TAB2
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Audiobibliophile. Resilient & pragmatic.❤️ nature and family. Champion of efficient processes, useful gadgets, Oxford commas, & combat vets.
“There’s always time for a bow!”
-Bryony Shelfley in “Arthur Christmas”
-Bryony Shelfley in “Arthur Christmas”
December 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“There’s always time for a bow!”
-Bryony Shelfley in “Arthur Christmas”
-Bryony Shelfley in “Arthur Christmas”
“The important thing to remember about boundaries is that they exist. And, they will affect us whether or not we communicate them.”
-Cloud and Townsend in “Boundaries”
-Cloud and Townsend in “Boundaries”
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“The important thing to remember about boundaries is that they exist. And, they will affect us whether or not we communicate them.”
-Cloud and Townsend in “Boundaries”
-Cloud and Townsend in “Boundaries”
Reading Daniel Pink’s “Drive,” thinking about his assertion that the “carrot & stick” approach works only for routine and not creative tasks, and contemplating how that applies to tween motivation.
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reading Daniel Pink’s “Drive,” thinking about his assertion that the “carrot & stick” approach works only for routine and not creative tasks, and contemplating how that applies to tween motivation.
Join Ingrid Fetell Lee and her husband in starting each day with, "I expect something wonderful to happen today."
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Join Ingrid Fetell Lee and her husband in starting each day with, "I expect something wonderful to happen today."
“Failure is the name of the game in middle school, so embrace it.”
- Jessica Lahey in “The Gift of Failure”
- Jessica Lahey in “The Gift of Failure”
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Failure is the name of the game in middle school, so embrace it.”
- Jessica Lahey in “The Gift of Failure”
- Jessica Lahey in “The Gift of Failure”
Tips for managing your adult children:
1) Pick your battles
2) Talk about big picture goals (principles)
3) Don’t confuse preferences with expectations (non-negotiables that shape the future)
- Mark McConville in “Failure to Launch”
1) Pick your battles
2) Talk about big picture goals (principles)
3) Don’t confuse preferences with expectations (non-negotiables that shape the future)
- Mark McConville in “Failure to Launch”
September 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tips for managing your adult children:
1) Pick your battles
2) Talk about big picture goals (principles)
3) Don’t confuse preferences with expectations (non-negotiables that shape the future)
- Mark McConville in “Failure to Launch”
1) Pick your battles
2) Talk about big picture goals (principles)
3) Don’t confuse preferences with expectations (non-negotiables that shape the future)
- Mark McConville in “Failure to Launch”
“You submit to tyranny when you renounce the difference between what you want to hear and what is actually the case.”
-Timothy Snyder “On Tyranny”
-Timothy Snyder “On Tyranny”
August 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“You submit to tyranny when you renounce the difference between what you want to hear and what is actually the case.”
-Timothy Snyder “On Tyranny”
-Timothy Snyder “On Tyranny”
“…much of the common sense about young people that we were told by our culture is actually nonsense. What seems like neurobiological incompetence to adults is often the result of a young person’s healthy pursuit of status and respect.”
-David Yeager in “10-25”
-David Yeager in “10-25”
August 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“…much of the common sense about young people that we were told by our culture is actually nonsense. What seems like neurobiological incompetence to adults is often the result of a young person’s healthy pursuit of status and respect.”
-David Yeager in “10-25”
-David Yeager in “10-25”
“Act the way you want to feel.”
July 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Act the way you want to feel.”
Young people crave status and respect, not just self-interest.
— My key takeaway from “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People” by David Yeager
— My key takeaway from “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People” by David Yeager
July 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Young people crave status and respect, not just self-interest.
— My key takeaway from “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People” by David Yeager
— My key takeaway from “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People” by David Yeager
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Tulips have taken over Boston.
❤️
📷: @julia_cremin
❤️
📷: @julia_cremin
May 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Tulips have taken over Boston.
❤️
📷: @julia_cremin
❤️
📷: @julia_cremin
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"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs
April 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs
“Conflict is the cost of abundant love.”
-A.C. Brooks in”Build the Life you Want.”
-A.C. Brooks in”Build the Life you Want.”
April 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“Conflict is the cost of abundant love.”
-A.C. Brooks in”Build the Life you Want.”
-A.C. Brooks in”Build the Life you Want.”
“Feel the feel, then take the wheel.”
- Oprah Winfrey in “Build the Life You Want”
- Oprah Winfrey in “Build the Life You Want”
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Feel the feel, then take the wheel.”
- Oprah Winfrey in “Build the Life You Want”
- Oprah Winfrey in “Build the Life You Want”
“Say ‘yes’ to the universe.” (Seeing what good can come from the current situation.)
-Susan Jeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
-Susan Jeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
March 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“Say ‘yes’ to the universe.” (Seeing what good can come from the current situation.)
-Susan Jeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
-Susan Jeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
“When you blame an outside source for any of your experience of life, you are literally giving away all your power.”
-Susan Jeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
-Susan Jeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
March 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“When you blame an outside source for any of your experience of life, you are literally giving away all your power.”
-Susan Jeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
-Susan Jeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
“Design is not an act of consumption.
It's an act of creation.
Ultimately, the real measure of good design is memories.”
-Ingrid Fetell Lee
It's an act of creation.
Ultimately, the real measure of good design is memories.”
-Ingrid Fetell Lee
March 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“Design is not an act of consumption.
It's an act of creation.
Ultimately, the real measure of good design is memories.”
-Ingrid Fetell Lee
It's an act of creation.
Ultimately, the real measure of good design is memories.”
-Ingrid Fetell Lee
“If you knew that you could handle anything that came your way, what would you possibly have to fear?”
- SusanJeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
- SusanJeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
March 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“If you knew that you could handle anything that came your way, what would you possibly have to fear?”
- SusanJeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
- SusanJeffers in “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
“Of course, we could all make life-changing choices at any time, but it is only when faced with a serious challenge to our status quo that we do.”
- Michelle Ogundehin in “Happy Inside”
- Michelle Ogundehin in “Happy Inside”
December 28, 2024 at 4:06 PM
“Of course, we could all make life-changing choices at any time, but it is only when faced with a serious challenge to our status quo that we do.”
- Michelle Ogundehin in “Happy Inside”
- Michelle Ogundehin in “Happy Inside”