Make Time: How Digital Communication is Turning Us Into Shitty Friends.
One of the things I find really interesting in the time-spending of some of the great minds in history is that many of them set aside time for “correspondences.” They […]
Monthly Archives: April 2014
On being an Ok Mom.
I’m not a perfect mom. Definitely not. I’ve yelled at my kid (who’s only 18 months.) I’ve given her french fries for a meal (or two.) I’ve changed her diaper, […]
Wondering what to be when you grow up? Get some perspective.
What do I want to be when I grow up? I’ve asked this question on the self-styled life before. And if you’re new here, read this, or this, or this, […]
Homesickness: The Chronic Illness of an Expat
I just booked our summer vacation–a week in Scotland followed by a long weekend in Germany. I am Excited. We’ve been to Scotland before. And we loved it. My father’s […]
Mapping the Days of Some of History’s Greats
While it seems many of us are taken with the idea of a sabbatical, we must still spend most of our lives in our “normal” life. So while we dream […]
the self-styled life 