the mental mulch pile
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Fifty Favourite Things
I was inspired to pull together this list by one of my When Words Collide fam, Erin Weir, and her recent Erin’s Favourite Things post on her blog, A Flimsy Plan. As someone who talks and thinks a lot about gratitude, I thought this would be a nice twist on the usual kind of gratitude list. But what would be in such a list for me?…
But seriously…
This life, this universe, this plane of existence… and my particular path through it… please allow me a moment to overthink…
The light that is you…
I want so badly to fix the world…
Wait, where was I going with this?
It’s such a fine balance to try to find and hold, between who you are and who you need to be in this world…
Is it time for an update and not just another exception?
Musing
What needs to be done versus what you’d like to do…
Because it’s not personal…
When encountering anything that conflicts with your own preconceived notions…
A state of perpetual wander…
I’ve spoken often, and written here and elsewhere, about curiosity as a core driving force in my life. Some would describe it as being in a state of perpetual wonder, which I love.
But curiosity is an outlook, a motivator, a frame of mind. It’s not an action. So what is it to put curiosity to action?
Except when I don’t
I’ve been reminded a lot recently about the difference between looking for someone or something to blame, and looking for lessons to learn…
When is a holiday not a holiday?
So just a heads up to everyone, and with apologies for being a bit of a downer potentially, but I’d never heard of any sort of daughter's day or son's day before this past week, so I did some cursory digging around…
Campus during the fall
For my entire life I have considered the University of Alberta to be my second home. I was born on campus, at the University of Alberta hospital… the result of my parents coming to Edmonton to be students here. Ever since my life has been woven with threads of the U of A in so many different ways, throughout my childhood, my youth, and my adulthood…
Is it me or is it the world?
I realize it can be a very fine line between what's happening and your perception of what's happening…
In a word… a follow up
A different way to ask the question, or maybe it's a different question entirely…
In a word
A lot of introspection happening for me lately, but it seems to me that so much of our cultural struggle right now comes down to identity and self-worth…
A rather comfortable tension
“This power of belief over evidence is the result of two factors: cognitive dissonance and the backfire effect”…
Happiness: a thought experiment
Margaret Lee Runbeck is quoted as saying “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of travel”…
The Power of a Good Question
Back in June of 2019, I had the delight of several disparate conversations and moments that sparked some much needed contemplation…
Questions on the nature of relationships, power, & politics
I’ve been pondering a few very basic ideas and I’d love to tap the insight and perspectives of my virtual circle…
When inaction becomes a choice
Admitting when you make a mistake is already hard. Admitting you made a mistake that ended up hurting others is even harder…
A citizen of the spaces in between
Contemplating the notion that I am not so much a traveller…