It’s funny to think—but three weeks ago, I was certain that I wouldn’t drop the daily blogging. Funny, because I have—very much so. Come the first of the year, I dropped blogging like a bad habit. I was somewhat surprised at my disinclination to the daily wrestling match with myself…until I remembered how unpleasant it … Continue reading On goal-less-ness
Category: Thinking Hat
On the end, or a new beginning
I have been looking forward to this. I nearly gave up at a dozen different points—most often, when I fell behind. I’m shamed by how often I fell behind on posting. But it was the leeway I granted myself, the only way I knew for sure that I could actually publish 365 blog posts in … Continue reading On the end, or a new beginning
On self-imposed anxiety
There’s a Venn diagram I think about—wondering at its overlap: the things I care about and the things I’m anxious about. I imagine that tidier minds than mine have less a Venn diagram going on with these two categories, and more of a concentric one. I am only anxious about things I care about. (Or … Continue reading On self-imposed anxiety
On the skeleton crew
I know the popular opinion that I should care…but I never much mind working this last week of the year. Aside from the irritation of needing to juggle childcare and family commitments—fairly sizable irritations!—work this week has a rare slowness and a quiet to it that vanishes come the first week of the new year. … Continue reading On the skeleton crew
On looking toward a growth mindset year
I know, I know. New Year's resolutions, right? But I can't help it. Milestones make me swoon. When I see the approaching end of the calendar, I get a little giddy. The painful irony is that this is in spite of those resolutions that have either fizzed out or irritated me to no end, even … Continue reading On looking toward a growth mindset year
On the pain of learning from knowing nothing
How hard could it be? Is there a thought more infamous? More foolhardy? I should know better by now: I can't count how many times I've asked myself this rhetorical question and then been bludgeoned by the cold reality. And yet—and I'm not sure what this says about me—I keep having it, and keep getting … Continue reading On the pain of learning from knowing nothing
On Google Maps not knowing
Google doesn’t know the best commute. It shocked me when I realized this. I don’t know how Google Maps comes by its route recommendations—but the app almost always tells me to take the same route to work every day. To be fair, there was another route that Google suggested. It was a matter of traffic, … Continue reading On Google Maps not knowing
On finishing strong
I am behind on my blogging. I find this fact both irritating in a primary way—I hate being behind!—as well as in a secondary way—why do I even care about being behind on a blog no one reads? Good question. All I can offer myself is there's little I find more frustrating that disappointing myself. … Continue reading On finishing strong
On the fantasy of Zoo Lights
I think about the lion in the Utica Zoo more often than I probably should. More than a decade ago, I went on a chilly visit to the Utica Zoo and spent a few minutes sadly eying the lone lion there, who was pacing his enclosure, having tread a circular path around the perimeter. Wary … Continue reading On the fantasy of Zoo Lights
On the cheer of Christmas lights (and lights in general)
There's a hill not far from my house that looks down on our little watershed—when I drive down this hill, I get a decent glimpse of Ralston Valley. Most of the time, it doesn't feel like a valley: it feels like just another tract of Front Range suburbs, the same low-density suburbia that rolls across … Continue reading On the cheer of Christmas lights (and lights in general)
Taylor Coe 