Schimbarea Anotimpului – The words are Romanian, my native tongue. They mean, ‘change of seasons’ but the meaning is universal, and especially poignant for me in the fall. It’s October, and the skies are clear all day, only becoming slightly overcast and brooding, as the evenings close in earlier and… Read More »The Desire for Change – Can We Be Happy With What We Have?
Are you confident, striding through the world, completely in control? Are you relentlessly curious, trying new things without a moment of caution? Do you exhibit a particular manner of expression? Are you distinctively casual, formal, or friendly, and follow your own code in whatever company you are with? When a… Read More »How Do You Walk Through the World?
When you were a kid, you knew what friends were for. You lived for having friendships. Your life would be worthless, you believed, if you didn’t have friends. You wanted to do everything with them, have meals with them, share happy times with them, even have sleep-overs with them. Your… Read More »That’s What Friends Are For
In most of my life, I’m organized, time-conscious, a list maker, a tiresome keeper of commitments and schedules, I am told. I make promises and I keep them. I expect people who make promises to me, to keep them as well. But for the most part, I’m an accepting person,… Read More »Procrastination and Perfectionism—A Deadly Duo
It’s a difficult thing to do—this thing we call ‘living in the moment’. The call of the future is powerful. It constantly distracts us with thoughts like, “What should I do next?” and “Okay, I have finished this, now I should do that.” And the call of the past is… Read More »Is Living In The Moment Harder As We Age?
At the risk of being repetitive, I have one more post about spring. It’s April on the West Coast, and I just can’t help myself—it’s a glorious time of year here and one of my favorite months. This is partly due to the fact that it’s my mother’s and sister’s… Read More »Capricious April Ushers in the Beginning of Spring
Suppose you went somewhere you know you have never been, and suppose you had the eerie feeling that you’ve been there before. The official definition of this phenomenon, according to Merriam-Webster, is, “a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.” A strange and even unsettling experience, to be sure. But… Read More »Been There, Done That
March is here, and it’s as crazy as ever. It’s raining hard one minute, and the next minute the sun is shining. All this to the steady hum of the wind, hammering against my window. Every time I look out, it’s blowing in a different direction—tree branches bowing every which… Read More »March Madness
Several months have rolled by since I wrote a post about my exercise routine. I’m happy to report that I’m still at it, although the setting and some of the equipment have changed. I am no longer in the same home, and consequently, the view I have from my exercise… Read More »The Risk of Putting Exercise on Pause
So, you have decided to move. If you haven’t moved a lot in your life, you might think, “Oh, this will be easy. I’ll just get some boxes, a black felt pen, a roll of white paper, and start packing!” But, if you have moved a few times before, you’ll… Read More »Transfer Trauma, or in Other Words, Moving
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