As we move around the globe and meet people physically or virtually, it becomes clear that everyone is experiencing the world from their corner. Before this journey, unless I was traveling to a …
Sometimes Not Doing Your Homework Is The Best Approach
I do not like to procrastinate. I do not like to be late. I do not think I ever left a homework assignment for completion on its due date. As a student and a teacher, I took research and pre-work very …
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Creating vs Producing in Tuscany’s Chocolate Valley
One of the things I love about the creative process is that it is harder to benchmark, measure, and quantify and therefore, it requires a leap of faith. It is much more difficult to understand a …
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Are You Spinning Your Wheels?
In July of 2001, I was on my honeymoon in Paris. I will never forget sitting in our quaint hotel room with faded walls and dusty rose curtains, watching French television early one evening. The …
How Flexible Are You?
In high school, I worked at a coffee shop that opened at 5:30 AM. If we opened at 5:35 AM there were disgruntled people waiting and complaining. My boss hammered into us the importance of timeliness …
Massive Destruction With Minimal Interruption
Every morning my husband and I unlatch the century-old, aquamarine shutters that colorfully protect our seaside apartment. Our rooms are a very small part of a stone villa that has been welcoming …
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