Was reading an EDUCAUSE article about stress in the workplace, in particular the stress that leaders feel. I'm not a supervisor, but I can relate to the stress that comes from working in "conditions of constant uncertainty." I found this line interesting: "Boyatzis and McKee point out that it's not stress per se, but too little recovery time that ( Read more... )

Haven't been able to sleep well for a while. Ugh. So it took me a while to get started this morning. And I've been having weird dreams...some good, others bad ( Read more... )

Miscellaneous thought that I want to consider more later ( Read more... )

I was reading the story of the raising of Jairus' daughter and the healing of the woman from bleeding today. A detail struck me as interesting. Jairus' daughter was around 12 years old and the woman had had her ailment 12 years as well. Hm, I never noticed that before... Is there some connection between the two healings? Between raising from the ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm teetering on the edge of a balance platform.

I feel like I'm racing around on the balance platform.

It's circular and there's just one pillar at the center beneath. I'm on top of the disc, moving about to adjust the weight and steady its level. Circumstances keep tilting it and others keep bending it so that it's nearly sent falling ( Read more... )

Sometimes I feel that I can't respond because I don't have enough data. The mental wheels are turning, but without clear guidelines or a specific focus, my mind is just cycling in a state of uncertainty and anxiety with no output. It reminds me of the computer in Star Trek that sometimes answers,

"Working." ...
"Insufficient data." Mr. Spock ( Read more... )

Recently, there have been a few situations which have made me feel like I'm utterly useless to others. (I know that is not true, but that's how it felt in the moment ( Read more... )

Last night I caught up with my roommates over frozen yogurt at 32 Below. While the restaurant was incredibly loud and thus uncomfortable/painful/stress-provoking, I was thankful for the chance to see and talk with my sweet sisters. They wanted to know how things were going, how my recent travels had been, and how I was feeling. They also asked ( Read more... )

Question: Have you ever taken a course in logic?

The only time that I've ever studied this was in Croatia. We had a class that studied term logic, boolean operators, and other topics. Even though the class was taught in Croatian I found it easy to understand and even helped my classmates. In all of my other classes, I had absolutely no idea what ( Read more... )

I have a question for you all: do you find it difficult to call others by name?This is really hard for me. If I see someone I know and want to greet them, I feel like there's an inner wrestling that takes place. I know their name, but I have to fight in order to grasp it and vocalize it. Their name seems like a mighty thing and one that backs ( Read more... )