tradition
My friend Jed, whom I met this past year online, asked me if I'd be willing to write a short blog entry to be included on his site, wherein I would talk about one of my favorite holiday traditions. For anyone who knows me at all well, you'll understand what a challenge it presented, since he asked…
how to get a shot
Today, I want to tell you how a seemingly simple thing – a photo – came into being. But zooming out (see what I did there?), it's really about how opportunity happens. I’m the kind of person who never had trouble with those old creative writing exercises where you were supposed to find comparisons…
in between
So, Thanksgiving was last week. Using my superpower-status deductive reasoning skills, I’ve concluded with reasonable certainty that Thanksgiving, then, is not also this week. And what a relief that revelation is! Sure, sure, I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the best of people. But all that ……
our gang: part 2
In May, I wrote a post called “our gang,” which turned out to be one of the most read, shared and discussed posts in my more than four years of blogging. This Thursday having been Thanksgiving, I got to hang with “our gang” again; and it prompted some cool new thoughts. I often say (and, in fact,…
impossible
For those of you who don’t yet know, I’ve moved. As in just moved – last weekend. (In fact, that is why there was no post last Friday.) There is an awful lot I could tell you about the months-long process of apartment hunting, the really cool circumstances that finally led me to “The Place,” and…
becoming
In last week’s post, I told you that a college student I used to mentor interviewed me for a paper he’s writing on “The Happiest Person You Know.” But I also mentioned in the same post that I haven’t always been the happy sort. If you were to ask just about anyone who knows me, they would tell you…
the basics
A week or so ago, one of the kids I used to mentor, now in college, texted me: “I need to write a paper about the happiest person I know. Do you mind if I interview you?” I was happy to help and honored, of course, to be interviewed. That video interview was this past Monday. I found some of the…
freezing outside an unlocked door
Today is a first at The Best Advice So Far blog: a guest post. Why? Well, first, because it's a great post. Second, my new friend Dustin asked – said he felt it reflected the ideas and ideals contained in The Best Advice So Far – and I agreed. Third, I can't talk about trying new things if I'm…
the downside of choice
Choice is a wonderful thing. The advice from the very first chapter of my book, The Best Advice So Far – and, in fact, the central theme of both the book and blog – is this: “You always have a choice.” Here’s a quick snippet from Chapter 1: THE BEST ADVICE SO FAR: You always have a choice. If you…
in a year
We had done everything we could to expedite check-in at the airport, in preparation for our trip to Miami and the Bahamas. My mother had coordinated tickets so that she, my stepfather and I could be in adjoining seats on the flight, and we had all completed the process of checking in online ahead…