I love this. As a teacher, I have repeatedly observed that the ability to learn and grow from your mistakes can make all the difference in the world in having the ability to adapt and change as an individual. Figuring out what to do differently next time—and deciding how best to implement those step-by-step changes—is a whole lot more productive than helplessly flailing about beating yourself up. Keep this in mind the next time you have one of those “what was I THINKING???” moments. Instead, consider reflecting on what you were learning. And how will what you learned change your [...] Read more »

You remember when you were a kid, when in response to your 24/7 stream of questions, your parents would tell you every now and then that it was just better not to know some things? (You know, in response to the constant barrage of “whys” that rolled out of you like breathing, many regarding ethical quandaries and issues of morality far beyond your child’s capacity to process or understand?) Do you remember how you didn’t believe them? Not really? And how you couldn’t fathom there would ever be anything in the world it would be better not to know? And [...] Read more »

Due to both an across-town move and a death in my husband’s family, I’ve not had a chance to post for the last week and a half. I hope to be back next Monday. Thanks, all~     Read more »

In a world where information is available at the speed of light and in exponentially-increasing quantities, it can get messy to determine what’s fact and what’s not, can’t it? I was reflecting on this when it came to my attention recently that information I had about a topic might not be provably accurate. This would be no big deal except that I’d once written a blog post that included this particular bit of information, and now that I’d found it was possible that information I’d used was flawed, I needed to immediately correct any inaccuracies. Now I am no journalist, [...] Read more »