Over the years as a teacher, I have had a multitude of students talk to me about how they don’t like what they are doing. Most commonly, this shows up in relation to writing. They will have me read over a paragraph before I even offer any feedback they start noticing all the writing sins …
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It’s Time to Stop Making Excuses
Before we get into it, I just wanted to give a shout-out to my wife for this idea! We give excuses to prove that the undesired behavior was not a normal thing for us. It’s why whenever we are late to something, we find this reason or that to excuse the late behavior. We don’t …
Wabi-Sabi: Embracing Imperfections
The Irony of Living in Perfection Everyone knows that life isn’t perfect. This lesson is told through song, art, and conversation. Yet there is so much of our lives that are dictated by perfection–spending hours hanging a picture, being annoyed by the small scrape in the paint, volumes on TV’s not being an even number, …
Exploring life one trial at a time. 