Category Archives: Theme Song Thursdays

It wasn’t that long ago that getting out of my hometown was my primary measure of success. After all, hadn’t the world been telling me as much for as long as I could remember? A shrinking job market, a contracting population, and the resulting decline in the tax base left my rustbelt community struggling throughoutContinue reading “Theme Song Thursdays: Proudest Monkey”

Those moments are so uncomfortable. You know the ones. You’re trapped in a stuffy conference room, the pressure’s building because the team needs to commit to a plan, but you just can’t come to consensus. Baby seems we never ever agreeYou like the moviesAnd I like T.V. Whether you’re all in wildly different places orContinue reading “Theme Song Thursdays: Opposites Attract”

Last week I started a new (to me) book, Your Money or Your Life, by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez, and it seems that I’ve finally found something that explains what I’ve been trying to say about consumerism and our obsession with money for some time now. Special thanks goes to my new friend, TheresaContinue reading “Theme Song Thursdays: The Bare Necessities!”

I don’t know about things on your end, but things have been tough over here lately. Between the record breaking cold and snow, the sluggish economy, the constant barrage of negative headlines in the news and in our local communities, the ever increasing cost of living, and the stress that comes along with keeping aContinue reading “Theme Song Thursdays: Everybody Dance Now!”

This week in Davos we’re watching in real time as a handful of the world’s leaders attempt to rewrite reality. They are spinning a tale where the world functions most effectively when we’re fractured, divided, and fighting, a world where corrupt strongmen take it all and where the rest of us fight with each otherContinue reading “Theme song Thursdays: Let’s Gel!”

I’m Sorry. What is it about those two little words that make them so darn hard for us to say? It’s been one week since you looked at meCocked your head to the side and said, “I’m angry”Five days since you laughed at me saying“Get that together, come back and see me”Three days since theContinue reading “Theme Song Thursdays: One Week”

The current state of the job market is testing a lot of us. We were taught that if we worked hard and waited our turn, we, too , could have a life of luxury. But, somehow, we now find ourselves working harder than ever for less and less. My friend the communistHolds meetings in hisContinue reading “Theme Song Thursdays: Soak up the Sun!”