• Habits & Goals

    The Steps Forward

    Whenever life feels a bit hectic and I feel like I’m failing on several things all at once, I try to focus on the steps forward. The urgency of our commitments ebb and…

  • Habits & Goals

    The Flexibility of Water

    We will never know what lies ahead. Not really anyway. We can plan and we can dream, but we don’t control what comes next. No one does. What happens next for me is…

  • Habits & Goals

    2021: A Year In Review

    This past year has been surprising and unexpected. It feels like I’ve slid backwards repeatedly, and yet I’ve somehow managed to move forward. I’ve made progress that rarely felt like progress in the…

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    Sixteen Pieces Missing

    On Christmas Eve, I put a puzzle on my living room coffee table. It was a holiday puzzle that I’d never done before, fresh from its sealed box and bag. Santa and his…