The Eclectisist
The Eclectisist Blog reflects the variety of things that affect my life and I believe affect the lives of others. That's a lot but we are complicated beings affected by a barrage of issues and events that come at us so many times a day. This is simply a place to express a bit of the serious and a lot of the lighter things in life that matter to us. In some cases I hope it offers a lighter moment in what, for many of us, are hectic days.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Monday, June 27, 2011
Happy Monday
Are your Mondays like my Mondays? Don't get me wrong. I worked nights for 7 years and I still doubt my body has recovered from the bashing my circadian rhythm took during that time. I now relish the sleeping in my bed a night. Nevertheless, the M-F routine has its drawbacks as well. The idea that you have to take care of everything in your life during the two-day weekend is no joy. In addition to the household chores (cleaning, groceries, laundry, etc.) there are the family obligations that are priceless and time consuming. You feel guilty if you do not partake, but a small part of you wants to indulge in some self-centered pleasure: sleep, a movie, a magazine.
As though all of that is not bad enough, the prospect of Monday begins to loom over me midday on Sunday, putting a damper on the rest of the weekend.
Maybe its not the weekly pattern. Maybe it's the job I'm waking up to on Monday morning. Maybe its time to give up the convenience of working so close to home and school, and force myself to make a move. Challenge myself to be new again with the unfamiliar. Maybe, just maybe, Mondays may hold excitement, anticipation, and the possibility of curiosity fulfilled.
Maybe there really are Happy Mondays for us after all!
As though all of that is not bad enough, the prospect of Monday begins to loom over me midday on Sunday, putting a damper on the rest of the weekend.
Maybe its not the weekly pattern. Maybe it's the job I'm waking up to on Monday morning. Maybe its time to give up the convenience of working so close to home and school, and force myself to make a move. Challenge myself to be new again with the unfamiliar. Maybe, just maybe, Mondays may hold excitement, anticipation, and the possibility of curiosity fulfilled.
Maybe there really are Happy Mondays for us after all!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Let's start with something light: If you were throwing a dinner party and had to invite 10 notable individuals (alive, deceased, political, historical, etc.) who would you invite? Indulge by telling why some are so interesting to you.
Here's mine in no particular order of importance:
Steven Spielberg- Simply put, he and George Lucas changed movie making in the last century
Steve Jobs-Perseverence. If a company was every meant to fail, it was Apple but he believed.
Malcolm Gladwell-Author of The Tipping Point and Blink among others
Daniel Pink-Author of Drive and A Whole New Mind. Every employer should read Drive and give up the stick and carrot act.
Michelle Obama-Grace under pressure. It can't be easy.
Hillary Clinton-Like her or not, she has served this country well.
Martin Luther King Jr.-With personal and family threats, he moved this country forward and strived for "liberty and justice for all."
Jesus
Jeffrey Sachs-Columbia University Professor, Author of The End of Poverty
Winston Churchill
Alfred Hitchcock-No one made a thriller or mystery like Hitchcock. The first time I say Psycho and realized that Norman Bates was his own mother, I screamed.
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