The Blue Hair Fallacy highlights how general statements can provoke defensive reactions, often unrelated to the speaker’s intent. Recognizing this leads to personal clarity and tranquility.
Tag: stress
Throw Shine not Shade
95% of the time, I will be almost pukingly positive.
But there’s still that 5% of the time. Ask my wife. Nobody can be on all the time.
I’m running late for school!
Island Time: a term for the 1/2 hour on each side of actual time.
Want vs. Need – another useful “word swap”
“Want vs. need” is another in my lifelong compiling of what I lovingly refer to as “word swaps.” I love word swaps. They are simple and easy…… Read more “Want vs. Need – another useful “word swap””
What to do When your Parents come to Visit
I also see that my dad is on edge because I am on edge and that puts me more on edge because I want him to relax. You see where this is going right?
My RollerCoaster Life
It’s exciting, wild, fun and also, at times, exhausting and dare I say?…overwhelming.
Here are Some Things You can Learn from Me about Parenting
I’ve always said, “Why wasn’t this in the parenting handbook?
So I made a parenting handbook. Basically, everything I wish somebody would have told me.
The Characters in My Life
Why do we let our thoughts and feeling about the real people in our lives drive us nuts?
What You are Actually Paying For
We get charged an amount that just doesn’t seem fair. The actual skill involved wasn’t worth the price.
However, I whipped out my credit card and promptly paid $200 for the best damn set of x-rays I’ve ever had and honestly some pretty kick-ass doctoring and nursing
The strange correlation of 1990s TV and my ideas about money.
Now, this isn’t advice – this site isn’t “dear Abby” so you don’t need to take my words and ideas at all. In fact, by all means, DO NOT TAKE MY ADVICE – the real spirit of this post is not the money but more, “don’t sweat it, it’ll all come around.” DON’T TAKE MY ADVICE – but think about it a little bit – just think…
Be Awesome 365 