I remember sleep. I was rarely one to remember my dreams, but I remember my sleep. More specifically, I remember waking from sleep. Waking from sleep in my own good time. Emerging from it slowly like climbing out of a warm bath. Feeling refreshed. I do not sleep like that anymore. I sleep with a … Continue reading A mother dreams of sleep
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We recently had a baby shower for three people I work with. (Yes, three.) One of the activities at the party was to write advice for new parents on scraps of paper and put them in a jar to be read aloud. One of mine was "When you see or hear about other parents doing … Continue reading Things I thought I’d never do as a mother but ended up doing anyway
In business, a sunk cost is money that you've already spent that cannot be recovered. Sunk costs are gone, so they should not influence your current thinking and future decision-making. For example, a company shouldn't continue a failing project just because they've already spent a lot of money on it. That money is gone. They … Continue reading Sunk costs and birthday party no-shows
I like to take my kids to ride CTA Holiday Train. It's an inexpensive bit of holiday entertainment. It's the sort of thing that makes me love living in Chicago. It is not the sort of outing that I thought would expose my kids to discussions about Santa not being real. Unfortunately, some people have … Continue reading Please, no Santa spoilers in front of my children
I've written before about my line-a-day journal. I'm now in my 5th year of entering a one line journal entry for each day, and it continues to work with me. Not only have I been able to keep it up, but I love seeing the previous years' entries for that day. I love it so … Continue reading Works for Me: Q&A a Day journal for kids
Kim Z. Dale 