It’s taken me this long–almost three decades–to figure out how my view of the world was shaped by the history I learned at Jewish day school, which often focused on the Holocaust. It sounds silly, but only over the past few years have I really understood that, actually, not being…
This winter has been busy and stressful, but I’ve still found a little time to enjoy things. Here are a few of them: A new toothbrush When I realized that my decade-old electric toothbrush was brushing only half-heartedly even with its ancient battery fully charged, I knew I had to…
When I was in grade 7 at Hebrew school, I chose to do a research project on the mitzvah of loving God. Practicing Jews may recognize this commandment from the daily recitation of the Sh’ma: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your…
It took me a little longer this year, but, like I said, here’s how my goals for 2022 shook out! As I wrote after New Year’s, I purposely gave up on a lot of these, because I realized I didn’t want to do them anymore. That’s OK–and I hope, if…
2022 ended with a busy three months, but they weren’t so busy that they precluded little things that brought some joy. Here are a few of them: brushing my teeth before I shower Sometimes, I delay showering at night until it’s way too late, and then I don’t want to…
Up until the past few years, I responded well to lists of goals. That’s probably obvious, if you’ve read any of my previous New Year’s entries, but even though I didn’t always meet my goals (see: aforementioned New Year’s entries), the act of setting them was fun and useful for…
Wow, so, as you can maybe tell by the date of the post, the third quarter of this year was difficult! Before the school semester started, I realized I needed some time to rest, so I purposely toned down a lot of my usual activities, like forcing myself through exercise…
It’s the best of yearly quarters, it’s the worst of yearly quarters: April is a very intense time at work, as the end of the school year brings final projects and presentations and burnout (for both students and faculty/staff). May is a million loose threads as we wrap up the…
But first: here it is! I hope you enjoy it. Here I would normally go into detail about all the minor things I wish I’d done better/more in accordance with crossword-setting conventions, but that would make me a hypocrite, since I keep telling family members to stop talking their work…
I’m purposely slowing my roll with this blog this year, in part to see how it affects my mental health. So far, taking a break has been good for me, and I’m realizing that, if I choose to continue, more sporadic posting may be more sustainable. I like making these…