Just Me

As someone who reviews books, I often find I am reading nothing except books that I am writing a review for. However, I try to squeeze in other books that have other purposes, such as books for research, books I hope to learn something new from, as well as books to read for pleasure.   But it seemed that lately, I wasn’t making time to read any books for pleasure. Just the other stuff.   I do enjoy reviewing books, as well as reading books for research and educational purposes. But sometimes, I just like to read books simply for the act of enjoying the book. These are the kinds of books I don’t want to have to analyze, take notes from, or put to use from studying.   So when I noticed that I was falling behind on reading for pleasure, I decided to do something about it!   My solution? Get up earlier in the morning so that I have that precious time to read just for the enjoyment.   While most people may see getting up earlier just to have time ...

For every day that I’m able to do things, I try to do as much as possible. And as someone who has A LOT going on right now, that can fill up my days!   Which means my days can get pretty busy, and while I’m happy to fill up my days with all of that stuff I am doing and to fill in each day on my planner with all the stuff I MANAGED to do, sometimes I just need to STOP and listen to my body.   Like I had to do last night.   It wasn’t the headaches that made me stop. It wasn’t the sleepiness that made me stop.   I had just run out of steam. It was after midnight and I could barely keep my eyes open (even though, currently, I am only able to see out of just one eye!). I had just completed another round of research for one of the articles I am writing this month, and I was ready to conk out.   Except that I didn’t want to. Why? I had one line left to fill in for the day in my planner, and I wanted to fill it in!       I know I...

  Two things happen when I face failure.   The first thing that happens is that I get angry. It’s natural to get angry. Anger is a very human emotion. So, I allow myself to feel all the bad feelings that come with failure: Anger, disappointment, frustration and sadness. I might even throw out an “Every time I try to DO something!” when faced with failure.   The second thing that happens is that I pick myself up, dust myself off, and carry on.   Whether or not moving forward means trying again or biding my time until a new solution comes along remains to be seen. But one thing is certain: If this particular thing that I tried to do is important enough to me, I will not give up on it. I mean, I will if the other parties involved have given up too, but if it’s a thing that’s all on me, then I won’t give up on it.   That was the situation for me recently, when I was trying to help out a friend who runs an orphanage in Uganda.   Bob Rich i...