I am married to a person who doesn’t read. 😱 Not that he can’t read, but he doesn’t. He’ll read nonfiction books occasionally, and he consumes lots of information through other means. But he does not read fiction. I, on the other hand, read a lot of fiction. Reading fiction Read more…
I love it when a book sticks with me. I just finished reading Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Winn-Williams. For those who haven’t heard of it, it’s a memoir written by a former senior staffer at Facebook. Given my interest in toxic Read more…
I love reading. I honestly don’t remember when it started. I don’t think I was a huge reader as a kid – maybe just your average reader. The first time I remember getting lost in reading was on our annual summer vacation when my kids were old enough to entertain Read more…
It’s been a while since I’ve written about what I’m reading. As the summer draws to a close, it seems like a good time to check in on that. Before we get there, however, let’s talk a little bit about the value of reading. I see a lot of posts Read more…
Can you believe it’s July? I can’t. At my last job, July marked the beginning of the planning year. Annual goals were set for July 1 – June 30. I was responsible for facilitating the goal setting process for the leadership time (and effectively, if done right, for the rest Read more…
In his book The Good Enough Job, Simone Stolzoff shares a powerful lesson about defining your identity as more than what you do for work. There’s so much pressure to “love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” There’s a danger in giving work all Read more…
One positive thing that has come through social media for me is a reminder of how good it feels to laugh. And not just in short bursts that come from reels or memes or whatnot, not just the chuckles from a RomCom or another funny movie, but real, from the Read more…