How Election 2016 Has Changed Me for the Better
“Maybe we’ve grown accustomed to swallowing these emotions and staying quiet” ~ Michelle Obama
“Maybe we’ve grown accustomed to swallowing these emotions and staying quiet” ~ Michelle Obama
This post is part of the April A to Z Blog Challenge. For more on my 2016 theme of Private Revolution, see A Is for Ambition. Click here to read all posts in the Private Revolution A to Z Challenge blog series.
I will have to come back to discuss the topic of this (and the next post) in more detail later, but for now, please take a look at this “CV of Failures” from a Princeton professor and the Nature article that inspired it. “Most of what I try fails, but these failures are often invisible, …
Much of my favorite music addresses existential questions and the inherent (but freeing) absurdity of existence: Why are we here? How should we live? How do we deal with regret? Shame? Loss? Memory? What does it all mean? These songs not only provide a needed break or background soundtrack; they also are food for the mind and soul.
A blog’s value for the blogger often lies in its inherent imperfection and “letting-go,” in its day to day immediacy.