Several years ago, I decided to take up yoga. I had two preschool children, a full-time job, I was working on my doctoral dissertation–I needed something in my life that wasn’t a source of…
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At the start of the year, I decided to take a Facebook hiatus. My original plan was to give it up for a week. I’d developed such a Facebook habit, though, that it took…
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You’ve probably heard about this common time management exercise. Someone gives you a jar and a few big rocks, along with a bunch of pebbles and a quantity of sand. Your job is to…
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When I chose hygge as my word of the year for 2018, I basically told myself that I had to spend some time each day devoting myself to coziness. I’m proud to say that I followed…
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One of the things I like most about working in academia is this time of year. As much as I hate giving up the freedom that summer offers, the opening of a school year…
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One of the big themes I address on this blog is transition. Throughout our lives, we all have to make changes. Some of those changes we choose: to get married, follow new career paths,…
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Two of the students who appeared in my classes this past year were non-traditional. That’s the academic way of saying they didn’t complete college in the years between 18 and 23. They’re both in…