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When we are born we are handed our beliefs, our rituals, our language and essentially our family values. This becomes our culture, and it’s hard to see life any other way. Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Don’t let your culture narrowly define you. There are thousands of languages and an unknown number […]

Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Eat cake. It’s my birthday so everyone should celebrate. Be kind. Be safe. Be appropriate. Now go!

Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Strive to communicate without needing to win every debate. You mostly can’t win, even if you have all of the evidence on your side. Denial is a weapon used most, when values are stepped on.

To go from good to great, it’s hard to do alone, efficiently and within definitive deadlines. In fact, it can take a lot longer than measured, utilize a lot more brains to solve the problem, and get messy and inefficient at first.  But in fact, I always like the end product better when more minds are on it. We […]

Your mission if you choose to accept it: Refuel with determination. Especially when the new normal doesn’t feel so normal,

Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Smile. It’s contagious. You may just make someone’s day. Be kind. Be safe. Be appropriate. Now go!

We have created such a culture of self-reliance and self preservation for the next generation, that we can’t possibly rely on others. That’s what we’re taught and passing on to the future. So of course I’m super frustrated when I hear stories like the recent local problem of the homelessness on KUOW, and how one […]

There are days when I feel like policies governed by this current administration feel like a full frontal assault on my values. And it’s stifling. It’s paralyzing. It’s so maddening I want to lash out. So what do I do? Refrain from broadcasting it on Facebook. Because by doing so, chances are I’m now assaulting others’ values. […]

I find myself stuck with a proposal sitting in front of me. In part because it’s Sunday and I have my kid next to me, while my other daughter is at soccer with her dad. So I can’t just focus. In part because I keep telling myself I should be able to solve this final […]

Are you on a slippery downward slope with bad habits? Popping a handful of mixed nuts and chocolate chips into your mouth as a “healthy” snack during the day (not that I’ve EVER done that before), only to find that healthy just turned super high caloric after two or three handfuls. I have also been […]