Editing sometimes focuses too much on the mistakes and weakness. I want to cross out everything I don't like and reanalyze every word that doesn't work quite right. But editing works better if I remember to look at what I'm doing well and build on that instead. The same often goes for life and relationships:… Continue reading Some Thoughts
We should all have our own coaches and cheerleaders to help us get through life. People who encourage us, who help keep us accountable, and who help us press forward when it gets tough. Sometimes I don't share my goals, which is not helpful for me or for others. It's better to share so we… Continue reading Three Random Thoughts Lately
Recently, I had a choice to make. I was working on a book and I could try to get that published and be a writer full-time. Or I could go to graduate school and keep learning. And I chose to go to graduate school. I love writing and I want to write for my career… Continue reading Playing the Long Game, Slowing Down, and Becoming Better
There's been a lot of commotion in the world today. I don't want to look at the news that are filled with violence and confusion. I don't want to hear stories about house prices and gas prices and inflation that make it hard for people to afford basic necessities of life. I don't want to… Continue reading The Heaviness of Unfairness and Finding Peace in Commotion
Pretend that you're a young college student, and you go into a class about the universe. And you learn about how massive the universe is and how much space there is. You learn that you can never travel faster than the speed of life. Your professor very convincingly argues that aliens can't exist--and even if… Continue reading Personal Experience vs. Reasoning
Four thousand weeks in a lifetime. 168 hours a week. Split into 15-minute increments. Planned and agonized over. We think we want to master time, to figure out how to use all of the time we have to do more and become better. I have enough time. Time management isn't my problem. I can sit… Continue reading Not time management
The Easy Way to Simplify and Delete Like many of us, I have a hard time letting go. I don't want to let go of some things I own. I spent money on those things. I really liked them. And even when they no longer fit into my life, I want to figure out how… Continue reading The Penalty Box
I've never resonated with the extroverted/introverted personality dichotomy. Carl Jung came up with extroverts and introverts, but after describing extroverts and introverts, he says this: "There is, finally, a third group, and here it is hard to say whether the motivation comes chiefly from within or without. This group is the most numerous and included… Continue reading Ambivert Personality
I asked artificial intelligence to write a blog post about artificial intelligence. In the past few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become more popular and advanced, with many businesses and organizations investing in AI technology. But what exactly is AI? Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that deals with creating intelligent machines that… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence
In church one day, I heard a woman say that quality time mattered more than quantity time. My mom happened to be visiting, and whispered to me that quantity time definitely still mattered. I was looking at a journal entry when I had little tiny kids, and I wrote that I found it very difficult… Continue reading Quality and Quantity Time With Your Kids
Heather W. Hoyt 