• exercises - Writing

    Writing Excuses Homework 10.1

    I am a fan of the podcast Writing Excuses, so much so that I camped out on the computer to snag one of the 30 seats in their inaugural Out Of Excuses Writing Retreat in 2013. I learned a lot from Brandan, Dan, Howard and Mary that week, and each…

  • Goals - Ramblings - Writing

    Writing ideas 2015

    Someone in my extended writing tribe started a blog to track his writing projects for the year using mountain climbing as a metaphor. I thought it was a neat idea, and the part where he identified the projects he was going to work on to reach his particular word counts/…

  • Goals - Ramblings

    Personal Vision Statement – a first draft

    For the Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute (SSLLI), our homework for the next session is to create a personal vision statement, and mission statement. While I am still working on refining my professional statements, I also took the opportunity to take the long view of myself in my personal life.…

  • Depression - Goals - Ramblings

    Gratitude vs. Guilt

    A couple of years back a friend gave me a mason jar with pen and pad of paper for Christmas. The jar was to capture the highlights of the year, so at the turn of the next year, I could go back and see the successes I’d had. This year…

  • Depression - Ramblings

    with eyes averted

    i’ve noticed something in myself the past several days i am finding it difficult to keep eye contact with (or even looking at the face of) the people i am talking to i’ve noticed i’m doing it not only with the in-person interactions i have engaged in, but also in…

  • Depression - Ramblings

    Depression Journaling

    People have told me here, and in various other forums, that they appreciate my candid discussion of my experiences with depression.  I hate that that is mostly what I am posting lately, but it is what I have the energy to deal with right now. Some mornings (or other particularly…

  • Goals - Library - Ramblings - Writing

    Self evaluation and review

    I work within the library system at the University of Florida. In effort to increase my professional development for my role there, I have been taking the Supervisory Challenge courses at UF (that is where the values survey that vexed me came from). In addition, I applied, and was accepted…

  • Depression

    Lies Depression Tells Me, 3

    “This is as good as it gets.” –  My Depression I know that I just haven’t found the right anti-depressant yet, but that doesn’t stop the pesky voice telling me that no matter what I try, it won’t work. For the record, the second anti-depressant a) didn’t work and b)…

  • Ramblings - Writing

    NaNo WriMo 2014

    Every year since 2003, I have participated in (well, at least signed up for) NaNo WriMo (National Novel Writing Month, for the lay-person). The goal is simple, write 50,000 words in the 30 days of November. What! Are you kidding? Fifty-THOUSAND words? Is that even possible? The answer is, for…