December 22, 2020
100 Days of Meditating and a Very Punny Shirt
AKA Question 134 (Mind Hike Business Edition): WHAT IS ONE THING YOU CAN CHANGE TO BE 10% HAPPIER? (answer: meditate!)
I only took one science class in college. I don’t remember the class very well. But I do remember that the professor wore a t-shirt every single day with a different science-related pun or joke (she also wore Birkenstocks throughout the Vermont winter). It was bold. It was quirky. I really did have to appreciate her ownership, her style. But I remember thinking that I would never dress like…
December 14, 2020
THE SLIGHTLY USED WEIGHT-LOSS BOOK
AKA Question 321 (Mind Hike Business Edition): WHAT BOOK DO YOU LIKE TO GIVE AS A PRESENT? (Well, obviously, Mind Hike. Personal Edition)
A few years ago, I received an unusual call from one of my friends. She wanted to know if I had sent her a weight-loss book. I hadn’t. She was calling all of her friends. It turns out that she had received a weight-loss book through Amazon that she hadn’t ordered. She felt offended because the weight-loss book was addressed to her, and there was no sender-information. On top of all of that,…
December 1, 2020
THOUGHTS FROM AN UNSUCCESSFUL STAYCATION-ER
AKA – My response to Question #331 (Mind Hike Business Edition): How many days off (real days off) did you take last year?* It is 1:30pm on the day after Thanksgiving. And I am sitting here on my computer, watching the rest of my family play video games. Yes, I’m still in my pajamas and no I have not done anything productive yet today. But I can’t say that I’ve actually had a relaxing day……