Having places of safety are essential for having more good days than bad and will play a key role in the happiness challenges in the next couple months. Read this week’s blog at Adjustment Guidance.
I’m beginning to think my co-chair hates me and the way I think, which is going to make the PhD process all that much harder. I get along great with chair and understand their thinking and know that while they do not think I am perfect and they often give me loads of feedback,...
Sometimes, the words won’t come. Here’s my advice: accept it. But don’t accept it and just stop. Accept it as a symptom. Maybe you need more sleep. Maybe your plot is weak, and you need to figure out how to fix it. Maybe a problem at home or school or work is weighing on...
This week’s blog at Adjustment Guidance is about setting and enforcing boundaries on loyalty and fidelity. It’s not always one-size-fits-all.
Summer in Japan, particularly in Nagoya, can be described with one word: humid. Humidity averages around 60-75% in the warmer months and can go above 90%. Thinking about it, Japan being an island means this should be expected. That being said, it’s still the main challenge of the Summer months. It’s very common for...
I feel as though September has been a month of evolution in my thinking and goal setting. August of 2018, we made the decision as a family to give Chad a rest and allow him to focus on his writing. During that year we discovered podcasting and started and launched our podcast The Musicks...
Although I often write about things as they “ought” to be in writing, I don’t believe that there ought to be an ought. Instead, I am discussing the ways that are most likely to lead to readers (or editors or agents, etc.) feeling “connected” to the writing or “understanding” the writing. I do my...
Latin-style music and dance isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about Japan, but there’s a surprisingly active Latin dance community here across multiple cities. My first exposure to salsa dancing in Japan was unexpected. A friend invited me to a party without giving me the details, and it turned out...