I don't plan on doing this often, but I want to put out a message for a friend in need and invite anyone who reads this message to contact me if they can help. No pressure, but if we come together as a community, we can make a big difference, so please help if you …
Month: April 2020
Time, the only truly finite resource
Everyone has a limited time on earth. There is no other way to look at it. Our time will eventually expire. It is impossible to know when one's time is up. As much as we fret about the future or the past, there is very little we can do about either. Time can be like …
Decision-making while autistic
I just read a book called This Could Be Our Future, by Yancey Strickler. In it is described (and prescribed) an expanded view of self-interest for the purposes of making decisions in one's life. His theory can be applied at the personal or organizational level and is intended to be used as a tool for …
Producers vs consumers
In thinking about systems, we come to realize that all our actions, reactions and inactions have ramifications, effects on other people, and can even set off chain reactions. This is true in our relationships with our loved ones and families, but also with those we don't know and never see. Here is an example. Within …
Systems
What is a system? A system is an entity made of two or more constituent parts acting in concert. Ahem, in English, please? Here are some examples... your body is a system, made up of many body parts that help propel you through space and time. Your family is a system with multiple members doing …
Easter on lockdown
Growing up in an agnostic family, most of our holiday celebrations were more cultural than religious. The year starts with New Year's and all the college football and chicken wings and beandip we could eat. Then the Super Bowl with a similar menu, but maybe we'd add a homemade cheese ball. For Easter, we would …
What grocery store managers/owners should do now… AKA What I would do if I ran a grocery store.
Mark all WIC grocery items (at least, possibly more) priced at cost and make those prices a "suggested donation." Raise all other prices for non-WIC items by 10-15%. Raise alcohol prices by at least 30%. Consider it a surcharge. Ring up the items for each customer and allow them to pay any amount above or …
Counting blessings
Now is the time to be grateful. If you are paying attention to the news during this time of pandemic, it is impossible to miss all the tales of incredible suffering, including death. It will be a long time before we know the total number of people who will be affected by the novel coronavirus. …
What if you’re wrong?
Here's a mental exercise I do many times a day. Something everyone should practice doing more often. Think of something, anything, that you have a strong opinion about. This could be religious or political in nature, or your thoughts about yourself, especially if you have any self-esteem issues. Now take that belief and concentrate on …
The whole world is paused
There is almost a kind of beauty in these days and nights. The quiet stillness of pandemic- induced "social distancing." I don't mean to trivialize the situation... people are dying as we speak and we have no way of knowing what gifts they had yet to bestow upon us. But I do know that time …
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