February 2012
37 posts
the hairpin: motivation →
A nice read on motivation & getting started. [click through to read]
[via ohheyitsdk:63words]
A few things
I took the GMAT this morning. It’s a terrible test, but I was pleased with the results. yay.
For the record, I would never have 10 apples (7 green and 3 red) & pull three out randomly. I wouldn’t do a lot of things randomly. I will never care about the probability that 2 will be green & 1 will be red. Just saying.
I also don’t care about any of the properties of x.
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WatchI enjoyed this skit of Maya Rudolph as Beyonce & Justin Timberlake as Bony Bear from SNL. All the impersonations were great. Thanks to my father in law for sharing.
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my list.
A few things that are making me happy lately (inspired by Lia):
My family. Facetiming with my niece. Visits from our family & just spending time together. Always too short, but always savored.
Chicago restaurants. My favorite places I’ve eaten in the past few months: Bite Cafe, Bleeding Heart Bakery, Table 52 & Slurping Turtle.
My clarisonic. I love it. My skin loves it &...
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Whitney Houston : My Love Is Your Love .
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siximpossiblethingsforbreakfast asked: Did you invent the idea of the Golden Hour? I have some inkling suspicion you did. And if perhaps not, I know with certainty that you are the one who introduced the concept to me. On days like today, I think of you. Happy Friday. xoxo
This Kind Of Life →
“Like many others I know of my generation, I was raised by parents who encouraged me to think that I had all the choices in the world, and all the time in the world to make them. We spent years being told that we could do anything, be anything – even our liberal arts curriculums let us play around in various fields for years before choosing a major, if we ever had to at all.
And that’s...
luck, it must be said, is a loaded word. →
luck, it must be said, is a loaded word. sometimes someone’s luck is nothing of their own doing, a result of the privilege of their birth. sometimes we mean luck in the purest way, the happenstance of sitting next to the right person on a bus. (this sort of luck seems practically mythical; one wonders if it ever happens.) but for many people, “luck” is something of their own making: they work...
“too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”
– malcolm forbes. (via littlelaur)
Happy birthday to my mom. Her laughter is absolutely contagious & something I can close my eyes & hear at any given moment. She’s happiness & warmth. She has pushed me for as long as I can remember to work hard, to be good, to help others, to remember family & your rootsalways, & to treat life like a complete adventure. No one has ever made me go out of my comfort zone...
Things to Worry About →
In 1933, F. Scott Fitzgerald ended a letter to his 11-year-old daughter, Scottie, with the following:
Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about efficiency Worry about horsemanship Things not to worry about: Don’t worry about popular opinion Don’t worry about dolls Don’t worry about the past Don’t worry about the future Don’t worry about growing up Don’t worry...
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January 2012
53 posts
“I can say this though, there was a moment, sometime in 2002 or 2003 when I was...”
– Mikael Kennedy via the blue hour
High five
Yesterday Ryan came home after a day of work, things are busy at work right now. He sat down at the table across from me & started talking. He shared some frustrations & reasons why he was stressed out & some things that he wasn’t looking forward to. I sat across from him with my chin on my hand & just listened. It’s not common for him to do this & most of the time...
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“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
An ordinary Thursday
Yesterday on an ordinary Thursday, my sister gave birth to a perfect little boy. & then her family grew again. They are just expanding exponentially.
Ryan & I are so excited about our new nephew, Luke Timothy. He is a handsome little fellow & he’s so loved already. He also has impeccable timing arriving a week after they moved into their new house. I can’t wait to meet him...
The Blog..: How Doctors Die →
It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. For all the time they spend fending off the deaths of others, they tend to be fairly serene when faced with death themselves. They know exactly what is going to happen, they know the...
