t enough hours in the day. Ever since I started my new job, I’ve felt that I’m not ready for whatever I’m scheduled to do right now. The problem is that while I’ve been used to working in the evening, I seldom was looking at a deadline that couldn’t be extended into the next morning. For example, if I was working on a post, I could just leave it over night and take another look at it in the morning.
Now, that’s pretty much impossible. If I don’t get it done tonight, the best I can hope for is that I can find a few quiet minutes at lunch which will let me work on it. If that doesn’t work, I can’t really get back to it until Continue reading » Continuous Improvement?
We hope you enjoy the Oldies but Goodies we’ll be posting between now and 2011. Happy Holidays!
Control – Most of us like to think we have it. If you’ve been paying attention to the economy lately, you know just what an illusion control is. People who have worked hard their whole lives are in danger of losing their jobs, their savings, their retirement or all of the above. There is a deep feeling of anger in the general population. Why??? Because this latest downturn has affected all of us and we want to blame someone.
Continue reading » Let Go and Let God (or your higher power)
Do you have a quiet shore to rest upon?
The season of Christmas is upon us – and I for one REFUSE to let it be diminished by the holiday chaos that threatens to wear me down…
Find a quiet shore, a place you can pause and feel the stress fall off of you… a refuge you can escape to at a moment’s notice.
Sounds lovely, doesn’t it? Often, when chaos begins to wear us down, a brief rest stop will renew our spirit – and infuse us with the power boost we need to master the moment. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could Continue reading » Rest Stop
Are you ready for a downhill run?
There is an uphill for every downhill, and a downhill for every uphill.
— Turkish Proverb
The Cyclists Warning Sign in today’s photo got me thinking about the downhill runs all of us, sooner or later, are likely to encounter… and I wondered how we might (metaphorically speaking) test our brakes before we found ourselves speeding down a mountain out of control. Is it possible there are precautions we could put in place now that would make us better prepared for such eventualities?
Yes, I think so. But in order for those precautions to be available to us we need to Continue reading » Try Your Brakes Now
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
— Anonymous
We like to be in control. Even the illusion of control can make us feel less stressed and more comfortable than knowing that we’re not in control. Stress reduces both our brain health and our physical health unless we take positive steps to counteract its effects. When a loved one has dementia, we are definitely not in control of anything associated with their life and often we lose control over some of our lives as well.
If you’re a frequent reader of this blog, you know that both of my parents have suffered from some form of dementia. My mother died of Alzheimer’s disease and her sister has been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. My father has also been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease as well as bipolar disorder.
One of the things that I’ve discovered as we’ve traveled the journey through various forms of dementia is that Continue reading » How Not to Be Crazy
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